RoadAndTravel.com

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Caldwell Communications, Inc.

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The automotive and travel lifestyle magazine for the everyday, in-market consumer.

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ROAD & TRAVEL Magazine targets upscale consumers, with a slant towards women. It provides content geared towards women which helps create informed and intelligent decisions regarding automotive and travel needs. ROAD & TRAVEL has become recognized and respected as a leading authority on women's automotive and travel issues. It is RTM's mission to provide resources to both industries, and their female consumers, thereby enhancing industry commitments to the women's market through event marketing, editorial content, products and services.

History

Road & Travel Magazine was founded in 1989 by Courtney Caldwell under the name American Woman Motorscene. AWM was the first magazine to address the women’s automotive market. Pursuing a connection between auto and travel, editors began adding travel content to expand the magazine’s audience. Road & Travel Magazine today is an online lifestyle publication that provides auto review and maintenance information, destination review and trip planning resources, travel safety and trend information for women's automotive and travel markets. Today's worldwide audience is reflected in the title of the publication; in 2000 it dropped its former "American Woman" title to concentrate its editorial focus on a worldwide audience.

Publication Highlights

Road & Travel Magazine offers current and archived new and used car rating and buyer's guide sections by model year from 2005 to the present. The publication also includes healthy travel tips, pet friendly travel advice, a bed and breakfasts directory, an adventure travel section and a section on hybrid cars and alternative fuels. Its Auto News and Views section is frequently updated and includes new car announcements, luxury car reviews, best buys, green concept car news and more.

Awards

International Car of the Year Awards In 1997, Road & Travel Magazine launched its annual International Car of the Year Awards (ICOTY) honoring ten new vehicles in ten categories for the upcoming new model year. ICOTY awards became the first awards to honor new vehicles from a theme that reflected lifestyle and life stage; focusing on the emotionally compelling experience consumers have during car buying and ownership. The categories that make up the ICOTY awards are:

International Car of the Year
International Truck of the Year
SUV of the Year - Most Resourceful
Sedan of the Year - Most Dependable
Luxury Car of the Year - Most Respected
Pick Up Truck of the Year - Most Athletic
Crossover of the Year - Most Versatile
Sports Car of the Year - Most Sex Appeal
Minivan of the Year - Most Compatible
Entry-Level Car of the Year - Most Spirited

Qualifications include vehicles manufactured by American, British, German, Japanese, Korean and Swedish automakers but are sold in America. In order to achieve a balanced perspective on voting that reflects all consumers, not just one gender, RTM engages a diverse group of 12 renowned male and female automotive journalists from the U.S. and Canada in the voting process. This jury of respected writers represents such publications as the Robb Report, Edmunds.com, Winding Road, MSN Autos, AutoWeek, NY Times, and Autoline Detroit. J.D. Power and Associates tabulates votes to ensure credibility and validity. The annual event takes place in Detroit at the onset of press week for the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The event is televised by the local CBS affiliate, WWJ-TV and is presented as a TV special on opening weekend of the NAIAS to consumers.

Lifetime Achievement Award In 2004, Road & Travel Magazine introduced an award to honor automotive journalists who have achieved a lifetime of contributions to the automotive industry. The award was designed to acknowledge the talents of those journalists whose lifetime of contributions have helped enrich the world of automobiles. Past recipients include: Denise McCluggage, Jerry Flint, David E. Davis, Jr. and Jim Dunne.