Fifty years ago this week, Travel News Weekly was born in Loveday Street, Johannesburg, on April 11, 1970. Its founders were the late John and Leona Marsh.
Since then, over 2 500 issues have kept TNW readers up to date on what is happening in the travel trade. As a focused business-to-business newspaper with original content, TNW has defied the trend affecting most print media and the last three years have been its most profitable.
But COVID-19 has made it clear that the time to change is now, says Anton Marsh, md and grandson of the founders.
This will be last issue of the newspaper in print. A new format – a daily online news site, Travel News – will launch on May 1, bringing readers rich multi-media content and current news. The new daily site will replace eTNW.co.za.
“The changing situation, with hourly updates and constant breaking news, has made it clear that travel agents need information more often. The lockdown makes it opportune to change now so that agents can continue to be informed when at home,” says Anton.
Less time-sensitive features will be produced in a separate PDF format, distributed in a special mailer each week. Each month, these features, which agents can reference, will be printed and bound into special editions, distributed to readers.
If you are already registered as a reader of eTNW.co.za or get the digital edition of TNW, the change will be seamless. If not, register now on www.etnw.co.za. It is free.
