Signature Media is a travel publisher in the Asia Pacific region, with titles focused on luxury travel, family travel, and niche segments within the travel market. Self-described as the largest independent travel publisher in the region.

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Our quarterly consumer titles include Holidays with Kids, Signature Luxury Travel &amp; Style and Vacations &amp; Travel and annual publications Ski &amp; Snowboard with Kids and Caravan &amp; Camping with Kids. Each of the magazines are supported with a digital presence across websites, email marketing and social media, each with their own unique style and design.

Editor-at-Large, Signature Luxury Travel & Style, and Freelance Journalist

Andrew Conway

CEO/ Group Editor at Signature Media | Publishing Industry Expert

Cathy Wagstaff

Editor, Vacations & Travel magazine

Leanne Archer

Three decades of travel writing and storytelling | Highly experienced editor and sub-editor, very experienced with native content

Helen Hayes

On Wednesday night, Vacations & Travel attended and sponsored the Business NSW Business Awards 2024. The night recognised businesses of all types across New South Wales with awards across a range of areas. Vacations & Travel editor Leanne Archer presented the tourism-based awards for the night which included: - Excellence in Sustainable Tourism: Sydney By Kayak - Outstanding 24-Hour Economy Collaboration: ‘Origami Folding Light & Sound Festival’ FunHaus Factory , Gosford - Outstanding Visitor Economy Collaboration: The Big Chill Festival, Armidale Regional Council - Outstanding Visitor Experience: Potager - A Kitchen Garden , Carool Congratulations to all those nominated on the night, and thank you to our guests Renee Kidd & Caitlin Martin from Into The Wild Escapes and Camilla Hamilford & Ben Hutchings from Paperbark Camp for joining us to celebrate local businesses in NSW. #BusinessAwards2024 #NSWBusinessAwards2024

We are thrilled to welcome Anne Majumdar to the team as Senior Editor of LATTE Luxury News . Anne will be working alongside LATTE Managing Editor, Guy Dundas with building the travel trade publication’s depth of luxury-specific industry news content, while expanding the title’s reach and frequency. #LATTELuxuryNews #SignatureMedia https://lnkd.in/g2RpYTev

The winners of the 2024 Holidays with Kids Reader’s Choice Best Family Resorts Awards have been announced! Searching for the world's best family accommodation can be quite a challenge. That's why we've turned to a panel of experts – our passionate readers – to share their most unforgettable resort and hotel experiences. Nominations were open for 12 months and came from our vast readership of more than 600,000 parents, including our 83,300 online subscribers and 140,000+ social media followers. #holidayswithkids #bestfamilyresortsawards https://lnkd.in/g3ddbbQc

Our 76th edition of Holidays with Kids is out now! In this issue we reveal the winners of the 2024 Holidays with Kids Reader’s Choice Best Family Resorts Awards, a guide to the resorts that go over and above for families, as voted by our readers. We also debut a spunky new design, a modernised refresh for the brand which recently celebrated our 25th birthday. It’s been wonderful working alongside Aleney de Winter , learning the ropes in my new role as assistant editor. In this issue I share articles on how to toddler proof your holiday, round up Singapore’s coolest themed hotel rooms, share why Bathurst is a hit for families and review some of the latest family travel gear including the brand new Stokke YOYO3 travel pram. Congratulations to our team for another amazing issue. Get your copy from your local newsagent or head online and subscribe. Use promo code save50 for 50% off delivery anywhere in Australia! https://lnkd.in/gbut_eq2 #holidayswithkids #familytravel #signaturemedia Signature Media

Cara Wagstaff

Ski & Snowboard with Kids to relaunch as Ski & Snowboard in May 2025 ⛷ Ski & Snowboard with Kids was the first family snow magazine when it launched 19 years ago, forging a path in the mountains for families keen to introduce their children to the thrill of skiing and snowboarding. Those children have now grown up, leaving mum and dad behind on the slopes. And like them, Ski & Snowboard magazine is growing up and embracing more advanced wintery activities. Cathy Wagstaff , Founder of Signature Media, said “After several ski magazine closures, I saw an opportunity to reposition Ski & Snowboard with Kids as a more comprehensive ski travel title. Hence the decision to relaunch as Ski & Snowboard to reach a broader market segment and position nicely alongside Vacations & Travel - the magazine for everyone.” The magazine will continue to be edited by Helen Hayes , with Lisa Wagstaff stepping into an Assistant Editor role. In 2025, our 19th issue will be a new beginning, now covering skiing and snowboarding and other mountain adventures – for all ages. Just because we have dropped the ‘with kids’ from our masthead, doesn’t mean we are dropping families. We will continue to cover family-friendly snow experiences at the resorts that look after families so well. We’ll also cover more advanced mountains, with great snow holiday choices for couples, friend groups or multi-generational families, and will do a deeper dive into gear reviews, backcountry tours and safety, training camps and more. Read more about the relaunch here: https://lnkd.in/gkd4-32W #SkiandSnowboardmagazine #SkiandSnowboardwithKids #SignatureMedia

We’ve teamed up with the good folk at Tiny Away to offer one lucky winner a two-night stay at a Tiny Away tiny home of their choice, plus a three-year subscription to Vacations & Travel, Australia’s longest-running travel magazine! Enter now: https://lnkd.in/gUZtgr4q #vacationstravel #tinyaway #tinyhome

Vacations & Travel

The new issue of Vacations & Travel - Chasing the Elements - is out now. From feeling the heat at fire festivals to free-falling from a plane at 15,000 feet, we bring you our Chasing the Elements issue featuring 41 of the best travel experiences involving air, earth, fire and water. We also visit India’s sacred city of Varanasi to witness cremations on the holy Ganges and experience the beauty of a South African safari. Don’t miss our US special exploring how music city Nashville is singing a new song, and a female perspective from Washington, Salem and beyond. Available at your local newsagency or subscribe today and SAVE 50% by using promo code SAVE50 at checkout* - https://lnkd.in/e3g4jABM *Offer available for subscriptions in Australia only. #travel #magazine #travelmagazine #explore

We are thrilled to partner with Uniworld Boutique River Cruises and Camilla Australia for the latest edition of Signature Luxury Travel & Style. In this issue, we bring you the ultimate culinary curation for globetrotting gourmands. Join us on a magical sailing down Egypt’s glittering River Nile and on an epic icy adventure to the Subantarctic Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. We also whisk you away to ‘Blue Zones’ to discover the secret to a long life, go bear spotting in the pristine wilds of Canada, and much more. You'll also have the chance to win an opulent 12-day Egyptian cruise for two with Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, worth over $24,000! Subscribe via - https://lnkd.in/gvzP7867 or pick up a copy from your local newsagent #SignatureLuxuryTravel

As we continue our celebration of Holidays with Kids' 25th anniversary, our founder and publisher Cathy Wagstaff shares her story about buying the magazine in 1999 when she was a full-time working single parent, who had an inkling the family travel trend was about to boom. “Looking back on this remarkable evolution, I take immense pride in the pivotal role Holidays with Kids has played in this transformation.” - Cathy Wagstaff Read about her journey: https://lnkd.in/gWD765ZK #HolidayswithKids #25yearsofHWK #CathyWagstaff

Tomorrow is a very exciting day. It marks 25 years of #HolidayswithKids magazine. I wanted to share a bit about my incredibly talented mum, Cathy Wagstaff . 25 years ago, Cathy was a solo mum trying to plan holidays with her two young daughters ( Lisa Wagstaff and I). It was before the internet had really taken off, and planning a family holiday was a frustrating process that required phone calls to hotels checking if they had safety cots, rollaway beds, babysitting services, strollers for hire and an endless list of other essentials. Cathy was contracted to Federal Publishing and working on the third issue of Holidays with Kids when it was announced it was to be the last. They did not feel there was a future for a family holiday magazine. As a mother of two young children working full-time, Cathy believed that this was something parents needed. Despite many hoteliers at this time not having an interest in the family market, she was confident that as more mothers returned to the workforce amid rising living costs, they were going to need proper holiday, the type that hotels and resorts could provide and then, in turn, more hotels would recognise the value of the family market. Cathy brought the magazine and with feedback from other parents and her mothers’ group, our early issues were packed with practical information on family-friendly amenities with icons showing all of the family facilities each had. Fast forward 25 years and Holidays with Kids is Australia's #1 resource for family holidays. The magazine is published quarterly and holidayswithkids.com.au is a go-to resource for Aussie parents planning their holidays. Over the years Cathy launched new industry-first titles including Signature Luxury Travel & Style and LATTE Luxury News , and acquired Australia's longest-running travel magazine, Vacations & Travel in 2020. It is also worth noting Cathy had no investors and to this day the company is solely run by her. I am so proud, humbled and constantly impressed by you. You are amazing! #25yearsofHolidayswithKids #familytravel #SignatureMedia The magazine is on sale Australia-wide tomorrow, distributed to airline lounges, family-friendly hotels and resorts, and of course, our loyal subscribers. You can subscribe online here: https://lnkd.in/gRwgzE9r

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