Vail Beaver Creek Magazine

What Vail Beaver Creek Magazine does

Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine is a regional lifestyle publication serving the Vail and Beaver Creek resort communities in Colorado, founded in 2001 and operating as a privately held subsidiary of Pacific Media Group. The publication produces editorial coverage across eight defined content channels — Eat & Drink, Arts & Culture, News & Profiles, Travel & Outdoors, Style & Shopping, Home & Real Estate, Health & Wellness, and Party Pictures — delivered through a digital hub at vailmag.com, a quarterly print magazine, email newsletters, and social profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Its primary readership consists of Vail Valley residents and affluent visiting tourists seeking curated dining, event, activity, and real estate coverage; the publication also serves as an advertising and sponsored-content platform for local businesses targeting that demographic.

The business model combines four revenue streams: recurring print and digital subscriptions (fulfillment for print and back issues is handled through a third-party Darwin system), newsletter subscriptions, display and sponsored-content advertising, and event partnership coverage. Specific pricing tiers are not publicly disclosed. The publication operates from Pacific Media Group's headquarters at 329 NE Couch St, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon, and sits within a broader PMG portfolio that includes Aspen Sojourner, Park City Magazine, Portland Monthly, Seattle Met, and Houstonia, indicating a multi-title regional lifestyle publishing platform.

No proprietary technology, APIs, mobile applications, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed. The publication's technical footprint is consistent with a standard content-management-driven editorial website plus social distribution, with owned-audience capture via HubSpot-hosted email newsletter signups. Headcount is in the 11-50 range, and the operation appears to be a stable, content-led franchise rather than a technology-platform business.

Name

Vail Beaver Creek Magazine

Legal name

Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine

Website

https://vailmag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine is a regional lifestyle publication covering dining, arts, travel, real estate, and events in the Vail and Beaver Creek resort communities of Colorado, serving local residents, affluent visitors, and advertisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscriptions: Physical magazine subscriptions available for purchase, including back issues. Subscribers can sign up for print editions delivered periodically.
2. Digital Content & Newsletters: Newsletter subscriptions delivered via email, sharing curated content and magazine highlights to subscribers.
3. Advertising & Sponsored Content: The magazine offers advertising opportunities and sponsored content packages for businesses targeting the Vail Valley demographic.
4. Event Partnerships: Coverage of local events, festivals, and activities that may include promotional partnerships with local businesses and organizations.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine is a regional lifestyle publication covering dining, arts, culture, travel, real estate, and wellness in Colorado's Vail and Beaver Creek resort communities. It operates an always-updated digital content hub at vailmag.com, organized into eight editorial channels, alongside a paid quarterly print magazine subscription and curated email newsletters distributed to residents and visitors. The publication also sells sponsored content and advertising packages to local businesses seeking access to the affluent Vail Valley audience.

Product overview

Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine is a regional lifestyle publication covering travel, dining, arts, culture, health, wellness, real estate, and events in the Vail Valley region of Colorado. The magazine operates as a digital content platform with print subscription offerings, organized into editorial channels including Eat & Drink, Arts & Culture, News & Profiles, Travel & Outdoors, Style & Shopping, Home & Real Estate, Health & Wellness, and Party Pictures. The publication features sponsored content and maintains a network of affiliated regional magazines under Pacific Media Group.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Print Magazine Subscription Quarterly print magazine subscription delivered to subscribers covering Vail Valley dining, arts, culture, travel, outdoors, style, real estate, and wellness; subscriptions fulfilled through the Darwin system on an annual billing cadence.
• Email Newsletter Subscription Opt-in email newsletters delivering curated magazine highlights and editorial content to subscribers via HSForms-powered sign-up.
• Back Issue Purchases Single-issue and back-issue print magazine purchases fulfilled through Darwin, allowing readers to buy prior issues on demand.
• Advertising & Sponsored Content Advertising and sponsored editorial packages sold to local Vail Valley businesses (restaurants, hotels, retailers, event organizers) targeting the publication's affluent resident and visitor audience.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Pacific Media GroupcoreOthersPacific Media Group is the parent company of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine. The group operates a portfolio of regional lifestyle magazines including Aspen Sojourner, Park City Magazine, Portland Monthly, Seattle Met, and Houstonia, representing various upscale resort and urban markets across North America.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Condé Nast Traveler: National luxury travel magazine covering destinations, hotels, and dining globally. Competes for the same affluent traveler attention and luxury travel advertiser spend, though at national scale rather than single-resort focus.
• Ski Magazine: Established national ski resort lifestyle magazine covering destination reviews, gear, and mountain town content. Overlaps with Vail Beaver Creek Magazine's Travel & Outdoors and resort-lifestyle verticals, with a broader national footprint and established brand.

Direct peers

• Portland Monthly: Sister publication under Pacific Media Group serving the Portland, Oregon urban market. Shares the same editorial structure (Eat & Drink, Arts & Culture, Travel & Outdoors) and revenue model, but serves an urban rather than resort audience—useful as a same-template geographic comparator.
• Park City Magazine: Sister publication under Pacific Media Group serving the Park City, Utah luxury mountain resort market. Operates an identical print-plus-digital regional lifestyle model with comparable editorial verticals and advertiser base (real estate, dining, outdoor recreation).
• Seattle Met: Sister publication under Pacific Media Group covering Seattle. Operates the same multi-channel regional lifestyle magazine model with advertising and sponsored content offerings, providing a useful urban-market benchmark for the same playbook.
• Houstonia Magazine: Sister publication under Pacific Media Group serving the Houston market. Same print + digital regional lifestyle magazine model with advertising, sponsored content, and event revenue streams.
• Aspen Sojourner: Sister publication under Pacific Media Group covering the Aspen luxury resort market. Same business model (regional lifestyle magazine with print, digital, advertising, and events) targeting an affluent resort community with parallel editorial verticals—making it the closest functional peer.

Emerging players

• AFAR Media: Digital-first experiential travel media brand with strong newsletter and social presence targeting affluent travelers. Comparable audience (premium travelers seeking curated local recommendations) and overlapping advertiser base, with a more digitally native product mix.
• Mountain Living Magazine: A regional lifestyle magazine focused on luxury mountain communities across the Rockies, with editorial coverage of real estate, design, and resort culture. Comparable audience overlap with Vail Valley readers and advertisers, though broader geographic scope.

Regional players

• 5280 Magazine: Denver-based regional lifestyle magazine covering Colorado dining, culture, travel, and mountain destinations. Comparable editorial structure and overlapping advertiser base with Vail Valley-focused businesses that market to Denver-area second-home owners.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vailmag
• Facebookfacebook.com/VailBeaverCreekMag
• Instagraminstagram.com/vailmag

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Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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