Travel Daily

Name

Travel Daily

Legal name

Specialist Media Pty Ltd

Website

https://traveldaily.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Trade Media and Publishing

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Travel & Outdoors Magazines (MPAJAEAH)

Keywords

• Travel trade publication
• Industry newsletter media
• B2B advertising platform
• Travel industry news
• Trade media publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

North Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Advertising Revenue: Travel Daily generates revenue primarily through advertising. The publication carries news stories, photographs and advertising content distributed via email PDF. Advertisers include travel companies promoting airfares, incentives, packages and special offers to the Australian travel industry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Travel Daily is a daily travel trade publication that distributes news, special reports, product profiles, brochures listings, and competitions to approximately 35,000 Australian travel industry professionals via email PDF newsletters five days a week, supplemented by a website, video service, podcast series, and online events. The publication is free to subscribers and monetized through advertising placements by travel suppliers seeking to reach the Australian travel trade.

Product overview

Travel Daily is a single unified product — a daily travel trade publication delivered via email as a PDF newsletter and mirrored on its website. The publication operates as a five-day-a-week news service (excluding NSW public holidays) targeting approximately 35,000 Australian travel industry professionals. The product suite includes the core newsletter, a companion website with extensive archives (news headlines across 1,374 pages, full news across 13,966 pages), a video service (Travel Daily TV with YouTube presence), a podcast series ('The Chat with Jenny'), and a webinar/event platform (Travel Daily Events). Supplementary content includes Special Reports (downloadable PDF editions), Product Profiles (supplier showcases), Photo Pages, Brochures listing service, Competitions, and the Keep Dreaming Toolkit for agent marketing. All content is produced by a dedicated editorial team and circulated to retail agents, wholesalers, airlines, cruise lines, hotel groups, car rental companies, and government agencies. The publication is published by Specialist Media Pty Ltd, which also owns sister travel industry publications including Cruise Weekly, Business Events News, and Pharmacy Daily.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Chat with Jenny: Weekly podcast series featuring conversations with women in the travel industry, hosted by Travel Daily's Jenny Piper.
• Travel Daily TV

Products and services

• Travel Daily Newsletter
• Travel Daily Website

Quantifiable outcome

• More than five times the readership of its nearest competitor

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cruise WeeklycoreOthersCruise Weekly is a sister publication under the same parent company Business Publishing Group, providing free newsletter coverage of cruising for travel agents.
• Business Events NewscoreOthersWeekly newsletter for the meetings, incentives, conferences and events sector, published under Business Publishing Group.
• Travel BulletincoreOthersTravel trade publication under Business Publishing Group targeting the Australian travel industry.
• Travel and Cruise WeeklycoreOthersSister publication covering travel and cruise industry news.
• Pharmacy DailycoreOthersIndustry newsletter for the pharmacy sector published under Business Publishing Group.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Travolution: Travolution is a UK-focused digital travel industry publication covering travel distribution, technology, and online travel agencies. It shares Travel Daily's trade-newsletter model but with a narrower focus on digital distribution and technology in travel.
• Skift: Skift is a global travel industry media company producing daily news, research, and events for travel professionals. Like Travel Daily, it monetizes through advertising and events targeting the travel trade, and serves as a directly comparable B2B travel media brand — though at significantly larger scale and with a global rather than Australian remit.
• Travel Weekly (Northstar Travel Group): Travel Weekly is the leading US travel trade publication serving travel agents, agencies, and suppliers with daily news, analysis, and events. It is the most direct functional equivalent to Travel Daily in the North American market, with the same B2B trade news, advertising, and events business model.
• Travel Trade Gazette (TTG): TTG is the UK's principal travel trade newspaper and digital publication, delivering daily industry news to travel agents and suppliers. It mirrors Travel Daily's audience (UK travel trade), editorial cadence, and advertising-driven revenue model.
• TravelPulse: TravelPulse is a North American travel industry news outlet providing daily trade news, agent training, and supplier content. Like Travel Daily, it serves as an information hub for travel advisors and monetizes through advertising and supplier partnerships.

Emerging players

• eTurboNews (eTN): eTN is a global travel industry news outlet covering tourism, aviation, and hospitality with daily news distribution. It shares Travel Daily's trade news mission and free-distribution model, though it operates as a global digital-first outlet rather than a regional print-tradition publication.
• Travel Trade Journal (India): Travel Trade Journal is an Indian B2B travel trade publication serving travel agents and suppliers across the Indian market. It mirrors Travel Daily's trade-newsletter and advertising model in a different geography, with a smaller-scale but structurally analogous business.

Broad incumbents

• HotelNewsNow (CoStar): HotelNewsNow is a hospitality trade news brand operated by CoStar Group, serving hoteliers and travel suppliers with daily news. It overlaps with Travel Daily's advertiser base (hotels) and B2B trade media model but focuses specifically on lodging.
• Phocuswright: Phocuswright is a global travel industry research and media company producing research, conferences, and news for travel suppliers, distributors, and tech companies. It overlaps with Travel Daily's trade media and events activities but operates at a higher tier with proprietary research as its primary product.

Regional players

• Business Travel News (BTN): BTN is a US-focused B2B media brand covering corporate travel management, supplier news, and travel buyer education. While Travel Daily targets the leisure trade rather than corporate travel, both serve professional travel buyers with advertising-supported trade publications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/travel_daily
• YouTubeyoutube.com/traveldaily
• Facebookfacebook.com/traveldaily
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/travel-daily
• Instagraminstagram.com/traveldailyau

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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