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NEW YEAR. NEW NORMAL. NEW TRAVEL NEWS.
It’s a new age full of new normals. The power and presence of media has been developing at a breakneck speed over the last decade. Readers are in the wonderfully comfortable position of being able to absorb news and content in a format that best suits them. Whether they prefer print, television, radio, web or mobile. In the travel industry that is no different. In fact, in an age of travel restrictions and harsh limitations on physical movement, travel-related content has had to carve out an even more substantial space for itself within the global digital consciousness.
Travel News Namibia, the country’s longest-running travel and tourism publication, was created in 1993. A mere two years later, the publication entered the digital sphere with its own website. In 1995, very few Namibian companies had a website, and even fewer within the tourism industry. Thus www.travelnewsnamibia.com became a sort of collective home for Namibia’s tourism industry. A lot of things have changed since then, but one thing that has remained constant is the fact that Travel News Namibia is still sharing Namibia’s story with the world, as it has for the past 28 years, and in formats that suit each and every reader, viewer or follower. Whether it is print, digital, video or on social media.
More than a decade has passed since the glossy magazine was first uploaded in an electronic format. Since then, the beautiful pages of Namibia’s most-loved travel magazine have graced screens across the world and reached more than two million impressions online. In 2021, the magazine will undergo another epic transformation and be hosted in a new digital magazine format, on the world’s largest online newsstand - Zinio! Readers will now be able to subscribe to the magazine, receive it delivered directly to their inbox and also download a specialised Travel News Namibia app for effortless reading and automatic content updates.
Easy to read online, more stories, more images and shared in subscription form across the globe: this is TNN 2.0!
Print will never truly die. There is a unique sense of wonder to be had in enjoying the physical pages of a book or magazine. Venture Media will continue to print Travel News Namibia magazine and distribute it to key local and international partners, along with maintaining its long-running and exceptional online web and social media presence - because though media may change, the power of stories never will.
STORIES THAT MATTER.
That’s our mantra at Venture Media. Sharing stories, information and inspiration to an audience that understands and values why certain things matter.
Why conservation, tourism, people & communities, businesses and ethics matter.
How these elements interrelate and how we can bring about change, contribute to the world and support each other. Whether for an entire nation, an industry, a community, or even just an individual. We find, explore, discover, teach, showcase and share stories that matter.
