Rival steps in to save Travel Bulletin from scrap heap
Travel industry trade publication Travel Bulletin has been saved from the scrap heap after being taken over by daily news site Travel Daily.
Publishers of the monthly title Ian McMahon and Eddie Raggett said earlier this week they were “reluctantly” closing the publication after 10 years after failing to find a buyer. They cited heath and lifestyle reasons for the decision to call it a day.
But Travel Daily yesterday revealed it has entered into “swift negotiations” with McMahon and Raggett and “reached a deal to take it over”. No fee was disclosed.
Travel Daily publisher Bruce Piper said: “Ian McMahon and Eddie Raggett have taken Travel Bulletin to become the unquestioned leader in the Australian travel trade print publishing.