TravelHost Cleveland

TravelHost connects local businesses with travelers through our magazine and online website. We show the traveler exactly where to stay, where to go, what to see, and what to do for a unique travel experience - no other local businesses of interest benefit from the increased tourist traffic we send through their front door.

In the mid-1960s, James E. Buerger, founder of TravelHost, Inc., established a chain of weekly newspapers in Texas, each of which included a television magazine insert. A local hotel manager requested 500 copies for rooms at a Dallas Marriot; thus, the nation’s first in-room hotel magazine was born. Starting in 1967, TravelHost combined television/cable and programming listings with targeted local guide information on dining, entertainment, maps, shopping, relocation, sightseeing, and other activities in each local city. During the early 1970s, TravelHost was the first to pioneer the national/local formula in the publishing industry, expanding its national brand through a unique system of local ownership. By the early 1980s, TravelHost had established itself as the #1 magazine in the hotel magazine industry.

The magazine now features full-color pages printed on high-gloss paper stock. In the 90s, TravelHost widened its distribution advantages with several new publication products, from Premium Map inserts to Pocket Magazines, each providing additional advertising and coupon values under the same brand. In the mid-2010s, TravelHost was passed on to Bill Schroeder, former VP of Sales and Marketing, who expanded the company from strictly publishing into a multi-dimensional multimedia business. In 2022, the company was acquired by Bridge News, LLC. Based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Bridge News includes tv stations and digital assets. The new Chief Executive Officer for TravelHost, Orestes Baez, is bringing these tools together to grow the brand and open new markets across the country. Today, TravelHost is the premier destination resource, celebrating over half a century of serving millions of travelers worldwide through our information-rich website, social media platforms, and in-room TravelHost magazines across the country.