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The Travel Channel

The only network devoted exclusively to travel, and its power to inspire and entertain.

Mailing Address

5425 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 500
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Main Number

301-244-7500

Acting General Manager

Jon Sichel

Launched

1987; acquired by Scripps, 2009

Background and Distinctions

Travel Channel is the place for consumers to satisfy their urge to go, see and do.  Through the engaging storytelling and unique perspectives of its on-air personalities, the Travel Channel creates travel content that inspires, entertains, and taps into the human desire to experience new things, explore new places, and engage with interesting people and cultures.  It's a condition known as the Travel Bug, and the Travel Channel encourages everyone to Catch It!

Travel Channel is available in more than 95 million U.S. cable homes, and its high-definition simulcast, Travel Channel HDTM is distributed to more than 17 million. The Web site, which serves as the network's entertainment travel hub averages more than 2 million unique users monthly and its mobile content platform, Travel Channel GOTM, is a leading provider of quality mobile travel video and audio content.  Travel Channel also manages the leading online travel blog, (www.worldhum.com).