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He had a weekly syndicated radio show for over 20 years, The Travel Show with Arthur and Pauline Frommer, also hosted with his daughter Pauline (from his first marriage), co-president of Frommer Media LLC. [9] In 1997, Arthur Frommer was brought on by publisher IDG (later known as Hungry Minds) to create Frommers.com. [10] It became one of the ...
Frommer's (/ ˈ f r oʊ m ər z /) is a travel guide book series created by Arthur Frommer in 1957. Frommer's has since expanded to include more than 350 guidebooks in 14 series, as well as other media including an eponymous radio show and a website.
It was later acquired by Wiley Publishing, which in turn sold it to Google in 2012. Google quietly shut the guidebooks down, but Arthur Frommer — in a David vs. Goliath triumph — got his brand back from Google. In November 2013 with his daughter Pauline, he relaunched the print series with dozens of new guidebook titles.
Arthur Frommer, an American soldier stationed in Europe during the Korean War, used his experience traveling around the Continent as the basis for Europe on $5 a Day (1957), which introduced readers to options for budget travel in Europe. Both authors' guidebooks became the foundations for extensive series, eventually covering destinations ...
Pioneering travel guidebook writer Arthur Frommer has passed away at the age of 95, according to a statement from the media brand he founded.
When he published "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" in 1957, the young lawyer kicked off a new era in travel, persuading middle-class Americans that London, Paris and Rome weren't just for aristocrats.
Arthur Frommer, who rose to fame in the tourism industry after publishing Europe on 5 Dollars a Day in 1957 and later his namesake travel guides, has died. He was 95. The author's family confirmed ...
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel (1999; published by Intellitravel Media) British Columbia Magazine (1959; My Passion Media) Caravan (1933; Warners Midlands Plc) Caribbean Beat (1992; published by Media and Editorial Projects Limited, inflight magazine of Caribbean Airlines) Condé Nast Traveler (1987; published by Condé Nast Publications ...