Discover Trinidad and Tobago
Encyclopedia
Discover Trinidad and Tobago is an annual, free (advertising-supported) travel/visitor guide to Trinidad and Tobago
. It has been published by Media and Editorial Projects Limited
since 1991.
It initially published twice per year, but switched to annual publication in the mid-1990s. Its 2009 edition was its 20th. Each edition begins distribution at the World Travel Market
in London. The magazine began at 5"x7", and re-sized to an A5 format with the 2007 edition. It ventured into web-offset printing with the 2009 edition, claiming to have decreased its paper usage by 1.1 million pages. The magazine usually publishes a Trinidad & Tobago guide as well as a separate Discover Tobago booklet (consisting of information reproduced from the Tobago section of the complete book). In 2010, only a twin-island edition was published. Its website was also re-launched in 2009, including articles from previous issues in addition to the current edition.
The magazine's founding editor was Jeremy Taylor (writer)
, and since has been edited by Georgia Popplewell, Skye Hernandez, Nicholas Laughlin, and others. It is currently edited by Caroline Taylor
. Contributors have included local and foreign Trinidad and Tobago writers, journalists and photographers. Its coverage typically includes short overviews of the islands' accommodation; business; arts and entertainment; food, dining and restaurants; natural history; touring and sightseeing; sports; shopping; history; vacation/holiday planning; and local transportation. Corresponding current events are posted on its blog.
Sister publications include Caribbean Beat
, Caribbean Review of Books
(CRB), ENERGY Caribbean and the Trinidad & Tobago Business Guide (TTBG).
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
. It has been published by Media and Editorial Projects Limited
Media and Editorial Projects Limited
Media and Editorial Projects Limited is a private publishing company based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.The company was established in 1991 by Jeremy Taylor and Joanne Mendes...
since 1991.
It initially published twice per year, but switched to annual publication in the mid-1990s. Its 2009 edition was its 20th. Each edition begins distribution at the World Travel Market
World Travel Market
World Travel Market is a UK event aimed at the global travel industry. Almost 46,000 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and representatives of the international media, converge on ExCeL London each year in November to attend WTM. This year World Travel Market is scheduled...
in London. The magazine began at 5"x7", and re-sized to an A5 format with the 2007 edition. It ventured into web-offset printing with the 2009 edition, claiming to have decreased its paper usage by 1.1 million pages. The magazine usually publishes a Trinidad & Tobago guide as well as a separate Discover Tobago booklet (consisting of information reproduced from the Tobago section of the complete book). In 2010, only a twin-island edition was published. Its website was also re-launched in 2009, including articles from previous issues in addition to the current edition.
The magazine's founding editor was Jeremy Taylor (writer)
Jeremy Taylor (writer)
Jeremy Taylor is a writer, editor and publisher who was born in England and has lived and worked in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean since 1971. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Cambridge, and then a Master of Arts and Diploma in Education from Makerere...
, and since has been edited by Georgia Popplewell, Skye Hernandez, Nicholas Laughlin, and others. It is currently edited by Caroline Taylor
Caroline Taylor
Caroline Taylor is an actor, singer, director, journalist and marketer from Trinidad and Tobago.Taylor was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She studied music, dance and drama at an early age, winning a Trinidad & Tobago National Scholarship for Languages in 2000, and Commonwealth...
. Contributors have included local and foreign Trinidad and Tobago writers, journalists and photographers. Its coverage typically includes short overviews of the islands' accommodation; business; arts and entertainment; food, dining and restaurants; natural history; touring and sightseeing; sports; shopping; history; vacation/holiday planning; and local transportation. Corresponding current events are posted on its blog.
Sister publications include Caribbean Beat
Caribbean Beat
' is a bimonthly magazine, published in Port of Spain, Trinidad, covering the arts, culture and society of the Caribbean, with a focus on the region's English-speaking territories...
, Caribbean Review of Books
Caribbean Review of Books
The Caribbean Review of Books is a quarterly magazine published in Port of Spain, Trinidad, reviewing books of Caribbean interest—by Caribbean authors or about the Caribbean—and printing original fiction, poetry, and other literary material...
(CRB), ENERGY Caribbean and the Trinidad & Tobago Business Guide (TTBG).