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How to pitch to Condé Nast Traveller Middle East

Guidelines for pitching digital stories for Condé Nast Traveller Middle East

We’re thrilled you want to pitch a story for CNTravellerme.com. Condé Nast Traveller Middle East aims to inspire travel and inform readers about the world around us. We are committed to telling reported and personal stories about travelling – stories that help people travel better, smarter and more safely.

Before you pitch, please read the following guidelines.

  1. Pitch stories and angles, not destinations (i.e., please avoid the “I’m going to [TK place], need anything?” route).
  2. Check if we’ve covered the story and/or destination previously. If so, why are you revisiting it? Is there a new angle?
  3. Have other publications written about this angle? If so, how will your story be different?
  4. If you’re pitching a personality, please include whether the story is an exclusive, and whether you already have access.
  5. Consider if you are the best person to tell a specific story, especially if it’s about a marginalised community of which you are not a member. If so, please tell us why you’re the one to write the piece and which voices you’ll include.
  6. Disclose if your trip was sponsored in any way. We do not provide assignment letters for freelancers on group press trips. Trips can be pitched after the fact, with clear disclosure of the nature of the trip and the sponsorship.

Your pitch should be no longer than a paragraph or two, and include a suggested headline, your angle, your sources and/or characters, and why this story should be covered now. News pegs go a long way , as do story pitches that reflect responsible travel. Photo suggestions are always helpful, but can be discussed after the assignment is made.

While we are a travel publication, we also publish stories that intersect with other fields: food, environment, art, history, architecture, design, tech, shopping, nightlife and more. Any features should have a strong backbone of reporting and reveal something new — we’re not looking for diary-like travelogues or stream-of-consciousness stories that follow the course of a trip.

We do not accept pre-written stories on spec — even if you have already written the story, please send only the pitch.

Please sent your pitches directly to connectmiddleeast@condenast.com and avoid sending the same idea to multiple editors.

This page was last updated on July 7th, 2023.