Q&A with Uwern Jong Editor-in-Chief of OutThere magazine
Uwern Jong is the Editor-in-Chief of the world?s leading luxury and experiential travel journal for gay men, OutThere magazine. Here he shares with us his views on the luxury travel world and how his career started and is flourishing in this fast-paced sector.
Tell us a bit about yourself and OutThere Magazine.
Armed with a passion for luxury travel, I co-founded OutThere magazine back in 2013, and have been growing it ever since, in my capacity of Editor-in-Chief. OutThere is now the world?s leading luxury and experiential travel journal for gay men of distinction, in over 20 countries worldwide. We?re proud to be an internationally recognized, award-winning magazine, but more so to deliver sublime travel inspiration to our unique, affluent and discerning community. We specialize in curating opinion-leading content, from in-depth, first person essays on the world?s most amazing experiences ? taking our readers on journeys that extend beyond the mainstream ? to celebrating global cultural expressions and the people responsible for making the OutThere world so fabulous. How did you come up with the idea for OutThere magazine"
There was really a gap in the market, one that we recognized very early on. Publications for our community of readers were very mainstream, no one seemed to focus on the fact that our audience was particularly high net worth, had a large disposable income and had a high propensity to travel, particularly at the luxury and designer end of the travel...
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