Nathan Lump, editor in chief of Travel + Leisure and
editorial director of Departures, Food & Wine and Cooking Light, will leave
his positions at the end of the year.
In an internal memo, Stephen Orr, vice president and group
editorial director of Meredith National Media Group, characterized the change
as Lump's decision, and said he will stay through the close of the December
issue of T+L and assist with the transition, including participation in the selection
of his successor.
Orr wrote that at the end of Lump's four-year tenure, T+L
has 55% advertising market share among consumer travel titles in a group that
includes both Conde Nast Traveler and National Geographic Traveler. He put the
audience size at 6.3 million, the largest in the title's history, and said that
its website grew 400% since Lump became editor in chief.
In a reference to Conde Nast Traveler's decision earlier
this year to combine its U.S. and U.K. editorial teams under London leadership,
Orr positioned Travel + Leisure as "the only monthly travel title in the
United States." (National Geographic Traveler is printed six times a
year.)
Lump was quoted in the memo as saying "It has been a
dream to lead T+L. Now feels like the right time for me to stretch myself
professionally in new ways."