8 Questions for the New Bosses at Travel+Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler

It's a rare age where the leadership roles at the U.S. two top consumer travel magazines are as much in flux as they are now. In August Conde Nast announced that it was replacing Conde Nast Traveler editor-in-chief Klara Glowczewska with former Cookie EIC Pilar Guzman. Glowczewska had been at Traveler since 1987 and had run editorial since 2005. Out went publisher Carolyn Kremins as well, to be replaced with one of the company's golden boys, Bill Wackermann. Kremins had been responsible for forging better relationships with cruise companies, especially Norwegian Cruise Line. (Coincidentally, new EIC Guzman is married to a former publisher of CN Traveler. Small world.) As of today, at least 17 editorial staff at Traveler have been let go.  Over at Travel + Leisure, editor-in-chief Nancy Novogrod will celebrate her twentieth anniversary as EIC in early October, after which she will certainly leave as the magazine transitions from American Express Publishing to the new owners at Time, Inc. The new owners have already offered buyouts to some business staff at T+L, and the publisher role will be up for grabs as well. UPDATE: Jill Davison, an American Express Publishing spokeswoman, told Skift “this speculation is inaccurate.” Both magazines are better at selling ads than any of th