founded 1949 founder eugene fodor country of origin united states headquarters location random house tower new york city publication types books fiction genres travel guides official website www.fodors.com fodor s fo d rz is the world s largest publisher of english language travel and tourism information and the first relatively professional producer of travel guidebooks . fodor s travel and fodors.com are divisions of random house inc. history edit founder eugene fodor was a keen traveler but felt that the guidebooks of his time were boring uninspired collections of quickly outdated facts and figures . he decided to address these shortcomings and wrote a guide to europe on the continent the entertaining travel annual which was published in 1936 by francis aldor aldor publications london . going beyond the usual lists of hotels and attractions the book was updated yearly and gave practical guidance such as tipping advice alongside information about the local people and culture . for example in the introduction fodor wrote rome contains not only magnificent monuments but also italians . the pioneering book was a success in england and the united states . fodor s modern guides inc. was founded in 1949 in paris france and david mckay company began publishing the books a year later . mckay was sold to random house in 1986 . in 1996 fodor s launched a travel related website fodors.com which was nominated for a webby award in 2004 . today fodor s has published more than 440 guides in 14 series on over 300 destinations and has more than 700 permanently placed researchers all over the world . the fodor s division s current publisher is amanda d acierno . references edit about us . fodors.com . retrieved october 28 2005 . random house information group . randomhouse.com . retrieved october 28 2005 . eugene fodor . encyclop dia britannica . retrieved november 1 2005 . travel literature and guidebooks . princeton university . retrieved august 18 2010 . external links edit fodors.com official site . v t e penguin random house random house usa crown crown broadway harmony hogarth three rivers ten speed watson guptill knopf doubleday knopf doubleday everyman s library us pantheon schocken vintage random house ballantine bantam dell del rey dial modern library spectra villard children s beginner books golden information books on tape fodor s living language the princeton review prima games uk cornerstone hutchinson random house william heinemann ebury bbc books ebury del rey fodor s rider virgin books 90 % transworld bantam doubleday vintage publishing the bodley head chatto & windus harvill secker jonathan cape vintage canada mcclelland & stewart douglas gibson books tundra books new canadian library other companhia das letras 45 % penguin random house grupo editorial alfaguara penguin group uk dorling kindersley hamish hamilton ladybird penguin penguin classics puffin rough guides viking warne us alpha author solutions authorhouse iuniverse trafford xlibris dutton penguin putnam riverhead sentinel tarcher viking berkley publishing group ace berkley new american library jove plume roc children s dial young readers dutton children s firebird g. p. putnam s sons grosset & dunlap philomel price stern sloan puffin warne parents bertelsmann pearson plc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fodor % 27s & oldid 700573490 categories travel guide bookspublishing companies of the united statesrandom house navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages afrikaansfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 january 2016 at 09 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view