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Arthur Bernard Frommer (/ ˈ f r oʊ m ər /) (July 17, 1929 – November 18, 2024) was an American travel writer known for founding the Frommer's brand of travel guides. Early life [ edit ]
Frommer's (/ ˈ f r oʊ m ər z /) is a travel guide book series created by Arthur Frommer in 1957. Frommer's has since expanded to include more than 350 guidebooks in 14 series, as well as other media including an eponymous radio show and a website.
When he published "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" in 1957, the young lawyer kicked off a new era in travel, persuading middle-class Americans that London, Paris and Rome weren't just for aristocrats.
Pioneering travel guidebook writer Arthur Frommer has passed away at the age of 95, according to a statement from the media brand he founded.
The Frommer’s brand, led today by his daughter Pauline, remains one of the best-known names in the travel industry, with guidebooks to destinations around the world, an influential social media presence, podcasts and a radio show. Frommer's philosophy — stay in inns and budget hotels instead of five-star hotels, sightsee on your own using ...
Arthur Frommer, who rose to fame in the tourism industry after publishing Europe on 5 Dollars a Day in 1957 and later his namesake travel guides, has died. He was 95. The author's family confirmed ...
Darwin Porter (born September 13, 1937, in Greensboro, North Carolina) [1] is an American travel writer, producing numerous titles, mostly for the Frommer guidebook series, over a 50-year career span.
Last weekend at the New York Times Travel Show on the Hudson River in Manhattan, WalletPop cornered Pauline Frommer, the first female editor of a major guide book series, to ask her for the ...