Forbes Announces Partnership with the Travel Channel to Produce Luxury Lifestyle Specials Featuring Forbes Content

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:04pm EDT

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Forbes has partnered with the Travel Channel to produce FORBES LUXE 11, a luxury
lifestyle series consisting of ten, hour-long episodes. The series, featuring
Forbes content and Forbes on-camera talent, will begin airing on a weekly basis
starting Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10pm ET. 

The shows will be broadcast in high definition, will feature content provided by
Forbes in a list format and will offer a glimpse into the world of the
privileged and wealthy. The first show will feature "Mega-Toys." Later in the
series, topics will include: Exclusive Hotels, Extravagant Meals, Extreme
Excursions, Luxury Steals, Icy Hot Spots, First-Class Traveler, High Seas Style,
and Billionaire-Owned hotels. Forbes editors and writers will appear throughout
each special bringing their unique wealth and luxury coverageto the lifestyle
category. 

Forbes President of Television and Licensing, Miguel Forbes commented on the new
series, "Our new partnership with the Travel Channel is a vital part of Forbes`
continued expansion into television and luxury coverage." 

Forbes Media: Forbes Media encompasses Forbes and Forbes.com, the #1 business
site on the Web that reaches more than 18 million people monthly. The company
publishes Forbes and Forbes Asia, which together reach a worldwide audience of
more than 5.5 million readers. It also publishes ForbesLife and ForbesWoman
magazines, in addition to licensee editions in China, Croatia, India, Israel,
Japan, Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia and Turkey. Other Forbes Media Web sites
are: ForbesTraveler.com; Investopedia.com; RealClearPolitics.com;
RealClearMarkets.com; RealClearSports.com; and the Forbes.com Business and
Finance Blog Network. Together with Forbes.com, these sites reach nearly 40
million business decision makers each month.

Forbes
Elizabeth Wasden, 212-367-4157
ewasden@forbes.com

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