Last updated: April 2026
Splendid Magazine covers the world — and we believe our storytelling should reflect the diversity of the places, cultures, designers, hoteliers and communities we feature.
We actively seek out stories from under-represented destinations, emerging designers, independent hoteliers, and Indigenous-owned and women-owned hospitality businesses. We aim to feature a broad range of cultural perspectives in our destination guides, hotel reviews and style features, and to avoid the narrow Eurocentric gaze that has historically dominated luxury travel media.
When commissioning contributing writers, photographers and stylists, we actively seek talent from diverse backgrounds — across gender, ethnicity, age, nationality, sexuality, and ability. We welcome pitches from freelancers of all backgrounds at april@worldofsplendid.com.
We are mindful of language that stereotypes or exoticises destinations and communities. Our editorial style guide is reviewed regularly to reflect evolving standards in inclusive travel writing.
We work to ensure our website is accessible to readers using assistive technology. If you experience accessibility barriers on worldofsplendid.com, please let us know at april@worldofsplendid.com so we can address them.
We review our editorial output annually to assess the diversity of destinations covered, subjects featured, and contributors commissioned. We welcome reader feedback on where we can do better.