Publishing

As Britain's largest travel publisher, AA Publishing produces more than 800 new and revised travel guides, accommodation and eating-out guides, road atlases and maps each year. Latest additions to our portfolio include children's books and games, jigsaws, packaged kits and a range of car accessories that are bought by more than five million UK customers every year.

Guiding the way

But our success is not just confined to this country; AA Publishing also has an excellent international reputation with more than 36 million travel guides sold worldwide in the last 12 years.

Contributing in no small way to the content of AA books are the Cartography and Geographic Information teams, which use advanced computer and plotting technology to create innovative and highly successful products centred around our maps. Projects include atlases, travel guides, leisure books and street-by-street guides, as well content for satellite-navigation systems and the AA's renowned online routes service.

Cutting-edge

The drive to innovate and create new products is at the heart of what AA Publishing does. Not only is the company at the leading edge of routes and maps online, it is also investing heavily in new technology to ensure that its range of products reaches a new generation of consumers who want information at their fingertips wherever they happen to be. For mobile-phone users, PDA owners and would-be Podcasters, AA Publishing is pushing the boundaries of information technology.

Cartographers and Web experts combine with editorial, design and development teams, picture researchers and production specialists to create a formidable portfolio of products.

Finance and business administration underpins the creative heart of the company, and our own team of sales specialists guarantees that AA products are synonymous with the world of travel publishing.

Lifestyle

A further integral part of our operation is the Hotel Services department, which operates the high-profile inspection- and rating-schemes system used by the AA to classify hotels, bed and breakfast establishments, restaurants, pubs and caravan sites throughout Britain and Ireland. Information from these areas is used to create and update the best-selling 'AA Lifestyle Guides', and a specialist sales team offers opportunities and advice as to how best to advertise in these market-leading titles.

AA Publishing – all you would expect from the UK's biggest travel publisher and more besides.