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The Winter Season Series
Austria Edition 2026
In Austria, winter isn't just a season — it's The Season. The Winter Season Series is built for the names that define it: the hotels, restaurants, destinations and experiences that decide what an Austrian winter is worth crossing a border for.
Selected applicants are introduced to the audiences that fill Austria's winter — readers in Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom, the GCC, and Italy — each reached in their own market through a feature prepared by PrimePressQ and published in a leading outlet in target markets.
Only 13 places will be allocated across the four package options for the 2026 Austria Winter Edition.
Applications close November 1st, or once all available programmes have been allocated.
MEDIA PROGRAM
The Winter Series
Austria Edition 2026
PACKAGE I | The Essential
For the names building their international base — reaching Germany and the Netherlands, Austria's two largest foreign winter markets, through features prepared by PrimePressQ and published in Rheinische Post / RP Online and Marie Claire Netherlands. No other two markets bring more winter guests across the border — this is where Austrian tourism's foreign demand actually comes from.
INCLUDED PUBLICATIONS
Rheinische Post / RP Online
Digital via rp-online.de
Marie Claire Netherlands
Digital via marieclaire.nl
Availability: Total of 4 packages available
The package must be used by [date].
Standard Investment €5,600
Package I Investment €3,900
PACKAGE II | The Signature
Everything in Package I, with the United Kingdom added through The Independent. Three markets — Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom — reached in a single coordinated campaign. Together they represent Austria's three largest sources of foreign winter guests for a more expanded visibility in front of audiences that visit Austria every year.
INCLUDED PUBLICATIONS
Marie Claire Netherlands
Availability: Total of 3 packages available
Standard Investment €9,200
Package II Investment €7,900
PACKAGE III | The Prestige
Everything Package II offers, built around Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom's most influential title, The Times — plus one further market of your choice: Italy through Rolling Stone Italia, the GCC through Harper's Bazaar Arabia, or the United States through USA Today. The same four-market logic as The Premiere, at the standing of the titles that reach the most discerning readers in each.
PACKAGE III | The Premiere
Everything in Package II, plus one further market of your choice: Italy through Rolling Stone Italia, the GCC through Harper's Bazaar Arabia, or the United States through USA Today. Four markets in total — three of Austria's largest established source markets, and a fourth chosen for where your next guests are most likely to come from: Italy's frequent, taste-led travellers; the GCC's high-value winter visitors; or the only long-haul market in Austria's winter top fifteen.
Digital via marieclaire.nl
Availability: Total of 3 packages available
INCLUDED PUBLICATIONS
Standard Investment €13,600
Series Investment €11,900
APPLICATION DEADLINE
November 1st
or until all available places have been filled.
For a personalized package combining media from the options above, please email hi@primepressq.com.
ALTERNATIVE PACKAGE OPTIONS
PARTICIPATION & PAYMENT TERMS
Applicants selected for the Austria Winter Season 2026 Series will receive a personalised participation invitation detailing the investment and payment terms applicable to their allocated Package. Payment schedules differ between Packages and will be presented together with the official invitation.
Note: PrimePressQ is an independent media placement agency. It does not represent or act on behalf of the publication where the final feature is being published. This listicle is independently created and organized by PrimePressQ and prepared for publication on selected media platform.
The package must be used by [date].
Rheinische Post / RP Online
Digital via rp-online.de
The package must be used by [date].
Harper's Bazaar Arabia
USA Today
Marie Claire Netherlands
Digital via independent.co.uk
The Independent UK
Digital via independent.co.uk
The Independent UK
Digital via rollingstone.it
Digital via harpersbazaararabia.com
Digital via usatoday.com
And one market of your choice:
Rolling Stone Italy
Rheinische Post / RP Online
Digital via rp-online.de
Digital via marieclaire.nl
Availability: Total of 3 packages available
INCLUDED PUBLICATIONS
Standard Investment €21,800
Series Investment €17,900
Digital via thetimes.com
The Times
And one market of your choice:
Rolling Stone Italy
Harper's Bazaar Arabia
USA Today
The package must be used by [date].
Marie Claire Netherlands
Digital via marieclaire.nl
Rheinische Post / RP Online
Digital via rp-online.de
Digital via rollingstone.it
Digital via harpersbazaararabia.com
Digital via usatoday.com
About the Publishers
A portfolio built around the markets that fill Austria's winter.
Every winter, Austria fills with guests who decided months earlier — at home, over coffee, reading the titles they've always read. The Winter Season Series is built around the titles that reach the markets that matter most to an Austrian winter, brought in one at a time as the packages extend. Nothing about the selection is guesswork: it follows Statistics Austria's own record of where the country's winter guests come from.
It begins with Germany and the Netherlands — no two foreign markets bring Austria more winter guests — through Rheinische Post / RP Online and Marie Claire. The Independent brings in the United Kingdom, home to some of the most devoted winter guests Austria has. From there, participating brands, properties and destinations can extend further still: Italy through Rolling Stone Italia, for readers who come often and choose on taste; the GCC through Harper's Bazaar Arabia, for the region's high-value winter travellers; or the United States through USA Today, Austria's leading long-haul winter market. Each feature is prepared by PrimePressQ for its market and published in a title those readers already trust.
No two features read the same, because no two of these readerships are the same. Each is written for its own audience, in its own market, and published where that audience already is. Together, they shape how an Austrian winter is discovered, considered, and booked — by the people most likely to arrive.
Publication Profile
RHEINISCHE POST / RP ONLINE
via rp-online.de
Domain Authority: 72
Domain Rating: 86
Market: Germany
Typical publication timeline: 2-3 weeks
Google indexed: Yes
Dofollow backlink: No
Sponsored label: With Ad Label
Writing: Included | up to 1000 words
Backlinks: 1 contextual backlink included
Client review before submission: Included
Rheinische Post is one of Germany's leading regional daily newspapers, read across North Rhine-Westphalia — the country's most populous state — and covering news, business, culture and society for a large, loyal regional readership. RP Online carries that readership onto rp-online.de, reaching German readers in the market that sends more winter guests to Austria than any other.
USA TODAY
via usatoday.com
Domain Authority: 94
Domain Rating: 92
Market: USA
Typical publication timeline: 2-3 weeks
Google indexed: Yes
Dofollow backlink: No
Sponsored label: Contributor Content
Writing: Included | up to 1500 words
Backlinks: 4-5 backlinks included
Client review before submission: Included
USA Today is the most widely read news brand in America with over 90 million monthly unique visitors— and its travel vertical is where millions of Americans turn when planning their next trip. With a voice that blends accessibility with authority, it reaches high-intent travelers at the exact moment they're deciding.
THE TIMES
via thetimes.com
Domain Authority: 92
Domain Rating: 91
Market: UK
Typical publication timeline: 4-5 weeks
Google indexed: Yes
Dofollow backlink: Yes
Sponsored label: Discreet
Writing: Included | up to 500 words
Backlinks: 4 to 5 contextual backlinks included
Client review before submission: Included
The Times is one of the United Kingdom's most established and influential newspapers, read in print and online by a readership that shapes opinion well beyond its own subscriber base. It reaches one of the UK's most affluent and discerning audiences — the readers most likely to plan, and pay for, a winter abroad.
MARIE CLAIRE NETHERLANDS
via marieclaire.nl
Domain Authority: 42
Domain Rating: 56
Market: Netherlands, Belgium
Typical publication timeline: 2-3 weeks
Google indexed: Yes
Dofollow backlink: Yes
Sponsored label: In partnership with
Writing: Included | up to 1000 words
Backlinks: 4-5 backlinks included
Client review before submission: Included
Marie Claire is present in 31 markets and reaches 38 million unique visitors worldwide. Marie Claire Netherlands forms part of that global brand, reaching an affluent Dutch readership of around 350,000 online unique visitors across luxury, travel and lifestyle.
ROLLING STONE ITALY
via rollingstone.it
Domain Authority: 66
Domain Rating: 71
Market: Italy
Typical publication timeline: 2-3 weeks
Google indexed: Yes
Dofollow backlink: Yes
Sponsored label: In Partnership With PrimePressQ
Writing: Included | up to 500 words
Backlinks: 4 to 5 contextual backlinks included
Client review before submission: Included
Rolling Stone is one of the world's most recognised culture titles, with a global audience of over 60 million people a month across music, film and popular culture. Rolling Stone Italia forms part of that global brand, reaching an Italian readership across music, entertainment and culture.
HARPER’S BAZAAR ARABIA
via harpersbazaararabia.com
Domain Authority: 68
Domain Rating: 74
Market: GCC
Typical publication timeline: 4 weeks
Google indexed: Yes
Dofollow backlink: No
Sponsored label: Disclaimer
Writing: Included | up to 1000 words
Backlinks: 4 to 5 contextual backlinks included
Client review before submission: Included
Harper's Bazaar is the world's longest-running fashion magazine, read by women who travel widely and choose destinations the way they choose everything else — on taste. Harper's Bazaar Arabia is published online from Dubai— the region's leading luxury fashion title, reaching an affluent, high-spending Gulf audience for whom travel is a defining part of the luxury lifestyle the magazine covers.
INDEPENDENT UK
via independent.co.uk
Domain Authority: 94
Domain Rating: 91
Primary Audience: United Kingdom
Typical publication timeline: 4 weeks
Google indexed: Yes
Dofollow backlink: Yes
Sponsored label: Provided by AM Publishing
Writing: Included | up to 750 words
Backlinks: 4 to 5 contextual backlinks included
Client review before submission: Included
The Independent reaches around 20 million monthly users in the United Kingdom, part of a global audience of approximately 87 million, ranking among Britain's most-read national news brands. Its readership includes affluent, well-travelled readers with significant income and a strong interest in global affairs, culture and lifestyle.
Publication Profile
Beyond the Publications
What does participation actually create?
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An Austrian winter is booked early — flights, rooms and tables are settled while the leaves are still on the trees. Each feature in this series appears in front of readers in the Netherlands, the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom during that window: while the decision is still open, not after it's made.
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Your own channels can say anything; that's exactly why they persuade less. A feature prepared by PrimePressQ and published in Marie Claire Netherlands, USA Today, Rolling Stone Italia or The Independent carries the standing of the title it appears in. Readers meet you inside a publication they already trust, in their own language
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Published features live on the publications' own platforms — pages that rank when someone searches an Austrian winter in Dutch, English or Italian. Your name appears in the results those travellers actually read, on titles search engines already treat as authoritative.
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The way travellers plan is changing. A growing number now ask AI assistants where to stay, where to eat and what to see, and take the answers as a starting shortlist. Those tools do not invent their recommendations — they draw on trusted, published sources across the open web. A brand featured in leading international titles is far more likely to be part of the material those systems reference, and so more likely to appear when a traveller asks. It is one of the few ways to build presence inside a channel that barely existed a few years ago and is growing quickly.
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The series is not a single piece of coverage repeated in four places. Each market reads its own feature, written specifically for it — the reference points, the framing and the emphasis shift to suit an American, Dutch, British or Italian reader. Together they form a coordinated international profile rather than a scattered set of mentions, reaching four of Austria’s source markets in a single campaign. It is the difference between being seen once and being recognised across the markets that matters most to a destination.
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A standard advertising campaign ends the day the budget runs out; this does not. Once published, the feature stays live and becomes something a property owns and can use, linked from its own website, cited in sales and partner conversations, and referenced wherever credibility needs to be established quickly. Its value compounds rather than fades: the same feature that reaches a traveller at launch continues to reassure the next one a year later. It is an investment in a lasting reference point, not a moment of visibility that vanishes once attention moves on.
APPLICATION
Apply now to be considered for The Winter Season Series — Austria Edition 2026
Access to this application is by private invitation only. If you have been directed here, your property, restaurant, destination, or brand has already been identified as a strong potential fit for this programme.
There is no obligation or financial commitment to apply. Investment is required only if your application is approved and you choose to accept your place.
Only 13 series placements will be allocated across the four available Packages.
Applications close on November 1st, 2026, or earlier once all placements have been allocated.
Feature Quality Assurance
No sponsored, promotional, or advertisement label appears on the article URL. Every feature runs under its publication's standard disclosure designation — listed per title in the Publication Profile above. Final content may be subject to minor editorial adjustments to align with the publication's formatting and style requirements. Approved positioning and key feature elements remain preserved.
Confidentiality Notice
We respect your privacy. All application details, personal information, and submission materials will be kept strictly confidential and will not be shared with third parties. The process is fully discreet and by invitation only, ensuring that only a handful of exceptional candidates are selected.
Publication Assurance
Once an application is approved and the placement fee is confirmed, inclusion in the article is 100% guaranteed. Articles are almost always published within the initially indicated timeframe. In rare and exceptional circumstances, minor scheduling adjustments may occur due to publisher timelines or unforeseen delays in the collection of materials. In such cases, we reserve the right to extend the publication timeline by a maximum of 30 calendar days. If publication does not occur within this maximum extension, the applicant is eligible for a full 100% refund, no questions asked.
Disclaimer
PrimePressQ is an independent media placement agency. It does not represent or act on behalf of the publication where this content appears. This listicle is independently created by PrimePressQ and prepared for publication on selected media platform.