Since we started World Hum in 2001, we’ve tried to explore travel in all its facets and publish compelling travel stories. It’s been enormously fun and gratifying, yet there’s so much more we’ve wanted to do with the site. Juggling day jobs, we just haven’t had the time or resources.

Now we will. We’re delighted to announce that World Hum has been acquired by the Travel Channel. The people behind the Travel Channel are building a lineup of shows and websites that celebrate travel and the journey. World Hum is now a part of that.

As for us, we’re not going anywhere. Thanks to the Travel Channel’s commitment, we’ll edit the site full-time, publishing the kinds of stories you’ve come to expect from World Hum. In fact, we’re going to publish more of them. You’ll see some changes to the site in the months to come. We’re going to experiment with audio, video and other ways to tell travel stories.

Thanks for your support over the years. We hope that you’ll join us for the next leg of the journey.

If this is your first time visiting World Hum, welcome to the site. Here’s a little bit more about who we are and what we do. If you want to dive right in, our travel dispatches and our weblog are great places to start.

What do you think? Please let us know in the comments below.

Cheers,

Mike and Jim
The Editors

* Update, 11:42 a.m. ET: Budget Travel Online has an interview with Mike.

* Update, 12:02 p.m. ET: The Travel Channel press release is out. 

* Update, May 22, 11:14 a.m. ET: Gadling has a few kind words.

* Update, May 22, 11:16 a.m. ET: Yachters are apparently interested in all this, too.

Photo credits, clockwise from top left: Book cover, “Japanland” by Karin Muller; Michael Yessis; jetalone, via Flickr (Creative Commons); ¥§*ªˆ¨ˇ(c) LOVE (c) ˇ¨ˆª*§¥, via Flickr (Creative Commons); el7bara, via Flickr (Creative Commons); malias’, via Flickr (Creative Commons); NASA; Google Maps.