[2] The Condé Nast unit of Advance Publications purchased Signature, a magazine for Diners Club members, for $25 million in 1986.

The company used it as the basis for Condé Nast Traveler,[3] led by Sir Harold Evans (1928–2020) in 1987,[4] with a focus on literary journalism and hard news reporting.

The Filipino representative, an unidentified woman, counted numbers and money, sang Happy Birthday, and said "Cheers!"

Despite being able to sing the national anthem of the Philippines in Tagalog, the videos went viral on social media, with users complaining the woman was not properly portraying Filipino culture in comparison to the other representatives from the 70 other countries did.

In response, Condé Nast Traveler admitted in a Facebook post that "[o]ne of our subjects, a Filipino woman, answered our questions in English rather than Tagalog based on her experience growing up and living in the Philippines... we appreciate your feedback and take seriously our responsibility to respectfully represent the many different aspects of the countries we cover at Condé Nast Traveler.