Lonely Planet
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Holiday travel nightmares; it can't be worse than this...weekly in the San Francisco Chronicle.) A sampling of entries: The worst visa line, Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet: "India gives you the longest line, but for sheer tedious slowness followed by absurd, Kafkaesque,... In this article: Archaeologists, Chicken, Goat, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, and Lonely Planet |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 04, 2009
Blimey, it's bargain: London becomes best-value destination
...meals up to half the price they were a few years ago." South Africa, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Kenya and Las Vegas rounded out the top 10 in Lonely Planet's annual snapshot. The economic collapse in Iceland meant the country was...
In this article: London, Iceland, Las Vegas, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico, Kenya, and South Africa
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Lonely Planet - Press Room | 7 days ago
Lonely Planet makes Progress with Nokia to benefit communities around the world
...progressive development of humankind. TheProgressProject.com recently launched with six initial projects documented through compelling video reports by Lonely Planet author Frances Linzee Gordon. Frances travelled to the USA, Brazil and...
In this article: Nokia, Nokia N97, Dengue fever, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Navteq
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Telegraph.co.uk - Your Money | October 13, 2009
Make gapyear funds go further
...salary gross of tax. Take cover While researching a book in India, a colleague of Lonely Planet author Frances Linzee Gordon, was involved in a collision with a truck travelling in the wrong direction. According to her account on the...
In this article: Tax, Grant Thornton, Malaria, Moneysupermarket.com, and Citibank
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Silently they go
...an exception for Ladakh, especially if you fly directly there. Lonely Planet goes further, saying in its guide to India that Ladakh is as safe as any part of the country. And after spending two sweltering days in Delhi, the city dirty and...
In this article: Buddhism, Indus River, Snow Leopard, Goat, Melbourne, Delhi, and India
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BusinessWire India | October 18, 2007
Cleartrip India,Cleartrip Travel Guide,Discover India Travel Guide
...Travel & tourism Cleartrip Now Helps Travelers Explore India Discover India Travel Guide Launched by Cleartrip in Association with Lonely Planet and Jet Airways Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, October 18, 2007 -- (Business...
In this article: Jet Airways, India, Mumbai, Port Blair, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad
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Stuff | June 15, 2009
World's worst travel experiences exposed
...aspects of travel can be the most interesting and entertaining." Contributors include British-born Australian Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet publications. Wheeler lists the Saudis as the worst drivers in the world, India as...
In this article: Pizza, Sun Air, Robert Young Pelton, Tijuana, and Bali
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Lonely Planet
...and his wife Maureen Wheeler in Sydney in 1973, following a lengthy trip from Turkey, through Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, to India or Nepal. The popularity of the overland route declined when Iran's borders closed in 1979. Written...
In this article: Thomas Kohnstamm, Australia, Europe, Chrysler Corp, Climate change, London Business School, and University of Warwick
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Lonely Planet serves green travellers in India
...many more people, don't you think? '. Lonely Planet has been publishing its bestselling guide to India for 27 years - the first book was released in 1981 and the book is now in its 13th edition. * Free extracts are available on request
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Lonely Planet is the largest travel guidebook and digital media publishers in the world. Originally called Lonely Planet Publications, the company changed its name to Lonely Planet in July 2009 to reflect its broad travel industry offering and the emphasis on digital products. After Let's Go Travel Guides, it was one of the first series of travel books aimed at backpackers and other low-cost travellers. As of 2009, it published about 500 titles in 8 languages, with annual sales of more than six million guidebooks, as well as TV programs, a magazine, mobile phone applications and websites.
Lonely Planet has a television production company, which has produced four series: Lonely Planet Six Degrees, The Sport Traveller, Going Bush, Vintage New Zealand and Bluelist Australia. Lonely Planet is headquartered in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, with affiliate offices in London and Oakland, California.
Since 2007, the company has been controlled by BBC Worldwide, which owns a 75% share, while founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler own the remaining 25%.
In 2009 Lonely Planet began publishing a monthly travel magazine called Lonely Planet Magazine.
The company name comes from a misheard line in "Space Captain," a song by Joe Cocker and Leon Russell. The actual words are "lovely planet" but Tony Wheeler heard "lonely planet" and liked it.
- Name:
- Lonely Planet
- Type:
- British government-owned (subsidiary of BBC Worldwide)
- Location City:
- Footscray, Victoria
- Location Country:
- Australia
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founder:
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- Maureen Wheeler
- Tony Wheeler
- Founded:
- 1972
- Industry:
- Multi media
- Key People:
- Matt Goldberg
- Products:
- Travel guidebook, digital applications, online travel community
- No. of Employees:
- 450 staff, 350 authors
- Parent Company:
- BBC Worldwide
- Website:
- http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
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