Red Ventures acquires Lonely Planet
Red Ventures has announced it has acquired Lonely Planet from NC2 Media for an undisclosed amount. Red Ventures, a platform of digital businesses including US-based travel website The Points Guy,...
Lonely Planet launches cookbook series
Lonely Planet has launched a series of ‘destination’ cookbooks called ‘From the Source’.The publisher will release the first two cookbooks in August—From the Source: Italy and From the Source: Thailand—and...
Lonely Planet launches flights-comparison tool
Lonely Planet has launched a company-branded flights-comparison tool on its website.The publisher said in a statement that this is the first time it has hosted an ‘own-branded flight search engine’,...
Lonely Planet to relaunch children’s list
Lonely Planet will relaunch its children’s list, Not for Parents, as Lonely Planet Kids, reports the Bookseller. ‘We now feel the time is right to establish Lonely Planet Kids as...
Lonely Planet develops travel accessories range
Lonely Planet has developed a range of travel accessories that are now available for sale in bookstores. Branded with the Lonely Planet logo, the items include neck pillows, travel adaptors, luggage scales, combination...
Lonely Planet partners with Scribd
Lonely Planet has partnered with ebook subscription service Scribd to make all of its travel guides available to subscribers.The announcement marks the launch of Scribd’s travel category, as well as...
Fifteen redundancies confirmed at Lonely Planet in London
Fifteen positions will be made redundant at Lonely Planet’s London office as part of the company-wide restructure announced last week, reports the Bookseller. A Lonely Planet spokesperson told the Bookseller...
Up to 80 redundancies expected at Lonely Planet worldwide; 49 redeployment opportunities available
Australia-based travel publisher Lonely Planet has confirmed that between 70 and 80 staff across the publisher’s worldwide operations will be made redundant within the next 12 months after 49 redeployment opportunities have...
Lonely Planet celebrates 40th anniversary; competitions and limited-edition covers planned
Lonely Planet is celebrating 40 years of publishing travel books this year. The company has a number of events planned across the globe to celebrate the occasion, including, in Australia...
BBC Worldwide sells Lonely Planet to US-based NC2 Media
BBC Worldwide has sold Lonely Planet to US-based media company NC2 Media, owned by billionaire Brad Kelley. BBC Worldwide said in a statement that it has sold the Melbourne-based publisher...
BBC denies sale of Lonely Planet
Following reports that the BBC has sold its majority stake in Lonely Planet, the BBC has made a statement denying that any deal has been done. A spokesman for BBC...
Lonely Planet Hub opens in Dymocks George St
A Lonely Planet Hub has opened in the Dymocks bookstore in George St, Sydney. Situated on the mezzanine level of the store, the Hub is a ‘shop-in-shop’ that carries Lonely Planet...
BBC Worldwide considering ‘strategic options’ for Lonely Planet
BBC Worldwide is considering ‘strategic options’ for Lonely Planet, including outside investment or a potential sale, reports the Guardian. While the BBC declined to comment about the speculation, the Guardian...
New bookstore for Perth Airport
LS Travel Retail, which operates a Lonely Planet retail store in Sydney airport, is among the retailers selected for Perth Airport’s new domestic terminal, Terminal 2. LS Travel Retail has...
Future-proofing workflows
In the future it is likely that content will be published as books, ebooks, apps, webpages and formats not yet discovered. To prepare, some publishers are creating media-neutral workflows. Editor-cum-business...
BBC Worldwide writes down Lonely Planet in response to strong Oz dollar
BBC Worldwide has revealed a £16.1 million (approximately A$24.5 million) write down of Lonely Planet in its 2011-2012 annual report. It is the second time the British company has written...
Lonely Planet to open concept stores in UK, Malaysia
Travel publisher Lonely Planet will open a branded retail store at Manchester Airport in the UK this month, which will be modelled on the publisher’s original concept store at Sydney...
Zeiher appointed Asia Pacific sales and marketing director at Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has announced that Chris Zeiher has been promoted to the newly created role of Asia Pacific sales and marketing director. Zeiher was previously sales and marketing director for...
Changes at Lonely Planet
At Lonely Planet, Chris Zeiher has been promoted from Australia and New Zealand sales and marketing director to the newly created role of Asia Pacific sales and marketing director, Kate...
Lonely Planet launches country guide apps
Lonely Planet has announced a series of new country guide apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, available via the App store. The first apps launched were country guides for...