Lonely Planet launching regional Indian guidebooks for local travelers
After launching outbound travel guides specifically designed for Indian travellers, Lonely Planet will now launch its special guide book series for domestic travel titled “Short Escapes” for the metro...
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UPDATED: Lonely Planet and the rapid decline of the printed guidebook
A stack of printed guidebooks looks quite heavy. Adam Wyles / Flickr [Updated to reflect sale of Lonely Planet] The announced sale of Lonely Planet today for $121 million less than BBC Worldwide paid...
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Exclusive: BBC selling Lonely Planet to Kentucky cigarette billionaire Brad...
Rafat Ali UPDATE: BBC Worldwide confirms the sale to Lonely Planet EXCLUSIVE: Lonely Planet, the storied travel guidebooks publisher owned by BBC, is about to be sold, we have learned. And the buyer...
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How Lonely Planet is winning the battle on social media
Thick guidebooks covered in stickers and torn in the corners used to be the tell-tale sign of a traveler. Although some tourists still are engrossed with words in print instead of the sites in front...
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BBC confirms sale of Lonely Planet to U.S. billionaire
Today BBC Worldwide officials and representatives of U.S. billionaire Brad Kelley announced the sale of Lonely Planet to a company controlled by Kelley for AUS$75 million (£51.5 million). The...
View ArticleLonely Planet assures book authors that print will continue, following sale
BBC Worldwide, the arm of BBC that just sold off Lonely Planet to NC2 Media, quickly moved to assure LP authors (who are mostly freelancers) in a letter from Marcus Arthur, the MD of Global Brands at...
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BBC’s governing body criticizes Lonely Planet sale price for being too low
The BBC came under heavy criticism from its own trustees today after selling the Lonely Planet travel guides business to an American billionaire and making a loss of £80 million. The BBC Trust, under...
View ArticleTwitter agrees: BBC screwed up its Lonely Planet business
Today Twitter shook with the official news of BBC selling Lonely Planet to U.S. billionaire Brad Kelley for AUS$75 million (£51.5 million). This is less than the industry followers thought it would...
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INTERVIEW: Lonely Planet’s new boss on the future of the travel brand
Lonely Planet logo with headshot of incoming Chief Operating Officer Daniel Houghton. Earlier today BBC Worldwide confirmed it would sell the Lonely Planet travel brand to Nashville, TN-based upstart...
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Mobile destination apps: Lonely Planet’s cautionary story
Ed’s note: The reporting on this story was done in between our exclusive on LP’s sale and announcement on its sale yesterday. Lonely Planet’s Brice Gosnell is a busy man these days. As Lonely Planet’s...
View ArticleThe guidebook industry is suffering, but it’s not dead yet
It’s a tale told in gory detail by the numbers. UK sales of international guidebooks have fallen 45% in eight years. Guides covering where to eat or stay have fared worse, down over 60%, says analyst...
View ArticleWhat a guidebook looks like today: It’s not what you think
While working for Lonely Planet for nearly 15 years, I researched guidebooks in Siberia and Transylvania, trained at Mountie boot camp in Saskatchewan, and even shook hands with Al Roker. But the most...
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Lonely Planet hires CTO from within in first leadership move in post-BBC world
In March the BBC sold Lonely Planet to NC2 Media, a young Nashville-based digital media company backed by billionaire Brad Kelley. Since the sale it’s been relatively quiet in Melbourne, Oakland, and...
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Lonely Planet to Cut Staff and Relocate Digital Offices to Nashville
Four months after buying Lonely Planet from BBC Worldwide, new owner NC2 Media will announce staff reductions and structural changes as soon as this week, Skift has learned. The changes involve...
View ArticleStatement from Lonely Planet Regarding Staff Cuts and Reorganization
Earlier today, Skift broke the news that Lonely Planet would be making changes to its global content business. On Thursday morning Melbourne time, Lonely Planet leadership spoke to staffers, and...
View ArticleWhy Lonely Planet’s Restructuring Isn’t the End of the Travel Brand
Lonely Planet is and has always been a print publishing operation. Despite their carefully cultivated hippy-dippy image, the Wheelers ran a tight ship and LP was known in the industry for being able to...
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The 12 Milestone Travel News Stories in Skift’s First Year
Year One at Skift, a year of great milestone developments in the global travel industry. The Skift team has lived and breathed travel industry news for the past 365 days — since our public launch — and...
View ArticleOpinion: Travel Guidebook World Is Shrinking, But Don’t Give Up Books Yet
Earlier this month, travelers got the sad but not too surprising news that Lonely Planet is slashing jobs and redoing their entire business model. The iconic travel guide brand has had three owners...
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The 12 Biggest Travel Trends Skift Tracked in Its First Year
Skift celebrated its one-year anniversary yesterday and we celebrated by looking back at the 12 biggest travel stories of the year. But Skift is about more than breaking news. We are connecting the...
View ArticleLonely Planet Cuts Generate Strong Emotions and Memories of Wanderlust
When news emanated from the Melbourne headquarters of Lonely Planet two weeks ago that the iconic publisher of guidebooks and related travel titles was laying off up to 80 editors and other staffers,...
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