Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet
Parent companyLonely Planet Global, Inc.
Founded1972
FoundersTony Wheeler
Maureen Wheeler
Country of originAustralia
Headquarters locationFranklin, Tennessee
Distribution
Key people
  • Luis Cabrera (CEO)
Publication typesBooks
Mobile apps
Video
Magazine
Nonfiction topicsTravel guides
Owner(s)Red Ventures
No. of employees400 staff, 200 authors[2]
Official websitewww.lonelyplanet.com
Maureen and Tony Wheeler, co-founders of Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet is a huge travel guide book creator.[3] As of 2011, the company had sold 120 million books since creation.[4]

  1. "Trade". Lonely Planet.
  2. "About Us". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  3. Fildes, Nic (2 October 2007). "BBC gives Lonely Planet guides a home in first major acquisition". The Independent. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. Charles Bethea (27 March 2014). "The 25-Year-Old at the Helm of Lonely Planet". Outside Magazine. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

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