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LP: Samson resigns due to ill health
Lonely Planet has announced that Richard Samson, general manager, Asia-Pacific, has resigned from his position for health reasons. Samson has been battling a serious illness for over a year, and is st...
Craig Potton Publishing to distribute Lonely Planet in NZ
Lonely Planet has announced a new distributor for its products in New Zealand. From 5 September 2010 Craig Potton Publishing will be the publisher's exclusive distributor in New Zealand, taking ...
Lonely Planet moves into profit as digital grows
Lonely Planet has ‘moved from a loss of £(3.2)million [$A5.7 million] last year to a profit of £1.9million [A$3.4 million] ', according to the 2009/10 full-year financial report of p...
Lonely Planet trials website for bookshops in Europe
A beta version of Platinum Planet, a website aimed at helping independent booksellers, is being trialed by Lonely Planet Europe and UK for booksellers in that region. Described as a 'virtual sales rep...
Lonely Planet confirms staff changes
Lonely Planet has confirmed it has made some changes to its print and digital teams. ‘We have been very open saying we are moving from traditional book publishing to a multi-media t...
New head for Lonely Planet TV
Lonely Planet has announced the appointment of Sue Norton as senior vice-president and head of Lonely Planet Television, to be based in the BBC Worldwide Productions office in Los Angeles. Reporting t...
Jaipur Literature Festival: Australian authors wanted for 2011 program
The Jaipur Literature Festival, which ran from 21 to 25 January, attracted more than 20,000 people and more than 200 speakers. Among the speakers was Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler, who spoke to f...
Lonely Planet to publish its 100 millionth guidebook
Lonely Planet has announced that the publication of the 15th edition of its Australia guide will officially be the publisher's 100 millionth guidebook in print. To celebrate, the company is laun...
The Wheeler Centre: Centre for Books Writing and Ideas named after LP founders
The Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, a key component in Melbourne successful bid for UNESCO City of Literature status, is to be named The Wheeler Centre after the founders of Lonely Planet, it was...
BBC Worldwide: 'No plans to sell' LP
BBC Worldwide has denied it intends to sell its 75% shareholding in Lonely Planet, after speculation in the UK press that the company would divest itself of the travel publisher it acquired a 75% stak...
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