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Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet
Size: 500 team members combined in Australian, UK and US offices.
Staff: photographers, authors, television production, editors, digital, design, layout, image bank, IT, intranet, administration, cartographers, management, strategy and planning, sales and marketing, warehouse and logistics – all united by a love of travel.
Number of countries visited collectively: 191
Number of countries visited by an individual: 144 (Mr Tony Wheeler)
Head office: Footscray, Melbourne, Australia.
Other offices: Oakland, California; Clerkenwell, London.
Extra curricula activities: Lonely Planet band (Melbourne and London offices)
Fascinating fact: The snow dome collection featured in the cafe began nearly 30 years ago. The Wheelers always brought home a souvenir snow dome from their research trips to thank Andy, their first (and longest serving) employee, for managing things in their absence.
www.lonelyplanet.com
lonelyplanet.com is dedicated entirely to travel and travellers. It is managed by the digital team who pool independent advice and knowledge from staff and the travel community to keep it relevant, informative, up-to-date and interesting.
Every month over 5 million travellers visit lonelyplanet.com for various reasons – to plan, research, dream, make bookings, shop, update, review, listen to podcasts, enter competitions, watch videos or to swap stories and other stuff.
lonelyplanet.com is immediately accessible at every stage of travel from just about everywhere in the world. Pages include:
Destinations Thousands of cities & countries – overview, history, photos, videos.
Shop Guidebooks, reference, downloads, language guides.
Thorn Tree Bulletin board for exchanges and advice between travellers.
Hostels & Hotels Destination browser, accommodation search, online booking services. Bookings & Services Travel checklist, flights, accommodation, insurance, adventure & tours, car & rail, travel gear, phone & wireless.
Video Lonely Planet Television.
Travel Stories Stories, destinations, authors, podcasts, interactive features.
www.lonelyplanetimages.com
Established in 1998, Lonely Planet Images is a professional, comprehensive digital library of over 300,000 unique downloadable destination photographs from every corner of the planet with a network of over 360 contributing photographers.
Lonely Planet Images is managed by a global team located in Melbourne and images are available worldwide.
The website, www.lonelyplanetimages.com provides services including powerful image search, photographic research, smart personalised lightboxes, requests for comping versions, flexibile purchase and fast and immediate download of high-resolution images and maps.
The showcase at www.lonelyplanetimages.com captures the range of the library – with categories including adventure, animals, architecture, celebration, food, landscape, nature, people, relaxation, spirituality, transport, travel and urban.
Lonely Planet Television
Lonely Planet Television is Lonely Planet’s television production company, producing and developing travel and factual programming for international broadcasters including the Discovery Channel, SBS, Eurosport and Current TV.
Shows
Its flagship series, Lonely Planet Six Degrees, has a popular streetsmart, expect-the-unexpected approach. The premise is to connect viewers to what makes a city special, through its people. In its third season it screens in over 150 countries.
The Going Bush series was the story of a road trip across remote Aboriginal Australia. The second series featured Olympic champion Cathy Freeman and actor Luke Carroll.
Lonely Planet Television also produces customised TV and video content to produce co-branded programs to meet specific marketing purposes.
www.lonelyplanettelevision.com
Apart from being fresh and fun, the website is full of video caches by channel, destination or creator, plus forums, best video features, groups, traveller of the month profiles, video challenges, search tools, information on making videos, freeware, music tools and community tools.
Lonely Planet Mobile
Lonely Planet mobile services range from SMS, WAP, downloadable applications and content for phones, GPS and PDS devices.
Anywhere in the world, a traveller’s mobile can pinpoint their location, provide directions, access reviews and recommendations, research costs and accommodation, download guides and retrieve the very latest information on a subject – pretty soon, your phone will be running your life.
Mobile services are complementary to printed guidebooks – supporting communication between travellers and with home via blogging features.
Staff: photographers, authors, television production, editors, digital, design, layout, image bank, IT, intranet, administration, cartographers, management, strategy and planning, sales and marketing, warehouse and logistics – all united by a love of travel.
Number of countries visited collectively: 191
Number of countries visited by an individual: 144 (Mr Tony Wheeler)
Head office: Footscray, Melbourne, Australia.
Other offices: Oakland, California; Clerkenwell, London.
Extra curricula activities: Lonely Planet band (Melbourne and London offices)
Fascinating fact: The snow dome collection featured in the cafe began nearly 30 years ago. The Wheelers always brought home a souvenir snow dome from their research trips to thank Andy, their first (and longest serving) employee, for managing things in their absence.
www.lonelyplanet.com
lonelyplanet.com is dedicated entirely to travel and travellers. It is managed by the digital team who pool independent advice and knowledge from staff and the travel community to keep it relevant, informative, up-to-date and interesting.
Every month over 5 million travellers visit lonelyplanet.com for various reasons – to plan, research, dream, make bookings, shop, update, review, listen to podcasts, enter competitions, watch videos or to swap stories and other stuff.
lonelyplanet.com is immediately accessible at every stage of travel from just about everywhere in the world. Pages include:
Destinations Thousands of cities & countries – overview, history, photos, videos.
Shop Guidebooks, reference, downloads, language guides.
Thorn Tree Bulletin board for exchanges and advice between travellers.
Hostels & Hotels Destination browser, accommodation search, online booking services. Bookings & Services Travel checklist, flights, accommodation, insurance, adventure & tours, car & rail, travel gear, phone & wireless.
Video Lonely Planet Television.
Travel Stories Stories, destinations, authors, podcasts, interactive features.
www.lonelyplanetimages.com
Established in 1998, Lonely Planet Images is a professional, comprehensive digital library of over 300,000 unique downloadable destination photographs from every corner of the planet with a network of over 360 contributing photographers.
Lonely Planet Images is managed by a global team located in Melbourne and images are available worldwide.
The website, www.lonelyplanetimages.com provides services including powerful image search, photographic research, smart personalised lightboxes, requests for comping versions, flexibile purchase and fast and immediate download of high-resolution images and maps.
The showcase at www.lonelyplanetimages.com captures the range of the library – with categories including adventure, animals, architecture, celebration, food, landscape, nature, people, relaxation, spirituality, transport, travel and urban.
Lonely Planet Television
Lonely Planet Television is Lonely Planet’s television production company, producing and developing travel and factual programming for international broadcasters including the Discovery Channel, SBS, Eurosport and Current TV.
Shows
Its flagship series, Lonely Planet Six Degrees, has a popular streetsmart, expect-the-unexpected approach. The premise is to connect viewers to what makes a city special, through its people. In its third season it screens in over 150 countries.
The Going Bush series was the story of a road trip across remote Aboriginal Australia. The second series featured Olympic champion Cathy Freeman and actor Luke Carroll.
Lonely Planet Television also produces customised TV and video content to produce co-branded programs to meet specific marketing purposes.
www.lonelyplanettelevision.com
Apart from being fresh and fun, the website is full of video caches by channel, destination or creator, plus forums, best video features, groups, traveller of the month profiles, video challenges, search tools, information on making videos, freeware, music tools and community tools.
Lonely Planet Mobile
Lonely Planet mobile services range from SMS, WAP, downloadable applications and content for phones, GPS and PDS devices.
Anywhere in the world, a traveller’s mobile can pinpoint their location, provide directions, access reviews and recommendations, research costs and accommodation, download guides and retrieve the very latest information on a subject – pretty soon, your phone will be running your life.
Mobile services are complementary to printed guidebooks – supporting communication between travellers and with home via blogging features.
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