Tag: Lonely Planet

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features the husband and wife team behind the Lonely Planet guide book empire.

In the early days of Lonely Planet, founder Tony Wheeler quickly learnt the importance of building a brand and protecting his valuable intellectual property (IP) overseas.

Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet tells Dynamic Business why he’d like to work in airport security, can’t stay in the same hotel twice and won’t stop travelling.

Lonely Planet this week unveiled its new Compass Guides to Google Android users in Australia, providing travellers with mobile access to its city guide content

In response to the widespread chaos caused by the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, Lonely Planet is offering 13 of its European iPhone guides free in what the company is calling a “Volcano Relief Sale”.

Lonely Planet, the Australian based publisher of travel guides has for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, has released a free iPhone City Guide application for Vancouver. Travellers can get inside information on what Vancouver has to offer in the mobile app “Vancouver Travel Guide: The Sights”. This free application is available from the […]