Lonely Planet
Publisher of travel guidebooks
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| 2024 | Lonely Planet announced its withdrawal from the Chinese market and ceased publishing travel guides in simplified Chinese. |
| 2022 | Lonely Planet acquired Elsewhere, a website connecting travelers directly with trip design experts. |
| September 2021 | The Thorn Tree online community was permanently shut down. |
| December 2020 | NC2 Media sold Lonely Planet to Red Ventures for an undisclosed amount. Phillippe von Borties, former co-founder and CEO of Refinery29, was named head of the company. |
| April 2020 | In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lonely Planet temporarily halted business and locked the Thorn Tree forum in read-only mode. |
| April 2019 | Lonely Planet acknowledged on Twitter that their previous Facebook video about the Banaue Rice Terraces was 'misleading', and committed to updating the next Philippines book edition, though they would not remove existing editions containing the incorrect information. |
| March 2019 | Lonely Planet posted a controversial Facebook video falsely claiming that the Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines were created by the Chinese, which sparked significant criticism. |
| March 2013 | BBC confirmed the sale of Lonely Planet to Brad Kelley's NC2 Media for US$77.8 million, which represented a significant loss of nearly £80 million for the BBC. |
| 2011 | BBC Worldwide acquired the remaining 25% of Lonely Planet from the Wheelers for £42.1 million (A$67.2 million), completing their full ownership of the company. |
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