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Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen and Tony Wheeler.In 1972, they embarked on an overland trip through Europe and Asia to Australia, following the route of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition.
Red Ventures is an American media company that owns and operates brands such as Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, Healthline, and Bankrate. [1] Red Ventures focuses on news, advice, and review websites. [2] The company's corporate headquarters is located in Indian Land, South Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. [3]
Ian Douglas Wright (born 17 May 1965, Suffolk, England) [citation needed] is an English television host, artist and comedian.Wright was host of Pilot Productions' travel/adventure television series Globe Trekker (also called Pilot Guides in Canada and the United States and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet).
Lonely Planet has unveiled its best-in-class travel list for 2025, with trending Toulouse, France, taking the top spot for a city break. In the 15th edition of Lonely Planet’s “Best in Travel ...
Lonely Planet says the Covid-19 lockdown has allowed the Czech capital to “hit the reset button” and to promote “slow tourism and attractions away from the city center.” ...
Lonely Planet, as the Wheelers’ kitchen-table enterprise became, empowered backpackers with advice on hang-outs in hubs such as Istanbul, Kabul and Kathmandu, and all roads and borders in between.
Globe Trekker (sometimes called Pilot Guides in Australia, Spain and Thailand, and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet) is a British adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions. The British series was inspired by the Lonely Planet travelbooks and began airing in 1994.
Wheeler organised two Lonely Planet travel summits in 1994 and 1997. [6] [7] Wheeler has been the driving force behind Lonely Planet's corporate contributions programme established to provide financial assistance for humanitarian projects in developing countries. The next step of her philanthropy is in creating the Planet Wheeler Foundation by ...