Editing Lonely Planet (section)

{{Short description|Publisher of travel guidebooks}}
{{About|the guidebook publisher|the film|Lonely Planet (film) {{!}}''Lonely Planet'' (film)||Lonely Planet (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2022}}
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{{Infobox publisher
| name         = Lonely Planet
| image        = Lonely Planet.svg
| image_size   = 240px
| caption      = 
| parent       = Lonely Planet Global, Inc.
| status       = 
| traded_as    = 
| predecessor  = 
| founded      = 1973<ref name="guardian"/>
| founders     = {{ubl|[[Tony Wheeler]]|[[Maureen Wheeler]]}}
| successor    = 
| country      = Australia
| headquarters = [[Fort Mill, South Carolina]], U.S.
| distribution = {{unbulleted list|[[Grantham Book Service]] (UK) | [[Hachette Book Group]] (North America) | [[United Book Distributors]] (Australia) |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/trade|title=Trade|website=Lonely Planet}}</ref>}}
| publications = [[Book]]s<br>[[Mobile app]]s<br>[[Video]]<br>[[Magazine]]
| topics       = [[Guide book|Travel guides]] (worldwide)
| genre        = 
| imprints     = 
| revenue      = 
| owner        = [[Red Ventures]]
| numemployees = 400 staff, 200 authors<ref name=about>{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/about/ |title=About Us |publisher=Lonely Planet |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref>
| website      = {{URL|https://www.lonelyplanet.com/|lonelyplanet.com}}
|keypeople=[[Philippe von Borries]] (president; November 2020 – May 2023)
}}
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'''Lonely Planet''' is a travel [[guide book]] publisher.<ref name=Fildes>{{cite news |title=BBC gives Lonely Planet guides a home in first major acquisition |first=Nic |last=Fildes |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bbc-gives-lonely-planet-guides-a-home-in-first-major-acquisition-395739.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=2 October 2007 |access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref> Founded in Australia in 1973,<ref name="guardian">{{Cite web|date=2017-02-24|title=Lonely Planet co-founder: 'The first book was an accident'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2017/feb/24/lonely-planet-co-founder-travel-empire-gap-year|access-date=2021-10-07|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> the company has printed over 150 million books.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-01 |title=The Points Guy Owner Red Ventures Buys Lonely Planet |url=https://skift.com/2020/12/01/the-points-guy-owner-red-ventures-buys-lonely-planet-in-travel-guidebook-play/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Skift |language=en-US}}</ref>