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====Red Ventures==== In December 2020, NC2 Media sold Lonely Planet to [[Red Ventures]] for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite web|title=Red Ventures Acquires Lonely Planet|date=December 2020 |url=https://redventures.com/press/press-releases/red-ventures-acquires-lonely-planet|language=en|accessdate=December 1, 2020}}</ref> Lonely Planet offices continue to operate in [[Dublin]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and [[New Delhi]]. Phillippe von Borries, a former co-founder and CEO of [[Refinery29]], was named head of the company.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-15 |title=Lonely Planet Buys Local Experts Site Elsewhere for Trip Planning |url=https://skift.com/2022/02/15/lonely-planet-buys-local-experts-site-elsewhere-to-go-deeper-into-trip-planning/ |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Skift |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, Lonely Planet bought Elsewhere, a website that links travellers directly with experts who assist in designing trips.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rashaad |first=Jorden |date=2022-02-15 |title=Lonely Planet Buys Local Experts Site Elsewhere for Trip Planning|url=https://skift.com/2022/02/15/lonely-planet-buys-local-experts-site-elsewhere-to-go-deeper-into-trip-planning/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=[[Refinery29]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024, Lonely Planet announced that it had withdrawn from the market in China and ceased publishing travel guides in simplified Chinese.<ref>[https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1015405 Lonely Planet Reaches the End of the Road in China]</ref>
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