Parent company | Lonely Planet Global, Inc. |
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Founded | 1972 |
Founders | Tony Wheeler Maureen Wheeler |
Country of origin | Australia |
Headquarters location | Franklin, Tennessee |
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Publication types | Books Mobile apps Video Magazine |
Nonfiction topics | Travel guides |
Owner(s) | Red Ventures |
No. of employees | 400 staff, 200 authors[2] |
Official website | www |
Lonely Planet is a huge travel guide book creator.[3] As of 2011[update], the company had sold 120 million books since creation.[4]