Mar 26, 2018Let’s talk travel: Speak to Lonely Planet with voice technologyLonely Planet has been helping travellers to discover incredible experiences across the globe since 1973. We started out providing independently researched recommendations and advice in book format, and since then have broadened how we share our writers’ travel expertise to web, mobile, magazines, video and beyond. …Google Home3 min readGoogle Home3 min read
Mar 23, 2018New Frontiers: Travel & TechnologyLonely Planet is a 45-year-old start-up. In 1973, we took a simple idea and embraced a content platform: providing travellers with information was the goal and books were the best medium. This was cutting-edge stuff at the time – and experimentation and early adoption have defined the company ever since. …Technology7 min readTechnology7 min read
Aug 8, 2017Introducing TripsAt Lonely Planet, we love finding ways to help people explore the world every day. In fact, it’s our mission. And our brand new mobile app helps you do just that. Meet Trips by Lonely Planet — now available for iOS on the App Store. — By Brad Haynes We’ve always been incredibly proud of Lonely Planet’s community of travelers. Just dip into our Thorn Tree Forum — now 21 years young — to see why. …Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
May 31, 2017Celebrating 21 years of talking about travelAs Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree forum reaches its 21st birthday, we look back at its evolution. — By Katie Coyne While 1996 isn’t that long ago, a lot has changed. People still wrote handwritten letters and sent them through the post. You still had to go to the shops to buy your stuff (Amazon and eBay had launched just the year before). Google had only just been…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Jan 27, 2017The ultimate travel companionTwelve months on from launching our flagship app — by Diego Jiménez Travel and technology have evolved so much since Lonely Planet’s founders, Tony and Maureen Wheeler, put together their first guidebook with a typewriter on their kitchen table over forty years ago. But Lonely Planet’s mission remains the same: to inspire and enable travellers to experience the world. …Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Jan 20, 2017100 cities on your wrist***Update 17 December 2018: This product has now been retired.*** The slow but steady rise in popularity of wearables has captured the imaginations of our digital product team over the past year. In particular, the ways in which this sort of technology–especially within the watch space–can genuinely aid travellers. For…Wearables3 min readWearables3 min read
Apr 15, 2016Lonely Planet’s Chrome ExtensionAs a bit of a side project, one of our Digital Product team members, Jonathan Creamer, recently built out this simple but beautiful Chrome extension. It surfaces some of the quality imagery we’ve sourced from 500px for our site’s new destination pages, and also offers a shortcut for finding out…Chrome2 min readChrome2 min read
Nov 23, 2015Designing destinations at Lonely Planetby Brad Haynes If you’ve traveled the world, there is a good chance you’ve used a Lonely Planet guidebook on your adventures. Founded in Melbourne in 1973, the company has grown up to become the world’s leading travel publisher, building a global network of writers, selling millions of books covering…Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
