Lonely Planet is the largest travel guide book publisher in the world. The company is owned by NC2 Media (owned by American billionaire Brad Kelley]) which bought it in 2013 from BBC Worldwide for US$77 million (the equivalent of £45.5 million in May 2014), after it was valued at US$250 million in 2008. Originally called “Lonely Planet Publications”, the company changed its name to “Lonely Planet” in July 2009, to reflect its broad travel industry coverage and an emphasis on digital products. After the Let’s Go travel guide series that was founded in 1960, the Lonely Planet books were the second series of travel books aimed at backpackers and other low-cost travelers. As of 2011, Lonely Planet had sold 120 million books since inception, and by early 2014, it had sold around 11 million units of its travel apps.

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