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Worldwide has appointed Matthew Goldberg, a senior executive at Dow Jones with responsibility for digital operations including WSJ.com, as chief executive of the Lonely Planet travel guides business.
Goldberg will report to Marcus Arthur, BBC Worldwide's managing director of global brands, the division that is also responsible for the Top Gear franchise.
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Lonely Planet's "Best in Travel 2009" started it with "850 trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the year ahead."
The fantasy travel flame has been fanned for foreign-travel wannabes who have been watching the dollar gain strength against the euro, and domestic dreamers who are encouraged by falling gas prices and deals, deals everywhere.
As 2009 opens, and we have a whole year to make a dream or two come true, here's a look at top Read the rest of this entry »

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Oman's aspiration of becoming a top-class attraction for holidaymakers worldwide has received further boost being among the Top 10 picks within The Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2009 guide. The world's most famous travel guide written by destination-expert authors, has published its picks for 2009. Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2009 features the best places to go and things to do all around the world in the upcoming year. Drawing on the knowledge, Read the rest of this entry »

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Every year, thousands of visitors to Taiwan rely on Lonely Planet to know where to go and what to do. The ‘Taipei Times’ sat down with guidebook co-author
, whose knowledge of the country’s every nook and cranny is as big as his fondness for the place
By J. Michael Cole
Tuesday, Nov 04, 2008, Page 4
British Columbia-born Robert Kelly’s love story with Taiwan began at Hong Kong airport when he was 19, where, after traveling in Southeast Read the rest of this entry »

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A boat skims through the melting ice in the Ilulissat fjord in Greenland -- chosen as one of the top places to visit by Lonely Planet.
"We want people to open the book, point their finger and come up with something different every time," Ben Handicott, Lonely Planet associate publisher, told Reuters. "We want people to be able to dip in and out of content, to basically be able to get some ideas and plan their trip on the plane. I guess it's the Read the rest of this entry »

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Lonely Planet has tipped Glasgow as one of the top cities in the world to visit in the coming year in a new book published this week. Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2009 captures the world’s hottest travel trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the year ahead, bringing together the expertise of Lonely Planet authors, staff and travellers.
Glasgow is listed in the book’s “Top 10 Cities†section, the only Read the rest of this entry »

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VISIT a ‘Stan. Sail somewhere. Journey through the Basque country or the Bay of Fires in Tasmania. Eschew the art museums for temporary exhibits.
The travel gurus at Lonely Planet have come up with what they say is the definitive list of what to do and where to go in 2009, and in a condensed format for today’s time-strapped travelers.
The “Best in Travel 2009,” published this month, is a compilation of lists of 850 destinations, journeys Read the rest of this entry »

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has created a series of audio phrasebooks for ten different languages for use on mobile phones.
The phrasebooks, created in partnership with mobile travel application specialist
, convert English into Mandarin, Vietnamese, Cantonese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Thai, Czech and Spanish.
The guides are available on any mobile phone running the Java MIDP 2.0 platform.
Steape has also built versions for Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.
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SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (Reuters Life!) - Visit a 'Stan. Sail somewhere. Journey through the Basque country or the Bay of Fires in Tasmania. Eschew the art museums for temporary exhibits.
The travel gurus at Lonely Planet have come up with what they say is the definitive list of what to do and where to go in 2009, and in a condensed format for today's time-strapped travellers.
The "Best in Travel 2009", published this month, is a compilation of lists Read the rest of this entry »

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The FINANCIAL -- oneworld, one of the leading quality global airline alliance, and Lonely Planet, the leading global travel information provider, have joined forces to offer guides, tips and advice on some of the world's leading destinations in an unique and innovative format - available for free.
Their oneworld Travel Stations are being unveiled from today at selected airports across Europe starting with Amsterdam, Brussels and Milan (Linate Read the rest of this entry »

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