Lonely Planet has been guiding travel for 50 years with a core belief that travel is for everyone. Over the past 50 years Lonely Planet has printed over 150 million guidebooks covering 221 countries as well as countless other titles showcasing the wonders of the world for travellers of all types.
TravMedia Meets take you behind the scenes with Lonely Planet Oceania and Asia, explaining how the brand has changed, its different content pillars, including guidebooks, newsletters, social, and digital content, how it works with freelance writers and how freelance contributors to digital and books differ, its mentorship program for writers, and much more.
Destination Editor for Oceania
Lonely Travel
Jessica Lockhart is Lonely Planet’s Destination Editor for Oceania. She’s responsible for commissioning the brand’s guidebooks and digital content about the region, including Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. As an award-winning journalist, Jess believes strongly in social justice in tourism and the role that travel writing can play in improving diversity and inclusion.
Destination Editor for SE Asia
Lonely Travel
Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, James is Lonely Planet's Destination Editor for Southeast Asia. As a writer, photographer, and editor, James enjoys getting beneath the surface of destinations, from exploring a city through its culinary history to finding fresh perspectives on places through the eyes of creatives.
Destination Editor for India
Lonely Travel
Akanksha Singh is Lonely Planet’s Destination Editor for Central Asia & the Indian Subcontinent based between Mumbai, India and Lisbon, Portugal. Through reporting on stories as diverse as Indigenous land dispossession and video gaming, she believes, now, more than ever, the future of travel is intersectional.
