Recent awards presented to Lonely Planet.
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2007
Lonely Planet Wins 2007 SATW Lowell Thomas Awards
Lonely Planet voted best guidebook series by Wanderlust readers
Lonely Planet has again won the Wanderlust award for “Best Guidebook Series” – the fourth year in a row Lonely Planet has received the accolade.LONELY PLANET AND CURRENT TV
Now You Can WATCH Bluelist!
2006
Lonely Planet Big Winners at BEA
Experimental Travel and One People HonoredLonely Planet voted best guidebook series
Lonely Planet has won the Wanderlust award for Best Guidebook Series for the third time in a row.
2005
Lonely Planet Founders and Writers Honored
Lonely Planet Founders and Writers Honored
at Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards
Tony and Maureen Wheeler Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
American University’s School of Communication Honors Lonely Planet Founders Tony & Maureen Wheeler with Eric A. Friedheim Travel Journalism Lifetime Achievement Award
The Travel Book Wins Top Photography Honors
Lonely Planet takes Gold at ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards
LonelyPlanet.com Wins Fourth-Consecutive Webby Award
People's Voice Honor goes to Lonely Planet, again!Lonely Planet voted best guidebook series!
Lonely Planet has won the Wanderlust award for Best Guidebook Series!
The award was voted for by 2500 readers of travel magazine, Wanderlust, and the final positions were based on an average percentage for the entry so that the result was based on satisfaction rather than the number of votes.
2004
Lonely Planet Six Degrees Host wins Asian TV Award
Lonely Planet Six Degrees Host wins Asian TV Award
Gold, Silver and Bronze!
Lonely Planet wins Lowell Thomas Awards in Olympic StyleLonely Planet Wins IPPY Award
Kindness of Strangers takes home top honors in Travel Essay categoryLonelyPlanet.com Wins Webby Award
2003
Lonely Planet: connecting more travellers and winning more awards
Lonely Planet: connecting more travellers and winning more awardsLonely Planet Honored with Prestigious 2003 SATW Lowell Thomas Award
Lonelyplanet.com wins Silver AwardTIME.com Names 50 Top Websites of the Year
Lonely Planet’s award-winning website, lonelyplanet.com, has been selected by TIME.com editors as one of the “50 Best Websites of the Year.”Lonely Planet wins two at the 7th Annual Webby Awards!
LonelyPlanet.com won two at the 7th Annual Webby Awards for website innovation literally scooping the Travel category with 'Best Travel Website' and 'People's Voice' awards.Lonely Planet Wins Gold for Second Year Running
Lonely Planet Publications is proud to announce that its 2nd edition of Bhutan by Stan Armington has won the Gold Award for the best Travel Guidebook in the 2003 PATA Gold Awards.
Lonely Planet's World Food series - 'best in the world'
Lonely Planet's World Food series has been declared Best Food Book Series in the World at the international Gourmand World Cookbook Awards held in France on 28 February 2003.
2002
National Outdoor Book Award Honors Lonely Planet's New Hiking Guide
Hiking in the Sierra Nevada won the 2002 National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) in the category of Adventure Guidebooks.2002 SATW Lowell Thomas Award
Lonely Planet's global travel editor Don George received top honors, the Gold Award, in the Internet Travel Article category of the 2002 Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards.Trekking in Nepal Himalaya and Hiking in the Sierra Nevada Receive High Accolades
Lonely Planet's comprehensive Walking guides offer unparalleled excellence as confirmed by two prestigious award wins for the series.Travelmole.com's featured site of the week
Travelmole.com names Lonely Planet its Featured Site of the Week for the first week of July 2002, sayingTravelmole.com's featured site of the week
Travelmole.com names Lonely Planet its Featured Site of the Week for the first week of July 2002, saying2002 Webby Awards
Lonely Planet Online was a double winner at the 6th annual Webby Awards, taking Best Travel Web site and People's Choice.
2001
SATW Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition Gold Award
The 2001 Gold SATW Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition in the Internet Publication/Website category, Society of American Travel WritersJacob's Creek World Food Media Awards
Lonely Planet has won two awards at the prestigious 2001 Jacob's Creek World Food Media Awards announced on Saturday, 13 October 2001 at the Tasting Australia festival held in Adelaide, Australia. The awards were given for Out to Eat Sydney - 2001 and World Food New Orleans






