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Lonely Planet's sales rebounding with travel
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Lonely Planet's sales rebounding with travel
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press
Sunday, March 17, 2002
Oakland, Calif. -- When Americans cut back on flying last fall,
guidebook publisher Lonely Planet took a contrarian approach to
avoiding layoffs: Employees were offered an extended leave that still
paid them enough to travel comfortably around all but the priciest
foreign countries.
"I said, 'I'm outta here,' " recalls Emily Wolman, who quickly
planned a three-we...
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