Today we quietly beta-launched lonelyplanet.tv as a UGC + LPGC video site with some interesting travel videos to start the ball rolling, and some cool LPmaps (nice work Ken) showing the newest and most popular videos on the site.

http://lonelyplanet.tv

This blog is being blogged by the Lonely Planet Innovation Lab, currently geo-located in Sydney, Melbourne and Edmonton.

Welcome to labs.lone.lypla.net!

We’ve created this blog so we can keep you updated on what’s happening in the Lonely Planet Innovation Labs.

The exciting news today is that LPmaps has made its public debut at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/plymouth-banjul

Here’s wishing Tony and Maureen the best of luck in the rally.