Rough Guides Ltd is a large travel guidebook and reference publisher, owned by Pearson PLC. Their travel titles cover more than 200 destinations, and are distributed worldwide through the Penguin Group. The reference list focuses largely on music and technology, though also includes guides to topics ranging from ethical shopping to pregnacy and birth. The following is a list of travel guides and web sites with substantial international coverage. ... In general, a reference is something that refers or points to something else, or acts as a connection or a link between two things. ... Pearson plc is a London-based media conglomerate. ... Penguin Group is the second largest trade book publisher in the world. ...

History

In the summer of 1981, Mark Ellingham, a recent graduate from Bristol University, was travelling round Greece and couldn't find a guidebook that really met his needs. On the one hand there were the student guides, banging on about saving every last penny, and on the other the heavyweight cultural tomes whose authors seemed to have spent more time in a research library than lounging away the afternoon at a taverna or on the beach. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol in the United Kingdom. ... A tavern is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licenced to put up guests. ...

In a bid to avoid getting a job, Mark and a small group of writers set about creating their own guide. It was a guide to Greece that aimed to combine a journalistic approach to description with a thoroughly practical approach to travellers' needs, a guide that would incorporate culture, history and contemporary insights with a critical edge, together with up-to-date, value-for-money listings. Back in London, Mark and the team finished their Rough Guide, as they called it, and talked Routledge into publishing the book. Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also different names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Routledge is an imprint for books in the humanities part of the Taylor & Francis Group, which also has Brunner-Routledge, RoutledgeCurzon and RoutledgeFalmer divisions. ...

That first Rough Guide to Greece, published in 1982, was a student scheme that became a publishing phenomenon. The immediate success of the book, with successive reprints and a Thomas Cook prize short-listing, spawned a series that rapidly covered dozens of destinations. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... õÚĽÚŘĤÁĺThomas Cook (November 22, 1808 - July 18, 1892), founder of the travel agency that bears his name, was born in the village of Melbourne in Derbyshire, England. ...

See also

• Tourism

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External links

• Official Rough Guides website