Robert Flynn

Global Travel Publisher and Vice President, John Wiley & Sons
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Rob Flynn is the vice president and global travel publisher for Frommer’s, a Wiley imprint, and is responsible for all print and digital publishing programs -including the best-selling travel brand in the U.S., Frommer’s. During his 15-year career at the crossroads of travel publishing and new media, Mr. Flynn has led many successful initiatives from Web site development to development of mobile products and content services. From 2002-2006, Mr. Flynn acted as the CEO of Whatsonwhen, a market-leading business-to-business travel content and services provider. Prior to joining Whatsonwhen, Mr. Flynn was the director of new media at Lonely Planet Publications, architect of the Lonely Planet Web site and the successful Thorn Tree travelers’ forum, a precursor of today’s community-generated travel-content sites.