Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum set to reopen in stages after pruning
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Some of the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum's bark was inappropriate, and now branches will reopen in stages. The adverse publicity won't derail BBC's potential sale of Lonely Planet, but it won't help it either.
Nearly two weeks after the BBC shuttered the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree travel forum because of inappropriate comments, the company says it will begin to re-open portions of the forum "over the next few days."
In a notice posted on the forum homepage January 4, Lon
