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Mergers and Acquisitions

A collection of Skift’s articles covering a wide range of deals, from technology partnerships and acquisitions to those involving hotels, airlines, and booking sites. The articles provide a comprehensive resource for those interested in tracking the latest developments and trends in the rapidly evolving travel industry. Whether you’re a travel industry professional, investor, or simply a curious traveler, we hope you find this archive informative and useful. Browse our collection to stay up-to-date on the latest mergers and acquisitions in the travel industry.

Booking Holdings Buys HotelsCombined as Kayak Expands Into Asia Pacific

Booking.com is Booking Holdings' favored child, but with the addition of HotelsCombined, it is apparent that the parent company still sees plenty of opportunity for its Kayak unit in metasearch worldwide. This deal will help Kayak expand in Asia Pacific, and will give HotelsCombined additional resources as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Hotels

Accor Pushes Further Into Luxury With $567 Million Mövenpick Deal

Where there is smoke there is fire and Sebastien Bazin's comments at Skift Forum Europe last week hinted at an imminent deal.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

Mergers and Acquisitions

Travel Megatrends 2018: Mergers and Acquisitions Focus on Strategic Innovation

The smartest travel companies are beginning to buy startups that may not be central to their main businesses or help them consolidate market share, but could boost the innovation metabolism of their motherships.

Sean O'Neill , Skift | 6 years ago

Hotels

HNA Group Enlists Bankers to Consider Sale of Its NH Hotels Stake

HNA Group's decision to at least consider selling its stake in NH Hotels shouldn't come as a surprise. It will be interesting to see whether one of the big hotel companies emerges as a potential buyer.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

Hotels

Barceló Looks to Create Spanish Hotel Giant With Bid for Rival NH

Combining NH Hotels with another company makes plenty of sense. It would give it added scale and might also help put an end to its shareholder infighting. Of course this is only the opening move in what is likely to be a time-consuming process and given NH's recent history we're sure that it will be anything but straightforward.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

Mergers and Acquisitions

UK Cruise Agency Buys German Rival to Create ‘European Leader’

Cruise.co's mix of reviews and vacations has helped fuel its rise. Its private equity owners obviously want it to get even bigger and to do so it needs to buy up the competition.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 7 years ago

Hotels

What’s Behind the Rise of Chinese Investors in Western Hospitality Companies?

Even with rumours circulating of an overseas spending clampdown, it looks like Chinese investors will continue to play a big role in the shape of the global hospitality industry in 2017.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 7 years ago

Mergers and Acquisitions

How The Skyscanner Deal Will Affect Trivago’s Upcoming IPO

Ctrip’s acquisition of Skyscanner marks the next phase of consolidation in the metasearch industry. The premium valuation paid by Ctrip is well-timed for Expedia’s pending Trivago IPO.

Jared Wein, Skift | 7 years ago

Airlines

Alaska Air CEO: The Deal for Virgin America is Still on Despite Delay

There's been some drama related to Alaska's proposed acquisition of Virgin America, but many industry insiders still expect the deal to get done. And Alaska executives remain publicly confident that they will get their prize. The big question is when.

Brian Sumers , Skift | 8 years ago

Media and PR

South African Booking Site Acquires Social Startup Satisfly

With so many startups focusing on specific niches of the travel market, we will continue to see more acquisitions of small companies by small companies as competition consolidates.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago