Articles tagged “boardroom”

Hotels

Choice Hotels to Nominate Directors to Wyndham Board, Says Reuters

Choice Hotels has made yet another, more assertive move in its hostile takeover bid of rival Wyndham. It looks like shareholders will be voting on a potential merger when they consider board elections in May.

Choice Hotels to Nominate Directors to Wyndham Board, Says Reuters

Airlines

EasyJet Says Three Board Members Will Step Down

A year ago, Hungary's Wizz Air approached EasyJet about a merger, but a deal never happened. Maybe EasyJet's new board members would be more amenable to doing a deal with another carrier in the face of Ryanair's competitive pressure.

EasyJet Says Three Board Members Will Step Down

Airlines

American, US Airways boards could meet Wednesday — or maybe not

Warnings of further delays to a decision could be caused by questions over the role of American's CEO Tom Horton, which could be problematic given how long the parties have had to settle this.

Online Travel

Liberty Interactive chairman rejoins Expedia board less than a month after his resignation

The current dance between Liberty and Barry Diller over Expedia is simply the latest in a long line of deals that has always left Diller looking the smarter man.

Airlines

EasyJet chairman forced to fight off upset bid by the low-cost carrier’s founder

Founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou wants Rake off the board because of the latter's complicity in the Libor scandal and because Stelios thinks he's on too many other boards.

EasyJet chairman forced to fight off upset bid by the low-cost carrier’s founder