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Launching The Oral History of Travel’s Greatest Acquisition Booking.com

Launching The Oral History of Travel’s Greatest Acquisition Booking.com

Tom Lowry, Skift

This is the oral history of Priceline's two deals, the acquisitions of Active Hotels and Bookings B.V., that created Booking.com, and continue to shape the course of online travel and the competitive landscape today. The twin transactions were among the greatest Internet deals of all time, and their lessons are relevant to startups and dealmakers in any industry.

2 weeks ago

AccorHotels Buys Catering Tech Company Adoria

AccorHotels Buys Catering Tech Company Adoria

Patrick Whyte, Skift

Catering is a key growth area for AccorHotels and this deal complements a number of others it has done in the sector.

1 month ago

British Airways Parent Looking at Buying Norwegian

British Airways Parent Looking at Buying Norwegian

Patrick Whyte, Skift

Wow. Not many people will have seen this coming, including, it seems, Norwegian. Adding another brand to IAG's growing portfolio might make strategic sense but it will come at a significant cost.

3 months ago

China’s Biggest Hospitality Dealmakers May Be Sidelined for Good

China’s Biggest Hospitality Dealmakers May Be Sidelined for Good

Daniel Meesak, Jing Travel

Just two years ago, insurance company Anbang surprised the world with its bid to buy Starwood. Now it and other Chinese companies that went on global shopping sprees are stuck with an impossible bill — and a government that doesn't approve of the purchases.

3 months ago

HNA Asset Sales Hit Speed Bump Over Canceled Airline Caterer IPO

HNA Asset Sales Hit Speed Bump Over Canceled Airline Caterer IPO

Prudence Ho, Bloomberg

HNA Group has always been something of a complicated beast and it looks like this has scared off potential investors worried about the lack of clarity surrounding the Swiss airline catering IPO.

4 months ago

Barcelo Will Insist on Doing Other Deals After NH Hotels Rejection

Barcelo Will Insist on Doing Other Deals After NH Hotels Rejection

Patrick Whyte, Skift

Medium-sized hotel companies know they need scale to compete. With NH Hotels open to consolidation and Barcelo still keen on doing deals, it doesn’t look like we’ve heard the end of this story.

4 months ago

eDreams Odigeo Gives Up on Its Sales Process

eDreams Odigeo Gives Up on Its Sales Process

Patrick Whyte, Skift

It sounds like the potential buyers didn't accept the company's new strategy — or the buyers weren't willing to pay enough. Regardless, while it's certainly a risk, eDreams Odigeo is doing the right thing in diversifying its business and improving price transparency.

4 months ago

Chinese Merger Money in Travel Will Likely Dry Up

Chinese Merger Money in Travel Will Likely Dry Up

Brooke Sutherland, Bloomberg

Conventional wisdom in the last few years had Chinese investors from Anbang to HNA poised to scoop up and consolidate U.S. travel companies, meaning Google, Booking, Expedia and TripAdvisor weren't the only games in town. That prospect has faded, if not disappeared, although strategic buyers in China may still make some noise.

5 months ago

Wyndham Sells Its European Vacation Rental Business to a Private Equity Firm for $1.3 Billion

Wyndham Sells Its European Vacation Rental Business to a Private Equity Firm for $1.3 Billion

Deanna Ting, Skift

Sorry, Airbnb. Those who follow the vacation rental business closely had a hunch that the business would be gobbled up by private equity and they were right.

5 months ago

HNA Is Dismantling Its Travel Acquisitions and Banks Are Profiting

HNA Is Dismantling Its Travel Acquisitions and Banks Are Profiting

Ben Scent, Bloomberg

We all knew this wouldn't last. But Hilton and NH will come out of this period based on their strengths prior to the HNA investment.

5 months ago

eDreams Odigeo Sale Attracts Private Equity Interest

eDreams Odigeo Sale Attracts Private Equity Interest

Patrick Whyte, Skift

At this stage, we're not exactly sure why eDreams Odigeo might interest Skyscanner/Ctrip. A private equity buyer would seem much more likely.

6 months ago

Travel Megatrends 2018: Mergers and Acquisitions Focus on Strategic Innovation

Travel Megatrends 2018: Mergers and Acquisitions Focus on Strategic Innovation

Sean O'Neill , Skift

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.

6 months ago

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