Articles tagged “ipo”

Cruises

Norwegian Cruise IPO priced, finally; raises about $447 million

Norwegian's way smaller than bigger rivals Carnival and Royal Caribbean, and riding the coattails of a good year -- stock wise -- for both of them.

Olivia Oran, Reuters | 11 years ago

Cruises

Norwegian Cruise Line closer to IPO; appoints more bankers

It has taken a while for Norwegian to come to this point in its IPO process, but looks like it is ready to go public sometime early this year.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Empire State Building group moves one step closer to $1 billion IPO

The IPO is essentially a real estate deal. But tourism accounts for a huge chunk of the Empire State Building's revenue and it could be a beneficiary of the transaction.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Skift Originals

Blackstone will still control SeaWorld’s 60,000 fish after the IPO

Like Travelport and Orbtiz Worldwide, SeaWorld is weighed down by Blackstone's financial maneuverings, and the private equity firm will be first in line for payment if the IPO is successful.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

The Middle Eastern travel portal that’s looking at an IPO for 2013

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Priceline-buying-Kayak: Kayak’s short history as a public company, in links

It wil take couple of quarters before the deal closes, so Kayak will still have couple of opportunities to report separate earnings.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

China’s version of Kayak is looking to New York for its IPO

People scoffed at travel metasearch for years, denigrating its viability as a business model. But as travel inspiration and social travel sites have come and gone, travel metasearch has kept on expanding, as Qunar's plans highlight.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Travel stocks show no signs of slowing down

Stocks prices continue to climb for Kayak, Expedia, and Priceline with growth on the horizon, and they've lived to tell the tale after Google’s entrance on the travel scene.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Is Airbnb headed for an IPO after it raises its next $100 million round of funding?

The site is a likely inspiration for all aspiring travel startups with a steady growth rate and profitable business model, but the upcoming challenge of international expansion and continued regulatory hurdles in the U.S. could determine the startup’s fate on its path to IPO.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

The world’s biggest turnaround story Japan Airlines relists in huge IPO

Everything about this story has been spectacularly big: first the failure, and then the massive turnaround effort into the world's most profitable airlines, and now the IPO, the second biggest IPO this year after Facebook. Superlatives all around.

Nathan Layne, Associated Press | 12 years ago