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Hotels
Wyndham is playing very hard to get. And unless lovestruck Choice is equipped to sweeten its offer, it may view this target forever as the one who got away.
Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago
Online Travel
Booking.com's appeal of the adverse European Commission decision on its merger with eTraveli Group will take years to play out. If self-styled "bigger fish" eTraveli is still around for the taking, it would cost considerably more.
Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago
This is might be called Booking Holdings statement of objections to the EC’s statement of objections to the eTraveli deal. This dust-up is heading for the courts.
If the European Commission's decision isn't overturned, one implication may be that Booking.com would be precluded in practice from making major acquisitions. Period.
Dennis Schaal | 8 months ago
Mergers and Acquisitions
As with lots of cash and stock deals, the ultimate outcome will depend on Upgrade's eventual exit, and how that turns out. On the face of it, though, this deal looks underwhelming for Uplift.
Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago
The regime under CEO Matt Goldberg is testing a bunch of stuff, including Tripadvisor Instant Book, and a new form of the previous subscription plan, Tripadvisor Plus. The idea is to not throw out the baby with the bath water, and to see what works now.
Dennis Schaal | 10 months ago
News Blog
Swiss travel investor Viadi Group has acquired British luxury villa rental marketplace, Edge Retreats. Based in London, venture-backed Edge Retreats was founded in 2013 and has a portfolio of 6,500 villas across over 50 countries. Founded in 2022 by travel entrepreneurs Florian Steiger, Auret van Zyl and Oliver Corkhill, Viadi Group acquired majority stake in villa…
Srividya Kalyanaraman | 10 months ago
Short-Term Rentals
The Lyric short-term rental brand is resurfacing as the capital environment sobers up, and the industry learns to be patient about scale and growth.
Frontdesk's acquisition of Zencity highlights a consolidation trend among property managers, but also the very fragmented nature of the sector.
Dennis Schaal | 11 months ago
Blueground's second acquisition this year is part of its strategy to build a global accommodation network, listing third-party inventory.
Srividya Kalyanaraman | 11 months ago
