Articles tagged “mergers”

Online Travel

Tripadvisor Sale: Apollo’s Interest and Possible Scenarios

Even Tripadvisor would agree that the sum of its parts is likely worth more the whole. That's what a potential buyer is likely thinking.

Tripadvisor Sale: Apollo’s Interest and Possible Scenarios

Short-Term Rentals

Can Vacasa’s Strategy Change Keep Homeowners From Leaving?

Not if it lays off its sales staff.

Can Vacasa’s Strategy Change Keep Homeowners From Leaving?

Online Travel

Tripadvisor Expects First Profits for Viator and TheFork As Potential Sale Looms

A potential buyer could decide to break up Tripadvisor's parts, including Viator, TheFork, and metasearch, under the theory that the parts are worth more than the whole.

Tripadvisor Expects First Profits for Viator and TheFork As Potential Sale Looms

Business Travel

Expedia Recorded $326 Million in Losses on Its Stake in Amex Global Business Travel Group

Expedia Group's equity stake in American Express Global Business Travel has taken a shellacking to date, but other aspects of the deal have long-term benefits.

Expedia Recorded $326 Million in Losses on Its Stake in Amex Global Business Travel Group

Tour Operators

Fosun in Talks to Sell Thomas Cook to Polish Online Travel Agency

Don't get too excited. Today's Thomas Cook, operated by Fosun, is a shell of its former self.

Fosun in Talks to Sell Thomas Cook to Polish Online Travel Agency

Business Travel

Business Travel in 2024: ‘Rising Tension With Employees’

Business travelers know their livelihoods may depend on getting out on the road to nurture relationships with clients. Bean counters, concerned about inflation and sustainability issues, may block those trips.

Business Travel in 2024: ‘Rising Tension With Employees’

Airlines

Spirit Merger Integral to Challenge Dominant Airlines: JetBlue CEO Testifies

There's only so much organic growth can do to remain competitive, according to Jetblue's CEO in the ongoing court case to block the company's acquisition of Spirit Airlines.

Spirit Merger Integral to Challenge Dominant Airlines: JetBlue CEO Testifies

Airlines

U.S. Trial to Block JetBlue-Spirit Merger Gets Underway

Affordable air travel for U.S. consumers and control of the domestic market remains central to the JetBlue-Spirit merger court case.

U.S. Trial to Block JetBlue-Spirit Merger Gets Underway

Hotels

Choice’s Hostile Bid for Wyndham: 6-Month Timeline

Choice is confident it can sell its offer to Wyndham shareholders without the opinion of Wyndham executives.

Choice’s Hostile Bid for Wyndham: 6-Month Timeline

Online Travel

After Booking Deal Went Bust, Etraveli CEO Says Price ‘No Longer in Play’

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.

After Booking Deal Went Bust, Etraveli CEO Says Price ‘No Longer in Play’