Bloomberg
Another Chinese conglomerate, this one with insurance, pharmaceutical, and tourism holdings, is looking to expand globally through acquisitions. Given that HNA Group, Dalian Wanda Group. and Anbang are scurrying to unload assets, does Fosun's strategy raise any red flags?
8 months ago
Hannah Sampson, Skift
Tune in for a candid conversation about the strategy behind AccorHotels' many acquisitions, why the company wants to be part of consumers' everyday lives, and what the CEO has learned from spending hundreds of millions of dollars on startups.
8 months ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
This transaction makes one of the largest private players in leisure travel, Apple Leisure Group, even bigger and sweetens the potential reward for the almost inevitable private equity sale of its assets.
10 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Asset light, something with history and heritage, fewer than 200 hotels ... IHG CEO Keith Barr has quite a specific wish list. It doesn't sound like we'll have to wait too long until we find out the identity of the luxury hotel brand in question.
11 months ago
Joshua Fineman and Brad Olesen, Bloomberg
TripAdvisor will report earnings on February 14. Will its numbers be a valentine to investors? If not, perhaps the company should break up its relationship with the public markets. A move to private ownership could let it retool without fretting about quarterly targets.
12 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
HNA Group's decision to at least consider selling its stake in NH Hotels shouldn't come as a surprise. It will be interesting to see whether one of the big hotel companies emerges as a potential buyer.
12 months ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
NH Hotels may have turned down this approach, but it has not closed the door on others. And with minority shareholder HNA Group looking to raise cash, it wouldn't be a surprise to see another offer sooner rather than later.
1 year ago
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Many have dreamt of finding easy fortune in California. But Alaska Airlines is discovering -- via its merger with Virgin America -- that the airport tarmacs aren't paved with gold.
1 year ago
Cambon Partners + Skift
The travel industry has witnessed a number of successful mergers and acquisitions of major brands over the last few years. However, the deals that are truly driving innovation in the space are those that involve forward-thinking startups.
1 year ago
Eduardo Thomson, Bloomberg
This is good news for Latam but even better news for the region as it continues to deal with disappointment in Brazil and the complete failure of Venezuela.
1 year ago
Gerrit De Vynck, Bloomberg
LendingClub’s Regi Vengalil will take over corporate development. The role is a chance to shine. Expedia's current CFO and Priceline Group's current CEO previously held development roles.
2 years ago
Andrea Navarro and Michael Sasso, Bloomberg
Delta is pursuing a joint venture strategy so it is improving its offer to Aeromexico as the Atlanta-based airline tries to take an ownership stake of around 49 percent. In that respect, the ownership piece would be similar to Delta's deal with Virgin Atlantic.
2 years ago