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Articles tagged “mergers”

Airlines

Analysts Take Alaska Airlines to Task for Mishandling a Broad Array of Issues

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.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Analysts Take Alaska Airlines to Task for Mishandling a Broad Array of Issues
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Online Travel

How Mergers and Acquisitions Are Accelerating Innovation in Travel

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.

Cambon Partners + Skift | 7 years ago

How Mergers and Acquisitions Are Accelerating Innovation in Travel

Airlines

Airline Services Leaders Accelya and Mercator Announce Merger

Piece by piece, private equity firm Warburg Pincus is building Mercator into a rival to Sabre and Amadeus -- two travel technology providers that provide overlapping software and operational services to commercial airlines (and that recently went public after restructurings by buyout experts). Expect the Mercator merger with Accelya to spur an acquisition spree.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Airline Services Leaders Accelya and Mercator Announce Merger

Online Travel

Analysis: Verdict on Priceline CEO’s Strategy Is Muddled by His Abrupt Ouster

Now-former Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston's decision to emphasize organic growth, his insistence that all properties sold on Booking.com be online bookable and instantly confirmable, and his strategy to keep Booking.com solely focused on the hotel business all set his tenure apart from those of his peers at Expedia. If you can set aside his apparently reckless behavior for a moment, it's a shame Huston won't be around to see his strategy through or to pivot, as required.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Analysis: Verdict on Priceline CEO’s Strategy Is Muddled by His Abrupt Ouster

Hotels

The Inside Story of Anbang’s Long Pursuit to Acquire Starwood

If you thought the drama playing out between Starwood, Marriott, and Anbang was already complicated enough, wait until you read this.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 8 years ago

The Inside Story of Anbang’s Long Pursuit to Acquire Starwood

Hotels

Marriott Investor Call: This Is What We Have in Store for Starwood

This is assuming Marriott and Starwood actually close their deal this year, which, given what's happened over that past week, is still not a sure thing, obviously.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 8 years ago

Marriott Investor Call: This Is What We Have in Store for Starwood

Hotels

Hotel Owners Are the Most Important Players in the Marriott-Starwood Merger

With all the flurry of commotion that comes with Marriott's deal for Starwood is concern for hotel owners in marketplaces that may be overpopulated with brands and properties all flying under the same flag and competing for guest loyalty.

Alexandra E. Petri, Skift | 8 years ago

Hotel Owners Are the Most Important Players in the Marriott-Starwood Merger

Hotels

What Marriott’s CEO Told Marriott Employees About the Impending Merger

CEO Arne Sorenson writes a letter to Marriott employees, laying out the compelling reasons for the merger and assuring them that the integration will go as smoothly as possible.

Alexandra E. Petri, Skift | 8 years ago

What Marriott’s CEO Told Marriott Employees About the Impending Merger

Airlines

Smooth Sailing For American Airlines – US Airways System Cutover This Weekend

The American and US Airways system cutover went curiously well this weekend - but will it hold?

Grant Martin, Skift | 9 years ago

Smooth Sailing For American Airlines – US Airways System Cutover This Weekend

Hotels

Kimpton CEO Vows to Keep Rewards Program Unique Despite IHG Integration

Will Kimpton be able to retain its boutique brand DNA within InterContinental Hotels Group? CEO Mike DeFrino is trying to reassure the masses that it will but Kimpton and IHG are moving slower than a stuck elevator to provide some proof.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Kimpton CEO Vows to Keep Rewards Program Unique Despite IHG Integration