Articles tagged “mergers and acquisitions”

With Davidson Kempner's latest bid for Vacasa at $5.83 per share and the Vacasa board-endorsed bid from Casago at $5.30 per share, one thing is certain — this is not the end of the story.

Alaska will be competing toe-to-toe with Delta as it looks to expand internationally with routes to Europe and Asia.

Another deadline extension and a reduced valuation. The Amex GBT–CWT merger is proceeding in slow motion because of regulatory scrutiny.

This is the next chapter for Reservations.com after a cancelled SPAC deal in 2022.

One reason Vacasa's board looks more favorably about the Casago bid is because of the leverage that Davidson Kempner wields over Vacasa as a debt holder. If Vacasa accepts the investment firm's bid and the deal gets dragged out, then Davidson Kempner would be in the driver's seat.

There’s been a fair amount of activity in the corporate travel and expense management world as companies look to capitalize on a largely untapped market. 

Mews is among a number of late-stage travel tech startups that have collectively raised billions of dollars in the past couple of years to modernize outdated software systems. 

Small deals are leading M&A activity in travel tech. But one area where larger deals are emerging is in travel payments.

Amazon’s customer payment system is the picture of modernity, simplicity, and convenience. The travel industry pales in comparison, but that’s changing. Flywire is among the fintech companies jumping at the opportunity.

This is the latest among a few major acquisitions around travel payments in the past couple of years.