Articles tagged “mergers and acquisitions”

Investment firm 777 Partners hasn't only bought 68 Boeing 737 Max jets for its budget airlines. It has also been rolling up software vendors, competing with other airline tech providers.

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, May 3, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

The trade group Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)— which produces the world's largest hotel technology trade fairs — rejected on Monday an unsolicited merger offer by the American Hotel and…

Spirit has spoken. Frontier is its preferred partner, even after a sweeter deal from JetBlue.

Big changes are underway in Latin American aviation. After restructuring as a quasi-budget airline, Colombia's Avianca now wants to acquire discount competitor Viva Air in a deal that could give it two-thirds of the Colombian market.

This deal reflects a broader trend of hotel operators and owners seeking tools to analyze their data. The old way of using a mess of spreadsheets became unmanageable during the labor crunch.

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, April 12, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

JetBlue's surprise bid for Spirit upended the airline industry and could derail Spirit's planned merger with Frontier Airlines. Analysts question whether Spirit is a match for JetBlue, but JetBlue's leaders insist it is and say the combined airline would lower fares.

Good morning from Skift. It's Wednesday, April 6, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Does JetBlue's surprise bid for Spirit make sense for the carrier's network? At first glance, Wall Street didn't think so.