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Articles tagged “mergers and acquisitions”

Media and PR

Expedia’s stake in Trivago brings its travel brand portfolio up to a dozen

Expedia’s European investment could have been predicted as soon as Priceline scooped up Kayak, and the travel company will now continue to cluster more brands under its umbrella as it builds out its inventory and global reach.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 12 years ago

Expedia’s stake in Trivago brings its travel brand portfolio up to a dozen

Airlines

Africa’s newest airline FastJet makes moves to buy South Africa’s 1Time

Africa is full of near-bankrupt and poorly managed state airlines, making acquisitions a quick and cost efficient way for upstarts like FastJet to build its fleet and expand routes early on.

eTurboNews | 12 years ago

Africa’s newest airline FastJet makes moves to buy South Africa’s 1Time

Airlines

African airlines look to consolidation to take back control of their continent’s airspace

Global alliances are considered a necessity these days, but Kenya Airways wants to take care of business at home first, as it seeks a merger with two other African airlines.

Skift | 12 years ago

African airlines look to consolidation to take back control of their continent’s airspace

Online Travel

Kayak shareholder files suit to block Priceline purchase

With the Priceline-Kayak deal coming so soon after the Kayak IPO, Kayak investors were understandably shocked. Whether the deal terms will lead to further shareholder compensation is up to the court to decide.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Priceline and Kayak: Comparing the numbers

Priceline is buying a much smaller, younger travel tech company in Kayak, but one that has earned a lot of fans for its innovation.

Dan Nguyen, Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Should Travelzoo mull its strategic options?

The article author, ChaPaVe Partners, has an ulterior motive, but some of the points about Travelzoo's cozy relationships and being "too little too late" in looking to acquire a hotel-booking site may have some validity.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

United Continental profits fall short of expectations as fuel costs impact results

The world’s biggest airline is still streamlining operations following the 2010 merger and the bumpy transition leading to decreased demand, in addition to raising gas prices, is at the heart of the giant’s losses.

Mary Jane Credeur, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Airlines

Delta to a reorganized or merged American Airlines: Bring it on

Delta's Richard Anderson has a point: An American Airlines merger with US Airways, or perhaps another airline, would mean fewer major carriers in the U.S., and that would benefit remaining airlines. Would it benefit passengers? That's another story.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Southwest takes over four AirTran cities and AirTran adds frequencies to Punta Cana

Airline mergers are never easy and pretty, and the Southwest-AirTran integration plods onward.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Why Ryanair thinks it finally has Aer Lingus in its grasp

Considering all the other mergers the EU has allowed, fairness would dictate that Ryanair get its way in this matter. But O'Leary's ambitions have to reckon with his reputation, and the latter means that fairness isn't necessarily a factor.

The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago