Articles tagged “mergers and acquisitions”

Trip.com’s Key Travel deal shows its ambition to challenge Western TMCs, but breaking into entrenched markets will test its mix of tech and and human touch.

Mews founder Richard Valtr talks to Skift about Flexkeeping, the company’s 13th acquisition, and how it fits into the platform. 

As Direct Travel sees it, the deal to acquire ATPI signals a new playbook: grow big enough to compete globally, but stay nimble enough to outmaneuver the giants.

It was a tortured process to get the Amex GBT-CWT merger past U.S. and UK regulators. Now comes the hard part.

IHG CEO Elie Maalouf discussed his growth strategy, focusing on Asia and Middle East expansion, luxury travel trends, and other key efforts.

It's hard to see how an Exclusive Resorts-Inspirato deal doesn't eventually happen, barring another suitor coming into the picture. Of course, there are egos involved.

Japan's SPW gets Atelier Ace's design DNA and operational polish in the lifestyle segment. Ace gets deep pockets to support development and 2.5 million loyalty members to help with distribution.

At an infinitesimal fraction of the scale, an Inspirato-Buyerlink reverse merger, with both entities controlled and operated by Payam Zamani, would be something akin to Musk's Tesla going out and making a deal to acquire his AI startup xAI. Neither would be a good look.

India could have been the U.S.'s safe bet amid the current tourism turmoil. Instead, the stricter vetting, changing visa rules, and tariff wars might just have turned them away.

The hotel industry will be watching whether a potential sale of assets by New World Development will include a few ultra-luxury Rosewood hotels.