Flight Centre Travel Group Moves Upscale by Buying UK Tour Operator Scott Dunn for $150 Million
Photo Credit: Flight Centre Travel Group will acquire 100 percent of Luxury Travel Holdings Limited , the trading name for Scott Dunn. Flight Centre
Skift Take
The Australian group is turning to the U.S. for its next phase of expansion, but interestingly thinks the best avenue for that is through a British luxury brand.
Australia’s Flight Centre Travel Group is buying UK-based tour operator Scott Dunn for $148 million (A$211 million), in a bid to expand into the U.S., as well as the UK.
The luxury-focused brand, which was founded in 1986 as a luxury ski operator, will now act as an “entry point into the UK and U.S. l