Articles tagged “m&a”

Expedia spent years consolidating a sprawling portfolio of consumer brands into a unified platform, and is now becoming a B2B infrastructure company that happens to run consumer brands.

Private equity firms see the fragmented events industry as ripe for consolidation. The challenge is turning relationship-driven companies into scalable financial assets without losing what makes them work.

If chatbots use the same content to recommend the same places to everyone, travel is heading toward a homogenization problem, reckons Pangea. Its hedge: buying a ‘Spotify’ for trip itineraries.

What looked to be a slow year for event tech deals ramped up to a climactic finale with three major deals announced in December. Consolidation, AI upgrades and streamlined versions of all-in-one solutions were some of the trends that emerged and promise to continue into 2026.

A surge of strategic acquisitions reshaped the meetings and events industry in 2025, as private equity and global operators sought scale and specialization amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty.

Cvent’s latest acquisition focuses on extending event content beyond the live experience through branded videos.

ITA Group is expanding its European footprint with the acquisitions of two companies. The deals highlight a surge in year-end M&A activity as agencies seek scale and local expertise to serve global clients more effectively.

Revolut’s latest acquisition, Swifty, an AI startup bred from Lufthansa’s incubator, extends the fintech business’s reach into travel.

The stock market liked the optimistic story that Amex GBT was telling about the CWT acquisition and margin expansion.

Soon it will be Amex GBT-CWT — and then everyone else. But tech-advanced companies can potentially make inroads as the merger partners get distracted with managing a huge integration.