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Mergers and acquisitions

Gray Dawes continues acquisition spree
Expanding business travel brand snaps up CTM
'Buyer found' for Prestwick airport
Glasgow’s second airport ’to change hands’
Carrick Travel adds four branches to its network
Four East Midlands shops bought by Midlands miniple
Hotel legend sells Capella Hotel Group
Former Ritz-Carlton president sells hotel firm to Singapore family
Leeds Bradford airport sold to investment group
AMP Capital already own a 49% share of Newcastle airport
Secret Escapes plans acquisitions after £83 million cash injection
Luxury specialist wants to become the world’s “number one” travel deals site
Accor to launch Orient Express hotels brand
French operator takes 50% stake in luxury train operator
Hotelbeds completes acquisition of GTA
Wholesaler officially becomes part of expanded hotel and ancillaries group
Meon Valley Travel acquires Longreach Travel
Longreach will be incorporated in Meon Valley’s meetings, incentives, conference and events division
Monarch owners Greybull mull Alitalia bid
According to reports, Greybull is interested in acquiring the airline’s engineering business
Webjet to acquire JacTravel
Webjet said adding London-based B2B platform JacTravel to its family would boost its annual total transacted volume to more than £600 million
Wyndham agrees £40m deal to acquire LoveHomeSwap
The move will reportedly cement Wosskow’s status as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Britain’s sharing economy
Branson cedes control of Virgin Atlantic as Air France-KLM takes stake
The French carrier will take a 31% stake from Branson’s Virgin Group
Ryanair lodges Alitalia bid
Chief financial officer Neil Sorahan told press that Ryanair was “too busy to do something without being interested" in the deal
EFR Travel Group acquires TMC
EFR is a member of the Advantage Focus Partnership
Travel Counsellors 'looking to stock market flotation'
Home working agency could be heading for flotation, according to report
Tui completes sale of Travelopia for €369 million
Travelopia has an international customer base of 800,000 travellers per year
Stewart Travel acquires Edinburgh-based independent
Morningside Travel has been described as “an ideal fit for the Stewart Travel retail business”
US TMC swoops for Statesman Travel
The London-based firm was acquired for an undisclosed sum
On The Beach to acquire Sunshine.co.uk
On the Beach Group described Sunshine.co.uk as “highly complementary” to its business
Brexit vote cost easyJet founder millions, The Sunday Times Rich List shows
Stelios and Branson were two of the only travel professionals to feature in The Sunday Times Rich List 2017’s top 100 positions
Updated: A2Btransfers secures £5 million investment
The company said the investment would be used to grow the business to the “next level”
AccorHotels and Rixos announce joint venture
Upon closing, AccorHotels will own a 50% interest in the joint-venture management company