Who Bought Whom in 2018

The BTN Group wrote about 35 acquisitions in 2018, led by Wyndham's $1.95 billion acquisition of La Quinta. The following acquisitions either have closed or are pending heading into the new year.

Air Transportation
Ryanair acquired Laudamotion
United agreed to acquire ExpressJet (deal pending)
VistaJet owner bought XOJet

Distribution
ATPCO acquired Routehappy
Sabre agreed to acquire Farelogix (deal pending)
Siris Capital Group & Evergreen Coast Capital agreed to acquire Travelport (deal pending) (published by The Beat, subscription required)

Ground Transportation
BusBank acquired Buster
EmpireCLS acquired Wilshire Chauffeured Services
Leros Point to Point acquired Royal Coachman Worldwide

Industry Association
GBTA acquired WINiT

Lodging
AccorHotels acquired:

• a 50 percent stake in Mantis
• a 50 percent stake in SBE Entertainment
• 21c Museum Hotels
• Atton Hotels
• Movenpick Hotels & Resorts
• ResDiary

Hyatt Hotels Corp. acquired Two Roads Hospitality
Jin Jiang International Holdings consortium acquired a majority stake in Radisson Holdings
InterContinental Hotels Group bought a majority stake in Regent Hotels & Resorts
RLH Corp. bought Knights Inn
Wyndham acquired La Quinta

Meetings & Events
Cvent acquired:

• Kapow
• Social Tables

Payment & Expense
American Express acquired Mezi
Certify acquired Abacus
Certify acquired Captio
Serko acquired InterpIX (deal pending)
Visa acquired Fraedom

Travel Management Companies
Amex GBT acquired Hogg Robinson
BCD bought majority stake in Colombia Affiliate
CTM acquired Lotus Travel Group
Flight Centre agreed to acquire Casto's U.S. operations (deal pending)
Ovation Travel Group acquired Chartwell Travel (published by The Beat, subscription required)
Reed & Mackay acquired Hillgate Travel
Travel and Transport assumed full ownership of Radius Travel

What have we missed? Email Dawit Habtemariam.