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TripAdvisor powers up with ZeTrip and Rove

2015-02-03 by Phil Butler

Rove APP

TripAdvisor has announced the acquisition of tech startup ZeTrip, and travel journal app Rove. Apparently, the semi-stagnant market for high tech travel tools, has been rekindled.

Tags: acquisitions, Rove, startups, TripAdvisor

Vacation Home Rentals Now Part of TripAdvisor

2014-05-03 by Aleksandr Shatskih

TripAdvisor

Vacation Home Rentals has been acquired by TripAdvisor. The Massachusetts vacation rental service’s more than 14,000 properties worldwide become part of the current expansion by the world’s most prolific online travel review site.

Tags: acquisitions, rentals, travel companies, travel tech, TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals, vacations

Korean Air Buys 44% Stake in Czech Airlines

2013-04-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Czech Airlines

Korean Air and Czech Airlines finalized the former’s buyout of 44% of the Czech carrier making the Korean airline their second largest stakeholder.

Tags: acquisitions, airlines, Czech companies, Czech transportation, Europe airlines, world airlines

MCR Development Buys 10 Hilton & Marriott Hotels

2012-12-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

MCR Development

MCR Development LLC announced on Friday their having acquired 1o Hilton and Marriott hotels from Skye Hospitality. With a total of 1,294 rooms, the portfolio is made up of primarily newer hotels, according to the company’s press.

Tags: acquisitions, Hilton, hotel chains, hotel management, hotels, Marriott, US hotels

Former Yugoslavia Air Carriers to Meet

2012-04-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Montenegro Airlines

Amid accusations Montenegro Airlines desires some kind of monopoly on the Balkans country’s airspace, CEO of the company, Zoran Djurišić, announced his invitation to executives of three of the former Yugoslavia’s biggest carriers, Croatia Airlines, Jat Airways, and Adria Airways, to a sort of summit on the Budva Riviera.

Tags: acquisitions, Adria Airways, airlines, Balkans airlines, Budva Riviera, Croatia Airlines, Dusan Bajic, Jat Airways, Klemen Boštjančič, mergers, Montenegro Airlines, Montenegro travel, regional airlines, Srećko Šimunović

CT Business Travel Acquires Medway Travel Limited

2012-02-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Business travel

News from London reveals CT Business Travel’s acquisition of Maidstone business Medway Travel Limited. After 8 months of research in the sector, CT Business Travel selected Medway as their logical growth opportunity.

Tags: acquisitions, agents, B2B, business, business travel, London travel, Medway, Medway Travel Limited, press release, travel agencies, UK travel

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