Total tourism & leisure industry M&A deals in Q2 2019 worth $30.36bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 287.1% over the previous quarter and a rise of 107.2% when compared with the last four-quarter average, which stood at $14.65bn.
Comparing deals value in different regions of the globe, North America held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $22.5bn. At the country level, the US topped the list in terms of deal value at $21.61bn.
In terms of volumes, Europe emerged as the top region for tourism & leisure industry M&A deals globally, followed by North America and then Asia-Pacific.
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By GlobalDataThe top country in terms of M&A deals activity in Q2 2019 was the US with 60 deals, followed by the UK with 29 and France with 13.
In 2019, as of the end of Q2 2019, tourism & leisure M&A deals worth $38.2bn were announced globally, marking a decrease of 2.3% year on year.
Tourism & leisure industry M&A deals in Q2 2019: Top deals
The top five tourism & leisure industry M&A deals accounted for 82.7% of the overall value during Q2 2019.
The combined value of the top five tourism & leisure industry M&A deals stood at $25.11bn, against the overall value of $30.36bn recorded for the quarter. The top announced tourism & leisure industry M&A deal tracked by GlobalData in Q2 2019 was Eldorado Resorts’ $17.3bn acquisition of Caesars Entertainment.
In second place was the $2.83bn stake acquisition of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels by Agapier Investments and in third place was The Goldman Sachs Group’s $2.24bn acquisition of B & B Hotels.
The $2bn acquisition of International Speedway by NASCAR Media Group and Hard Rock International and VICI Properties’ asset transaction with Jack Entertainment for $745m held fourth and fifth positions, respectively.
Verdict deals analysis methodology
This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.
GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.
More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.
