During Q3 2020, the tourism & leisure industry of North America witnessed a slump of 45.4% in overall deal activity when compared to the four-quarter average.
For the region, a total of 59 deals worth $5.51 billion were declared during Q3 2020, against the last four-quarter average of 108 deals.
Of all types of deals, M&A witnessed maximum activity in Q3 2020 with 39, representing a 66.1% share for the region.
Venture financing was in the second spot with 13 deals, followed by private equity deals with seven transactions, respectively capturing a 22.03% and 11.9% share of the deal activity for the quarter in general.
M&A was the leading category in the tourism & leisure industry of North America with $4.98 billion in terms of value of deals, while private equity and venture financing deals totaled $379.87 million and $150.22 million, respectively.
The top five tourism & leisure deals accounted for 92.4% of the overall value during Q3 2020.
The collective value of the top five tourism & leisure deals was at $5.08 billion, against the overall value of $5.51 billion recorded for the quarter.
The top five tourism & leisure industry deals of Q3 2020 were:
- Highgate Hotels’ $2.8 billion asset transaction with Colony Capital
- Global Emerging Markets’ $200 million private equity deal with Surf Air
- The $1.78 billion merger of DMY Technology Group and Rush Street Interactive by
- The $193.78 million acquisition of Travel & Transport by Corporate Travel Management
- L Catterton, Mayfield Fund, Michelle Wie, Mousse Partners, Paul George, Rudy Gay, Sapphire Sport, Shasta Ventures Management, Stephen Curry and Transformational Healthcare Venture Capital’s venture financing of Tonal Systems for $110 million.
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