Deal activity in the travel & tourism sector down by 2% in February 2022, finds GlobalData

 

A total 96 deals - comprising mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity, and venture financing deals-  were announced in the global travel and tourism sector in February 2022, according to GlobalData. The data and analytics company notes that this represents a decline of 2% compared to the previous month.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “While there is still prevailing uncertainty among deal makers in the sector, deal activity remains a mixed bag across different market and deal types.”

The number of M&A deals decreased by 15.9% while the number of venture financing and private equity deals increased by 47.1% and 8.3%, respectively, in February.

Deal activities across the key markets were also a mixed bag. While markets such as the US, China, India and South Korea witnessed a decline in deal activity, other markets such as the UK, Japan and Australia registered growth in February, compared to the previous month.

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