Parent Company of Travel Edge, Ensemble Board Agree to Acquisition Deal
经过丹尼尔·麦卡锡(Daniel McCarthy)/
Navigatr是一家私人旅行控股公司,正在谈判收购合奏,美国和加拿大成员拥有的旅行联盟,其中包括北美600多家独立的机构。
According to a letter sent to Ensemble members and seen by TMR, the group’s Board of Directors voted in favor of moving forward with the proposal from Navigatr. Shareholders are scheduled to hold a special meeting next Thursday, April 14 to discuss the move, which then needs to be approved by shareholders.
这笔交易将使合奏落在Navigatr雨伞之下,该雨伞目前包括Kensington Tours,Triparc,Travel Edge和Travel Edge Network。Travel Edge是北美最畅销的东道国之一,此前与Virtuoso一起在去年加入TRISARC之前就与众不同。
Navigatr是一家位于多伦多的旅行控股公司,由Travel Edge首席执行官和创始人Jeff Willner于2018年创立。其总裁是John Hiscock,前Kensington Tours,Travel Edge和Triparc的前总法律顾问。根据其网站的数据,迄今为止,它报告了超过11亿美元的年销售额,120万美元的年度交易以及近25万客户。
Ensemble, according to the letter, would remain a “standalone” company, with Harris assuming the role of Chairman. Michael Johnson, who was named president of Travel Edge in January 2021, would assume the role of president.
根据约翰逊的说法,Navigatr在提出购买合奏的想法时,一直在试图建立自己的财团。约翰逊说,这笔交易是“整体将大于其零件总和为成员和供应商提供重大利益的一个典型例子。”
Ensemble在给会员的信中说,这笔交易将为2022年及以后提供增强的利润分享模式,即“在Ensemble的财团合同下确认2019年预订的付款”,并获得Navigatr的技术。
合奏首席执行官戴维·哈里斯(David Harris)在一份声明中说,这笔交易对公司来说是一个“激动人心的机会”。
“While the pandemic has certainly brought many challenges to our industry, it has also given us the opportunity to explore new ideas and relationships,” he said.
“While it is up to the shareholders to decide on the future of Ensemble, this is an exciting opportunity that would couple Ensemble’s areas of expertise and robust agency network with Navigatr’s great depth of resources that we know will create a compelling value proposition within the consortia space.”
Ensemble表示,合奏和Navigatr的团队一直在制定过渡计划“以确保成员,供应商和合奏团队的经验一致性”。