Mergers and acquisitions

EasyJet bats away £4.7 billion takeover bid and accuses US firm of trying to acquire it 'on the cheap'

EasyJet plays down prospect of 'highly opportunistic' cut-price takeover by US investor

Ashdown Travel 'on the hunt for store number six' after acquiring Ultimate Destinations

The Travel Network Group bolsters homeworking arm with Just Travel Group acquisition

Travel Seen takes majority stake in Oxford Ski Company as group valuation hits £55 million

Travel Village Group leaves Co-op Consortium to join Brilliant Travel

Not in the Guidebooks secures fresh investment to power 'agent-led' growth

Hays Travel's acquisitions of Polka Dot Travel and Millington Travel cleared by competition watchdog

Intrepid Travel buys out $100m+ revenue firm to complete largest-ever acquisition

Domes Resorts snaps up former Thomas Cook hotel brands Cook's Club and Casa Cook

Fred Olsen Travel buys out Bournemouth airport-based agency Holidaze

Fred Olsen Travel expands into Dorset with latest agency acquisition

Staff at three Millington Travel stores resign following Hays Travel acquisition

Fred Olsen Travel snaps up neighbouring agency to expand portfolio

Spain's Destinia to enter UK market with Travel Republic and Netflights acquisition

Hays Travel extends apprenticeship programme to recently acquired agencies

JF Travel steps in to secure future of fellow Northern Irish independent

Top five major travel brands likely to attract M&A activity next year revealed

Dame Irene Hays raises 'possibility' of Hays Travel acquiring another OTA next year

Spanish airport giant acquires majority stake in Jet2's base airport

Hays Travel 'must not further integrate' Polka Dot or Millington after competition watchdog intervenes

Flight Centre Travel Group acquires Iglu ending two-year search for buyer

Founders to stay on with family-run agency of 40 years after sale

Travel Counsellors' ranks swell to nearly 4,000 following acquisition of Canadian agency