M&A Deal Summary

Flight Centre Acquires Scott Dunn

On January 31, 2023, Flight Centre acquired leisure company Scott Dunn from Inflexion for 121M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Flight Centre’s 3rd transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Flight Centre’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Flight Centre’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-01-31
Target Scott Dunn
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Flight Centre
Sellers(s) Inflexion
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 121M GBP

Target

Scott Dunn

London, United Kingdom
Scott Dunn provides a broad range of luxury holidays from skiing and Mediterranean resorts to tailor-made journeys and bespoke honeymoons. Scott Dunn was founded in 1986 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Flight Centre

Brisbane, Australia
Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Consumer Services
Employees12,514
Revenue 2.7B AUD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Flight Centre is a travel agency group providing travel retailing services in Australia, New Zealand, US, Canada, UK, South Africa, Hong Kong, India, China, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Flight Centre was founded in 1987 and is based in Brisbane, Australia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector (Leisure) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 5
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2023) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-21 Umapped

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Umapped, Inc. is a provider of online platform for consolidates bookings, curated content, communications and real-time location data into a single web and mobile interface. Umapped is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Inflexion

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 10.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Inflexion is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in UK-based founder and family-owned businesses. Broad areas of interest include consumer products/services, business services, healthcare, industrials, technology, and financial services. The Firm's target investment size is £10 to £500 million. Inflexion was formed in 1999 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 51 of 61
Sector (Leisure) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 22 of 29
Country (United Kingdom) 50 of 60
Year (2023) 2 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-23 Mobica

Wilmslow, United Kingdom

Mobica is a software development and integration services company with a global customer base. The Company partners with businesses across multiple industries - from aerospace to finance and semiconductors to automotive - providing them with access to incredible talent and software engineering expertise across the entire technology stack, from concept and development, through to testing and integration, from chip to cloud. Mobica was founded in 2004 and is based in Wilmslow, England.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-02-01 dss+

Geneva, Switzerland

dss+ is a provider of operations management consulting services that enable organizations to protect their employees and assets, realize operational efficiencies, innovate more rapidly, and build workforce capability. By leveraging its DuPont heritage, deep industry and business process expertise, and diverse team of expert consultants, it helps clients turn operations management into a competitive advantage. dss+ was formed in 1968 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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