M&A Deal Summary

Flight Centre Acquires StudentUniverse.com

On December 21, 2015, Flight Centre acquired internet software and services company StudentUniverse.com

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Flight Centre’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Flight Centre’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Flight Centre’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-12-21
Target StudentUniverse.com
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Flight Centre
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

StudentUniverse.com

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
StudentUniverse.com, Inc. is an online travel booking service for students and youth.

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Buyer

Flight Centre

Brisbane, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Business Services
Employees12,411
Revenue 2.8B AUD (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Flight Centre is a travel agency group providing travel retailing services in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, the 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 2 of 5
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 5
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
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