M&A Deal Summary

Flight Centre Acquires Travelplan Corporate

On May 2, 2014, Flight Centre acquired leisure company Travelplan Corporate from Abbey Travel House

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Flight Centre’s 1st transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Flight Centre’s 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-05-02
Target Travelplan Corporate
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Flight Centre
Sellers(s) Abbey Travel House
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Travelplan Corporate

Dublin, Ireland
Travelplan Corporate Limited, a Dublin-based travel management business.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 1 of 5
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-21 StudentUniverse.com

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

StudentUniverse.com, Inc. is an online travel booking service for students and youth.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Abbey Travel House

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Sector Leisure
DESCRIPTION

Abbey Travel House is a travel management business in Ireland and Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1