M&A Deal Summary

Northstar Travel Group Acquires Centaur Media Travel and Meetings

On April 10, 2019, Northstar Travel Group acquired media company Centaur Media Travel and Meetings from Centaur Media for 9M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Northstar Travel Group’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Northstar Travel Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Northstar Travel Group’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-04-10
Target Centaur Media Travel and Meetings
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Northstar Travel Group
Sellers(s) Centaur Media
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 9M GBP

Target

Centaur Media Travel and Meetings

London, United Kingdom
Centaur Media Travel and Meetings Ltd. is the owner of well-known exhibitions and events serving the travel industry including the Business Travel Show, The Meetings Show, and Travel Technology Europe.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Northstar Travel Group

Secaucus, New Jersey, United States
Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

Northstar Travel Group is a provider of business-to-business information, content, events, data, research, custom content, and software dedicated to the global travel and meetings industries. Northstar is the owner of well-known brands and products including Travel Weekly, TravelAge West, Business Travel News, Successful Meetings, Meetings & Conventions, Travel Weekly China, Incentive, M&C China, Phocuswright and Inntopia. Northstar Travel Group was founded in 1989 and is based in Secaucus, New Jersey.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 9
Sector (Media) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 3
Year (2019) 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-19 Tnooz

New York, New York, United States

Tnooz is an independent voice in travel and hospitality technology company. Tnooz offers travel technology news, analysis, and viewpoints from around the travel and hospitality industries. Tnooz was founded in 2009 and is based in New York city.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-07 Buying Business Travel

London, United Kingdom

Buying Business Travel is a business-to-business brand in the UK serving the corporate travel industry with online media, events, and a magazine brand. Buying Business Travel’s portfolio of products includes The Business Travel Awards, the most important annual awards recognizing the leadership of corporate travel suppliers, The BBT Business Travel Forums, BBT Editor’s Lunches and Buying Business Travel magazine.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Centaur Media

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Publishing
Employees245
Revenue 37M GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Centaur Media is a provider of business information, events, and marketing solutions to selected professional and commercial markets in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. Centaur Media was founded in 1981 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-07 MarketMakers

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

MarketMakers, Inc. is a provider of fully integrated end to end B2B marketing services business. MarketMakers, Inc. was established in 2004 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, UK.

Buy £13M
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