Investment Summary

The Carlyle Group Invests In Trip.com Group

On November 1, 2000, private equity firm The Carlyle Group invested in consumer services company Trip.com Group

Investment Highlights
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 2nd transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 1st transaction in Singapore.

Investment Summary

Date 2000-11-01
Target Trip.com Group
Sector Consumer Services
Investor(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Trip.com Group

Singapore, Singapore
Trip.com Group provides online and offline travel information and reservation services company. Trip.com Group was founded in 1999 and is based in Singapore.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 72 of 750
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 2 of 10
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 4 of 73
Country: Singapore M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2000 M&A 35 of 38
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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