Private Groups Buying Travelocity Parent
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By DAVID KOENIG  DALLAS - Sabre Holdings Corp., parent of the online travel-booking service Travelocity.com and a leading distributor of airline reservations, said Tuesday it is being acquired by private-equity groups for about $4.5 billion.
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The travel reservation company agreed Monday night to be sold to Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group.
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The acquisition of privately held Gullivers, a wholesaler of hotels, travel packages and group tours, also includes online travel seller OctopusTravel.
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Hotel franchisor Cendant Corp. agreed to buy online travel company Orbitz Inc. for about $1.25 billion. The $27.50 a share cash offer, which has been approved by boards of both companies but still needs regulatory
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The unit was sold for $10.3 billion to a group of private equity firms that will take an equal stake in the company.
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EBay Inc., the world&#39;s largest Web auctioneer, agreed to buy privately held Rent.com for $415 million in cash and stock to expand in the online real-estate market.
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A Canadian banking group has reached an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the parent of Evergreen Bank of Glens Falls.
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The very private Cox family is about to get more so. Cox Enterprises said yesterday it will buy out the public shares of Cox Communications (nyse: COX - news - people ) for about $8.
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The Instinet Group, owner of one of the largest electronic stock trading systems, is for sale, executives briefed on the plan say.
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Shares of Orbitz, an Internet travel agency, surged 26 percent on reports it may be purchased by Cendant for about $1.2 billion. Shares of Orbitz climbed $5.
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Cendant, the American travel group that owns car rental shops Avis and Budget, is close to acquiring online travel agency Orbitz.com in a deal said to be worth more than $1 billion.
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Canadian luxury hotelier Four Seasons Hotels Inc.   said on Monday it has agreed to be taken private by a group of investors that includes Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and an investment firm owned by Microsoft Corp.  Chairman Bill Gates.
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Multiple firms including Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group have bid for Sabre Holdings , owner of the Travelocity Web site, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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EBay Inc., the world&#39;s largest Web auctioneer, agreed to buy privately held Rent.com for $415 million in cash and stock as it expands into classified listings.
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Global Hyatt, the hotel company controlled by the Pritzker family of Chicago, said Wednesday that it would sell a minority stake to a group of investors, including Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, for $1 billion. The deal, which is the latest step in the familyâs restructuring of its holdings, seemed to damp speculation that Hyatt is headed [...].
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Sabre Holdings, the travel reservation company, is in advanced talks to be sold to a consortium of private equity firms for more than $4 billion.
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The insurance giant MetLife Inc. is buying Travelers Life &amp; Annuity Co. for at least $11.5 billion from Citigroup Inc. , the nation's largest financial institution.