Europe’s tourism & leisure industry saw a rise of 28.57% in deal activity during June 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Baillie Gifford, BlackRock, Canyon Partners, General Atlantic, HV Capital Adviser, Permira Holdings, Silver Lake Partners and TCMI’s $650m venture financing of FlixMobility, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 27 tourism & leisure industry deals worth $1.3bn were announced for the region in June 2021, against the 12-month average of 21 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in June 2021 with 12 transactions, representing a 44.4% share for the region.
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By GlobalDataIn second place was venture financing with eight deals, followed by private equity deals with seven transactions, respectively capturing a 29.6% and 25.9% share of the overall deal activity for the month.
In terms of value of deals, venture financing was the leading category in Europe’s tourism & leisure industry with $773.51m, while private equity and M&A deals totalled $378.19m and $132.36m, respectively.
Europe tourism & leisure industry deals in June 2021: Top deals
The top five tourism & leisure deals accounted for 93.1% of the overall value during June 2021.
The combined value of the top five tourism & leisure deals stood at $1.2bn, against the overall value of $1.28bn recorded for the month.
The top five tourism & leisure industry deals of June 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Baillie Gifford, BlackRock, Canyon Partners, General Atlantic, HV Capital Adviser, Permira Holdings, Silver Lake Partners and TCMI’s $650m venture financing of FlixMobility
2) The $215.96m private equity deal for 33.96% stake in Atletico HoldCo by Ares Management
3) Cerberus Capital Management and Highgate Hotels’ $162.23m private equity deal with Dorsett Hospitality (UK) and Mazuma
4) The $95.23m venture financing of Urban Sports by Claret Capital Partners, HV Capital Adviser, INKEF Capital, Partech Partners, Rocket Internet, RTP Global – UK and SevenGrowth
5) Lifespot Capital’s acquisition of Munich Hotel Invest for $71.85m.
