Top 10 Financial Advisors in Travel & Tourism Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Volume

Bank of America Corp, Morgan Stanley, Rothschild & Co SCA, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc, and UBS Group are among the top 5 financial advisors in the travel & tourism industry in 2021 by deal volume. In terms of the geographic split, 7 out of 10 of the world’s top 10 financial advisors in the travel & tourism industry are headquartered in North America and whereas the remaining 3 are based in Europe. They employed a total of 500,315 people in 2021. The Sun Communities Inc -Park Holidays UK Ltd deal was one of the major deals in the travel & tourism sector in 2021. Citigroup and Lazard are acting as financial advisors to the Company and. HSBC and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint financial advisors to Park Holidays. Sun Communities Inc, a US-based self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), has acquired Park Holidays UK Ltd, a UK-based operator of caravan holiday parks, for an enterprise value of approximately GBP950 million ($1.3 billion). The deal was closed in Q2 2022. The Hyatt Hotels Corp -Apple Leisure Group deal was another major deal in the travel & tourism sector in 2021. BDT & Company, LLC, and J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. acted as financial advisors. PJT Partners Inc acted as a financial advisor whereas Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as a financial advisor to Apple Leisure Group. Hyatt Hotels Corporation has completed the acquisition of Apple Leisure Group, from KKR & Co Inc and KSL Capital Partners, LLC, for $2.7 billion in cash. The deal was closed in Q1 2021.