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Destinology wurde im Jahr 2004 von Dominic Speakman in Bolton gegr\u00fcndet und besch\u00e4ftigt \u00fcber 100 Mitarbeiter.<\/p>\n<p>Das Unternehmen ist einer der f\u00fchrenden Online-Reiseveranstalter in Gro\u00dfbritannien und bietet ma\u00dfgeschneiderte Urlaube in 5-Sterne-Hotels und Resorts in\/an den gro\u00dfen internationalen Destinationen wie den Malediven, Dubai, Karibik, Fernost, USA und Europa. Die Webseite lockt mehr als 5 Millionen Besucher pro Jahr und Destinology hat eine breite Social-Media-Pr\u00e4senz mit \u00fcber 1 Million Followern auf Google+, \u00fcber 2 Millionen YouTube Views jedes Jahr und starken Facebook- und Twitter-Aktivit\u00e4ten.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Speakman, Gr\u00fcnder von Destinology, der als Pr\u00e4sident im Unternehmen bleiben und nach dem Kauf Anteile behalten wird, kommentierte: <strong>\u201eWir haben Livingstone beauftragt, uns w\u00e4hrend der Transaktion zu beraten, da sie viel Erfahrung und Kontakte in der Reisebranche aufweisen k\u00f6nnen. Sie f\u00fchrten einen zielgerichteten und soliden Prozess, der gro\u00dfes Interesse von potenziellen strategischen Erwerbern und Private-Equity-Investoren weltweit auf sich zog. Wir hatten das Gef\u00fchl, dass das Angebot von Saga die \u00fcberzeugendste M\u00f6glichkeit pr\u00e4sentierte, das Unternehmen weiterzuentwickeln und gleichzeitig ein sehr gutes Ergebnis f\u00fcr das Management-Team und die Aktion\u00e4re zu erzielen.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Lever, Partner bei Livingstone London, f\u00fcgte hinzu: <strong>\u201eDestinology ist ein hervorragendes Unternehmen und einer der f\u00fchrenden unabh\u00e4ngigen Reiseunternehmen auf dem britischen Markt. Dies wurde auch durch das enorme Interesse der strategischen und Private-Equity-Investoren widergespiegelt. Das Management-Team hat eine innovative und sehr erfolgreiche digitale Plattform geschaffen und sie werden eine optimale Verbindung mit Saga Travel zu bilden.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":3000,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-10227","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1249],"date":"20140810","client_type":43,"type":[1038],"region":[384],"services":[441],"sectors":[692,700],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[51328],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saga plc erwirbt Mehrheitsbeteiligung an Destinology - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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