Sun Communities, Inc. Acquires Park Holidays UK

Sykes Holiday Cottages to Acquire Forest Holidays from Phoenix-led Investor Group

April 8, 2022

Restaurants & Hospitality

Sykes Holiday Cottages, a portfolio company of Vitruvian Partners, is set to acquire Forest Holidays from an institutional investor group led by Phoenix Equity Partners and including LDC. The transaction brings Forest Holidays’ 12-location, nature-based cabin business into the Forge/Sykes platform to create a larger UK domestic holiday group focused on sustainable tourism.

Travel Counsellors Acquires Holidaysplease

March 13, 2023

Consumer Products

Travel Counsellors has acquired Holidaysplease, a Birmingham-based network of luxury homeworking travel advisors and franchisees. The deal brings Holidaysplease's community of roughly 100 homeworkers, 50 franchisees and about 50 employees into Travel Counsellors' global platform, strengthening its people-led, technology-enabled travel entrepreneur network.

Sykes Holiday Cottages Acquires Pure Cottages Group from LDC

January 6, 2020

Restaurants & Hospitality

Chester-based Sykes Holiday Cottages has acquired Pure Cottages Group from private equity investor LDC for an undisclosed sum. The deal brings the Pure Cottages portfolio — a collection of five luxury regional holiday rental brands managing more than 1,500 holiday homes across Cumbria, Cornwall and the Cotswolds — into Sykes' wider network to bolster its premium offering and support further UK and international expansion.

Sun Communities Acquires Safe Harbor Marinas for $2.11 Billion

September 29, 2020

Real Estate

Sun Communities, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Safe Harbor Marinas, LLC for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.11 billion. Safe Harbor will operate as a standalone subsidiary led by its existing management team, providing Sun with a new marina platform that diversifies its geographic and customer footprint and is expected to be accretive to 2021 Core FFO per share.

Vacation Innovations Acquires Holiday Systems International

July 1, 2020

Restaurants & Hospitality

Vacation Innovations (VI), backed by investment partner Tritium Partners, has acquired Holiday Systems International (HSI), a travel-technology and membership platform with nearly 400,000 members. The deal adds 12 brands and HSI's suite of booking, loyalty and membership software to VI's portfolio as VI expands its timeshare and broader travel offerings and scales HSI's team and products.

Planet Fitness Acquires Sunshine Fitness (114 Clubs)

January 11, 2022

Restaurants & Hospitality

Planet Fitness, Inc. agreed to acquire Sunshine Fitness Growth Holdings, LLC — a Planet Fitness franchisee operating 114 clubs in the Southeast U.S. — in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $800 million, funded in part by a new securitization and available cash. The locations (in AL, FL, GA, NC and SC) were folded into Planet Fitness' company-owned portfolio, and Sunshine co-founder Shane McGuiness joined Planet Fitness to oversee the combined corporate club operations; the deal closed in February 2022.