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Creative Group Acquires Strategic Meetings and Incentives

January 31, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Creative Group, a Direct Travel company headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, has acquired Strategic Meetings and Incentives, LLC, a Scottsdale-based meeting, event and incentive agency founded in 2001. The acquisition expands Creative Group's footprint in the telecommunications industry and the U.S. Southeast while adding event-production, meeting marketing and incentive-travel capabilities to its service offering.

Bishop-McCann Acquires MTI Events

July 24, 2025

Professional Services

Bishop-McCann, a Kansas City-based event management firm, acquired MTI Events, a Kansas City incentive travel and event company with more than 35 years of experience. The acquisition strengthens Bishop-McCann's incentive travel capabilities and brings MTI's leadership into the firm as a strategic advisor.

SOLV Energy Acquires SDI Services

January 15, 2025

Energy

SOLV Energy has acquired Sacramento Drilling, Inc. (dba SDI Services) to strengthen its renewable energy services and expand foundation drilling and solar pile installation capabilities. The deal brings SDI's 25+ years of experience and skilled workforce into SOLV's utility-scale solar and energy storage project execution platform to optimize installation efficiency and project delivery.

Sagility LLC Acquires Devlin Consulting, Inc.

April 25, 2023

Healthcare Services

Sagility LLC, a Colorado-based provider of technology-enabled healthcare business process management (BPM) services, has acquired Devlin Consulting, Inc. (DCI), a Chandler, Arizona payment integrity firm. The acquisition expands Sagility's payment integrity capabilities by combining its analytics and payer/claims expertise with DCI's contract central technology platform to enhance pre-pay cost avoidance, post-pay recoveries, and provider-payer relations.

SDI Presence Acquires Scientia Consulting Group

February 21, 2022

IT Services

SDI Presence LLC has acquired California-based Scientia Consulting Group, integrating SCG into the SDI Presence brand to expand the firm's West Coast footprint and strengthen its cloud, managed services, and public-safety IT capabilities. SDI, a PE-backed IT consultancy (backed by Abry Partners), said the acquisition enhances local delivery for clients in local government and utilities markets.

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.