American Express Global Business Travel

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Global Business Travel Group, Inc.
Company type Public
NYSE:  GBTG
Headquarters
New York City
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Paul Abbott (CEO)
Services Corporate travel management, event management
Number of employees
18,000
Website amexglobalbusinesstravel.com

American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT, legally, Global Business Travel Group, Inc.) is a multinational travel management company headquartered in New York City. Amex GBT has 18,000 employees in more than 140 countries. [1] [2] American Express holds a minority interest in Amex GBT, but the travel company operates as a separate entity from the financial services group.

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History

In 2003, Amex GBT acquired Rosenbluth International from Hal Rosenbluth in a "mega deal" that combined two of the top global travel agencies at the time. [3]

In 2014 American Express divested their Global Business Travel division for an investment of $900 million to an investor group creating American Express Global Business Travel. The investment group was led by Certares LP and included Qatar Holdings, Macquarie Capital and funds managed by BlackRock and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. [4] American Express maintained 50-percent ownership of the newly created American Express Global Business Travel (GBT). [5]

In December 2021, American Express GBT announced plans to become a publicly traded company through a business combination with Apollo Strategic Growth Capital, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by Apollo Global Management. [6]

Following the completion of the business combination with Apollo Strategic Growth Capital on May 27, 2022, the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on May 31, 2022, with the symbol GBTG. [7] [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ "About Us". Amex GBT – United States. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
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  5. ↑ Sharf, Samantha. "American Express To Spin Off Business Travel Division Into Joint Venture". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
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  12. ↑ Whyte, Patrick; February 9th, Skift; EST, 2018 at 5:38 AM (2018-02-09). "American Express Global Business Travel Agrees to Buy Hogg Robinson Group". Skift. Retrieved 2022-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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