Event details
Attend this practical one-day seminar to learn about the different exit routes for travel business owners. The seminar will walk you through the process, from exit planning to business valuations and the sale process. Hear from different types of buyers and understand what they are looking for. Check your understanding of the key stages of the sale process, learn how to value your business and maximise sale proceeds.
About the event
What’s your business ‘End Game’? There are various exit options available; good, bad and ugly.
If selling your business one day might be a consideration, this one day seminar will help demystify the world of Travel Mergers and Acquisitions providing invaluable insights into what makes some travel businesses more attractive than others to Buyers and the importance of finding the right match for you and your travel business. Learn how business valuations typically work and how to maximise your own business value. Understand more about the typical stages of a business sale process from pre-sale considerations and preparation to the decision to go to market, what to expect and likely timeline. This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from real life Buyers from both Trade and Private Equity, in addition to corporate finance, legal, tax and regulatory experts who will explain their respective roles in a successful business sale and, most importantly, the pitfalls to avoid and what they expect from you. The day rounds off with a Seller surgery and the opportunity for Q&A.
Sessions
- Different exit routes
- Understanding the buyer mindset
- Business value
- Testing your investor-readiness
- Maximising sales proceeds and tax considerations
- Different types of due diligence: commercial, financial, legal
- Regulatory considerations – ATOL and ABTA
- Sellers’ surgery – what I wish I had known
Speakers
- Deborah Potts, Director, Summit Advisory
- Gaby Marcon-Clarke, Research Executive, Summit Advisory
- Jon Gillow, Partner, Hill Dickinson LLP
- David Kinsella, Partner (Tax), Xeinadin
- Mel Phaure, Founder, Blue Cube
- Douglas Ross, Financial Protection Development Manager, ABTA
Additional speakers will be announced shortly.
Benefits of attending
- Help you assess if a business sale might be the right exit route for you one day versus other options
- Learn sooner rather than later how to build value in your travel business and how to calculate value
- Advance your own knowledge of how a sale process works
- Get first-hand advice from industry experts and hear directly from real life Buyers and Sellers about the common pitfalls and deal breakers
- Network and share your experience with peers in the travel industry.
Who should attend?
The seminar is suitable for travel business entrepreneurs, owners and shareholders who are keen to understand more about exit planning, business valuation and sale process. This includes:
- Directors, MDs and shareholders
- Acquirers/buyers looking into buying a travel business.
Event prices
ABTA members/Partners:
Early bird member rate - £249
Standard member rate - £279
Non-members:
Early bird non-member rate - £389
Standard non-member rate - £419
Early bird rates expire 4 April.
This includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day, all delegate materials, presentations and an attendee certificate.
Make payment by credit or debit card.
View our booking terms and conditions here.
Discounts
- Book three places and get 50% off the third place.
(This discount will be automatically applied when you book online.) - If you are looking to book for a larger group please contact events@abta.co.uk for a bespoke discount.
*To qualify for the ABTA Member/Partner discount you must have a current ABTA Member/Partner number or your application must be in progress when the event takes place.
Non-Members are welcome to attend. For information about becoming a Member click here.
Event sponsorship
Event partner
Summit Advisory helps travel business owners to Growth, Acquire and Sell. Founding directors, Jonathan Wall and Deborah Potts, combine years of Travel Industry accounting expertise with ‘hands on’ travel entrepreneurship. As Travel Industry experts, we understand not just your numbers, but also your business. Our in-depth industry knowledge and contacts are second to none. Our passion is helping you achieve your business ambitions.
For information on how to promote your company at this event, please contact events@abta.co.uk.
