{"id":570630,"date":"2020-04-08T04:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T04:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/04\/08\/samih-sawiris-mulls-takeover-of-germanys-fti-group\/"},"modified":"2020-04-08T04:44:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T04:44:56","slug":"samih-sawiris-mulls-takeover-of-germanys-fti-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/04\/08\/samih-sawiris-mulls-takeover-of-germanys-fti-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Samih Sawiris mulls takeover of Germany\u2019s FTI Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-06\"><\/a> <strong>M&<\/strong><strong>A WATCH- Samih Sawiris mulls takeover of Germany\u2019s FTI Group: <\/strong>Orascom Development Holding Chairman Samih Sawiris is considering the acquisition of the remaining two-thirds of German tourism agency FTI\u2019s shares, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welt.de\/wirtschaft\/article207048389\/FTI-Aegyptischer-Milliardaer-Samih-Sawiris-greift-nach-Reiseanbieter.html?wtrid=onsite.onsitesearch\">according to German newspaper Die Welt<\/a>. Sawiris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.tourmag.com\/FTI-Group-Samih-Sawiris-Orascom-invests-in-the-Munich-travel-group_a65465.html&sa=D&ust=1586276547520000&usg=AFQjCNHRcnGyykjMe1kMbgulkCZhlNtYvg\">purchased a 30% stake in the company<\/a> from founder and sole shareholder Dietmar Gunz in 2014 through his Luxembourg-based investment company SOSTNT, according to the report. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fti-group.com\/en\/about-us\">FTI Group<\/a> is the third-largest travel company in Europe in terms of market share, with EUR 4.1 bn in revenue during FY2018-2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The potential sale comes as the travel industry reels from government imposed travel restrictions worldwide<\/strong> in place to curb the spread of covid-19. FTI earlier this year was required to send back home 65k travelers on orders of impending border closures and emergency health measures and has since seen business come to a halt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M&#038;A WATCH- Samih Sawiris mulls takeover of Germany\u2019s FTI Group: Orascom Development Holding Chairman Samih Sawiris is considering the acquisition of the remaining two-thirds of German tourism agency FTI\u2019s shares, according to German newspaper Die Welt. 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