EQT Partners, an investment firm, completed its acquisition of Kuoni Travel, a group travel provider, for с. $1.36bn. “I am very impressed by the promising growth prospects of Kuoni’s three businesses, Global Travel Distribution, Global Travel Services and VFS Global. We plan to invest in all these areas and fully support the strategy implementation announced in November 2015 by the Board and CEO Zubin Karkaria. Each of the three business units has the potential to develop successfully and sustainably as an independent entity and to strengthen its leading position in the global travel market. By utilizing the impressive travel and technology expertise available at EQTwe will further increase this potential," Ulf Berg, EQT Advisor.