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Linklaters advises Trip.com Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in e-hoi
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Aditi Raisurana
Communications & Corporate Affairs Lead, Asia
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aditi.raisurana@linklaters.com
Linklaters has advised Trip.com Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in e-hoi GmbH. Through the transaction, Trip.com Group further strengthens its presence in the European cruise market and combines e-hoi group’s established market position and cruise expertise with its global travel platform and technology capabilities.
Headquartered in Frankfurt, e-hoi group is a leading European cruise Online Travel Agency and tour operator. The company operates in eight core European markets and has driven digitization across the cruise sector through its proprietary end-to-end technology platform. Following completion of the transaction, e-hoi group will continue to operate independently within Trip.com Group.
The transaction closed on 4 September 2026. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction terms.
The Linklaters Zhao Sheng team was led by Richard Gu (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Zhao Sheng, Shanghai), Martina Farkas (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Munich), Sophie Yang (Managing Associate, Corporate/M&A, Zhao Sheng, Shanghai), Dr Maximilian Mann (Managing Associate, Corporate/M&A, Hamburg) and Yixin Yang (Managing Associate, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt).
Other team members included partners Dr Christian Hundeshagen (Tax, Frankfurt), Dr Michael Leicht (TMT, Frankfurt), Matthew Devey (Employment, Frankfurt), Atif Wolfgang Bhatti (IP, Frankfurt), Lars Harzmeier (Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, Frankfurt) and Dr Jana Hager (Public Law/Regulated Markets, Berlin); counsel Anne Katharina Rosenow (Tax, Frankfurt); managing associates Dr Johannes Gottwald (Banking, Hamburg) and Marius Ludwig (Tax, Munich); and associates Jamie-Lee van der Meer (Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam), Anna Tamara Castaner Coll (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Lena Mühleisen (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Eleanor Cheng (Corporate/M&A, Shanghai), Dr Colin Laws (Employment, Frankfurt), Antonia Mertens (TMT, Frankfurt), Dr Jonas Baumann (TMT, Frankfurt), Thalea Dreke (IP, Frankfurt) and Florian Kopp (Public Law, Berlin).