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Cendant has agreed to acquire Ebookers, the online travel company, for £209m. 06-Dec-2004 Canvas Holidays, the camping holidays operator, has been acquired by Cendant for £27m. 12-Oct-2004 Cendant is to acquire Galileo Danmark, the Danish distributor of its airline reservation system, from Maersk data for undisclosed terms. 16-Sep-2002 Cendant has agreed to sell the NCP chain of 535 car parks to Cinven and Royal Bank of Scotland for £820m. 23-May-2002 Cendant is planning to expand its holiday cottage business in the UK and Europe, increasing market share from 5% to 10% over the next few months. 20-May-2002 Cendant has received about 10 bids for its National Car Parks business, which is expected to fetch about £700m. 27-Feb-2002 Cendant is creating 50 new jobs at its Swindon-based relocation and training business, with vacancies for operations managers, relocation advisers and training consultants. 11-Feb-2002 Thomson Travel has sold Holiday Cottages Group, the cottage rental company, to Cendant for a sum thought to be about £60m. 18-Jan-2001 Bradford & Bingley has sold its company relocation division to Cendant for undisclosed terms, and Cendant will use the Windsor-based business as a base to expand its European operations. 08-Sep-2000 Direct Line is to acquire the Green Flag vehicle recovery business from Cendant for £220m, and will combine it with its Direct Line Rescue operation. 09-Oct-1999 Cendant is said to have shortlisted Direct Line and Legal & General Ventures to acquire the Green Flag vehicle recovery business. 18-Sep-1999 Cendant has shortlisted seven bidders in the auction of the Green Flag vehicle recovery business, and the final price is expected to be about £200m. 31-Jul-1999 Cendant of the US is selling its PHH fleet management business to Avis Rent A Car for $1.8bn, and is now looking to sell the Green Flag vehicle recovery service in the UK. 25-May-1999 The RAC's attempt to sell its motoring services division to Cendant has been blocked by the government due to the effects it would have had on competition. 05-Feb-1999 Cendant's £450m bid for the Royal Automobile Club has been referred to the Monopolies & Mergers Commission, as it would give Cendant a 47% share of the breakdown market. 25-Sep-1998 Members of the Royal Automobile Club have voted in favour of plans to sell off the club's motoring arm, but Cendant will not be able to acquire the operation until after a second member's meeting in August. 20-Jun-1998 Freepages is to set up a home shopping service in partnership with Cendant of the US, offering products that cost more than £40. 11-Jun-1998 Cendant of the US looks set to acquire the RAC motoring services business for £450m, which it will be able to merge with the recently-acquired Green Flag vehicle recovery service to create a powerful rival to the Automobile Association. 02-May-1998 Cendant of the US has completed the $1.3bn acquisition of National Parking Corporation, the UK's largest private car park operator. 28-Apr-1998 Cendant of the US is planning to set up a chain of up to 70 Days Inn and Howard Johnson budget hotels in the UK over the next five years, and has already granted a master franchise to Premier Hotels of Worthing. 11-Apr-1998 National Parking Corporation, the owner of 500 car parks and the Green Flag recovery service, is being acquired by Cendant of the US in a £801m deal. 24-Mar-1998
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