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American Express Global Business Travel Announces Provisional UK Antitrust Clearance of Acquisition of CWT
NEW YORK, February 18, 2025--American Express Global Business Travel, which is operated by Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (NYSE: GBTG) ("Amex GBT" or the "Company"), a leading software and services company for travel, expense, and meetings & events, today announced that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (the "CMA") has provisionally concluded that it has not identified any competition concerns with GBT’s proposed acquisition of CWT, a global business travel and solutions provider. T
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