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Ring, ring! It’s Helloworld Travel calling for Webjet chair

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

May 15, 2025 – 3.58pm

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What’s the sleepy little Helloworld Travel doing scooping up shares in ASX-listed rival Webjet Group at the same time a tag-team of BGH Capital’s Ben Gray and Gary Weiss, two of Australia’s best-known investors, launch a bid?

Helloworld CEO Andrew Burnes. Damian White

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.