Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Tourismus- und Beherbergungsbetriebe Burgenland GmbH; SOWO – So Wohnt Burgenland GmbH; Landesholding Burgenland GmbH; Golf- und Thermenresort Stegersbach GmbH; Thermen und Grundstücke Stegersbach GmbH
BWB/Z-6462
On 22.12.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of all shares of Golf- und Thermenresort Stegersbach GmbH as well as all shares of Thermen und Grundstücke Stegersbach GmbH by Tourismus- und Beherbergungsbetriebe Burgenland GmbH and SOWO – So Wohnt Burgenland GmbH.
Concerns economic activity: Hotels, inns and guesthouses; Baths, saunas, solariums, etc.; Operation of sports facilities
Industry sector: I - Gastgewerbe/Beherbergung und Gastronomie Q - Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.01.2024.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 20.01.2024 .