SM Culture & Contents
South Korean advertising, production, travel and talent company
SM Culture & Contents (Korean: 에스엠컬처앤콘텐츠; SM C&C) is a South Korean advertising, production, travel and talent company. The company operates as a talent agency, television content production company, theatrical production company and travel company.
History
1987–2012: Establishment and acquisition by SM Entertainment
After being listed on the KOSDAQ in April 2006 through a merger and acquisition with Volvik, a professional golf ball brand, Intercontinental Travel Agency changed its name to BT&I as part of establishing a "more professional" corporate image. On July 11, 2007, Daum Communications announced that it has signed a contract with BT&I to transfer shares and management rights of Tour Express, an online travel agency established in 1999. The company reported that it purchased 90 percent of its shares in Tour Express for eight point six billion won from Daum and Tiger Fund, with Daum handing over 55.27 percent of its 65.27 percent stake in Tour Express for 5.3 billion won. It will be able to expand its business into the online travel market and secure the exclusive right to operate a travel site on the Daum portal in the future. On July 5, 2010, BT&I announced that Hotel Trees, which operates a hotel reservation system globally that a system that can provide "high-quality total travel services" linked to aviation and accommodation, has been incorporated as a subsidiary of the company.
On April 13, 2012, Kim Young-min, the former chief executive officer of SM Entertainment, held a board meeting and announced that it has decided to acquire BT&I by acquiring old and new shares of the company. By April 16, it was reported that the company implemented a third-party allocated capital increase for a total of 2,031.75 million won to SM in order to raise operating funds. It also decided to issue two billion won worth of new equity bond with a maturity rate of four percent until April 13, 2015.
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