Technology investor Prosus has completed the purchase of Latin American online travel agency Despegar for $1.7bn, taking total spending under CEO Fabricio Bloisi to about $6bn after he took office a year ago.

The completion of the Despegar deal, first announced in December, is another milestone in Bloisi’s strategy to build a leading lifestyle e-commerce outfit in Europe, India and Latin America...

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