The credit card giant American Express has acquired Tock, a restaurant reservation and event management company, from the digital commerce platform Squarespace for $400 million, American Express said on Friday.
The purchase of the reservation system in an all-cash deal shows that American Express is continuing its pursuit of the market for dining-related services, especially after its acquisition in 2019 of Resy, a rival of Tock, which is based in Chicago.
The credit card company is acting on insights that its customers are spending prodigiously on eating out, it said in a statement.
Restaurants were a growing spending category for American Express cardholders, reaching a “high watermark” of $100 billion in transactions in 2023, Howard Grosfield, president of the U.S. consumer services division, said in an interview on Friday.
“The passion and interest in dining and dining-related experiences just continues to grow,” Mr. Grosfield said.
Persons:
Howard Grosfield, Mr, Grosfield
Organizations:
Express, American Express
Locations:
Resy, Tock, Chicago