Fosun Tourism Turned a Profit in Third Quarter on Strong Club Med Performance
Zhang Yushuo
DATE:  Oct 21 2021
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Fosun Tourism Turned a Profit in Third Quarter on Strong Club Med Performance Fosun Tourism Turned a Profit in Third Quarter on Strong Club Med Performance

(Yicai Global) Oct. 21 -- Chinese conglomerate Fosun Tourism Group was back in the black in the three months ended Sept. 30, largely due to a more than doubling in revenue by its French holiday resort unit Club Med as global tourism gets back on track, the firm said yesterday.

Although exact profit figures were not released, revenue doubled in the third quarter to CNY2.8 billion (USD437.8 million), according to the Shanghai-based group’s latest earnings report. Revenue in the first three quarters fell 4.4 percent to CNY5.58 billion (USD873 million).

The good performance was propelled by a more than doubling in third-quarter revenue at Paris-based Club Med to CNY2.6 billion and a return to 75 percent of 2019’s figures.

“We will continue to expand globally amid the Covid-19 pandemic,” Fosun Tourism Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Qian Jiannong said yesterday, “Due to better cash flow, we still plan to open another 16 Club Med resorts worldwide by 2023, eight of which will be in China.”

The UK’s Thomas Cook Group, which Fosun Tourism also owns, saw its China revenue nearly doubling in the third quarter to CNY121.3 million (USD18.98 million).

The good news did little to boost the firm’s stock price though. Fosun Tourism’s shares [HKG:1992] were trading down 1.95 percent at HKD11.06 (USD1.42) at 2 p.m. China time.

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