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-1.35 (-1.14%) | Chairman's Speech (Cox & Kings) | Year : Mar '12 |
Dear Shareholder''s The year ended March 31, 2012 was both an eventful and fruitful journey for our Company. In September 201 1, we completed the acquisition of Holidaybreak Ltd, a specialist UK based travel Company with operations across Europe. Holidaybreak has several market leading brands across Education Travel, Leisure Business and Camping Holidays, with each business being run by a highly experienced and professional management team. Amidst difficult economic conditions in Europe, Holidaybreak has demonstrated resilience and stable cash flows, which indicates the quality of its various businesses. This is a transformational acquisition for Cox & Kings as we position ourselves to tap the huge potential of Education travel. The acquisition will also help grow our leisure business globally, through a wider product range and improved buying from our suppliers. During the period under review, our business in India continued to demonstrate robust growth, on the back of our strong product offering and distribution network. We are pleased with our performance in other international markets. We continue to see growth and consolidation in the leisure travel market in India. We are encouraged by the continuing shift in customer preference from the unorganised sector to organised tour operators. Combining this with new additions of first time travellers each year into the market, which is still quite nascent; we feel there is a tremendous opportunity to grow the India business for years to come. Economic conditions are tough in several international markets that we operate in. Nevertheless, we have been able to grow our business despite these challenges. This reaffirms our confidence in our management team and justifies the investments we make into strengthening our brands globally. I am confident that we will achieve significant benefits from these important developments which could not have been achieved without the hard work of our dedicated team and in closing I should like to express both my personal and the Board''s sincere thanks to them all. I would also like to thank our Shareholders for their continued support for our journey of growth. A. B. M. Good Chairman |
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