H.I.S., a major travel agency, has delayed the recovery of its main overseas travel business due to the influence of the new corona, and the half-year financial results until April are 260, the largest ever for this period. I fell into a final deficit of over 100 million yen.
According to the financial results of the entire group for the six months from November last year to April last year announced by H.I.S. on the 13th, the final loss was 26.9 billion yen.
The amount of deficit exceeded the same period of the previous year by more than 3 billion yen, and it fell into the largest final deficit for this period.
This is an electricity retail business that has recently expanded in addition to the delay in the recovery of its main overseas travel business due to border measures due to the worldwide spread of the Omicron strain of the new corona, and the situation in Ukraine. Due to the impact, the price of natural gas soared, and the cost of procuring electricity was high, resulting in a significant deterioration in profitability.
In addition, the one-year earnings forecast up to October states that the trend of border measures in the future is uncertain, and the depreciation of the yen, which leads to an increase in travel prices, makes it impossible to anticipate a recovery in demand for overseas travel. "Undecided".
H.I.S. President Motofumi Yada said at a financial results briefing on the 13th, "We will make use of our strengths of having many overseas bases and focus on businesses other than travel, such as support for Japanese companies aiming to expand overseas. I want to go. "