<div><div><p>[SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties (HPL), which is owned by real estate tycoon Ong Beng Seng, on Thursday (Aug 14) posted a net profit of S$11.4 million for the half year ended Jun 30, reversing from its net loss of S$4.9 million in the corresponding year-ago period.</p><p>This comes as the group’s revenue grew 9 per cent on year to S$378.4 million, from S$347.3 million.</p><p>Gross profit also increased 3.5 per cent from S$82.3 million for H1 FY2024 to S$85.2 million for the half year under review. The increase was mainly attributable to the opening of Four Seasons Hotel Osaka in August last year, noted the group in a bourse filing.</p><div><div><div><div id="dfp-ad-imu1"></div></div></div></div><p>Earnings per share for the period was S$0.0134, up from a loss per share of S$0.0162 in the year before.</p><p>For the half year ended Jun 30, the Group recorded a mark-to-market fair-value loss on long-term investments of $9.3 million, compared to the gain of $5.5 million for the corresponding period last year.</p><p>Finance costs rose 1.6 per cent to S$51 million from S$50.2 million in the first half of FY2024, due to higher borrowing costs.</p><div><div><div><div id="dfp-ad-midarticlespecial"></div></div></div></div><p>Administrative expenses rose to S$44.8 million, up from S$36.9 million a year ago. The company attributed the increase to the opening of two new hotels, Four Seasons Hotel Osaka and The Boathouse Pulau Tioman, in August and July 2024 respectively. </p><p>Shares of HPL closed flat at S$5.50 on Thursday, before the release of the results. </p></div><div>Hotel Properties LtdFinancial resultsOng Beng Seng</div><div><section><section><p>Share with us your feedback on BT's products and services</p><div>Feedback</div></section></section></div><div><div><div><div id="dfp-ad-imu2"></div></div></div></div></div>

旅店置業

<p>酒店置業（HPL）在 2024 年上半年報告淨利潤 1140 萬新元，扭轉了去年同期 490 萬新元的虧損。收入增長 9%，達到 3.784 億新元，主要受大阪四季酒店開業的推動。毛利潤上升至 8520 萬新元，每股收益改善至 0.0134 新元。然而，該集團在長期投資上面臨 930 萬新元的市值損失，財務成本上升至 5100 萬新元。由於新酒店的開業，行政費用也有所增加</p>

旅店置業在上半年實現了 1140 萬新元的盈利，恢復了盈利狀態