Integrated Tourism Group Lingnan Holdings reported its 2017 annual report on 18 April, 2018. During the reported period, revenue rose 9.84% to 6.4 billion RMB, net income contributable to the listed company was 177 million RMB, an increase of 29.87% year-on-year growth.

According to a statement, since August of 2016, the company consecutively purchased 100% share equity of LN Garden Hotel,100% share equity of Marriot Hotel Guangzhou, and 90.45% share equity of Shenzhen-listed GZL International Travel Service Ltd. After completing these major assets reconstruturing in May of 2017, the company has turned itself into a comprehensive tourism group that covers such businesses as tour operator, accommodation, convention and exhibition, attractions, which form a complete tourism industry chain.

This is the first consolidated annual report after the company completed its reconstructuring. In 2017, revenue of GZL International was 5.3 billion RMB, an increase of 10.99% compared with the same period of last year, partly due to its market share increase because of product innovation and enhanced marketing. Outbound business revenue scored a year-on-year of 15.01% growth, mainly due to the robust demand to European, Africa and Middle East (EAME) markets.

As for hotel businesses, revenue of Lingnan Hospitality increased 44.32% to 688.6 million RMB; revenue of LN Garden Hotel increased 2.2% to 470 million RMB; revenue of Dongfang Hotel  increased 0.35% to 236 million RMB; revenue of Marriot Hotel Guangzhou increased 6.12% to 291 million RMB.

The company said the overall good performance of 2017 was largely due to its enhanced abilities of integrated operations, brand innovation and Mergers & Acquisitions activities. In addition, the company laid out a series of operation plans for 2018 concerning supply-side reform, implementing brand upgrade,improving capital operation efficiency, integrating resources etc. 

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