European tourism giant TUI on Wednesday reported a sharp fall in headline profits in its 2016-17 financial year, but said its underlying performance remained solid, thanks to its hotels and cruise line businesses.
TUI -- based in north German city of Hanover and listed on the London stock exchange -- booked net profit of 645 million euros ($758 million) betweenRead more
German tourism giant TUI said Monday it had sold its remaining stake in shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd, the final stage in a restructuring towards mass-market tourism.
The Hanover-based firm raised around 250 million euros ($284.6 million) after selling 8.5 million shares at Monday's Frankfurt closing price of 29.50 euros per share.
It followed TUI's sale of around six million shares sinceRead more
A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping firm, said the container business on which it is staking its future made a loss in the last three months as freight rates declined further.
Shares in the Danish company fell 9 percent after third quarter profit fell 44 percent and came in below forecasts. Low oil prices have depressed returns from the energyRead more