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you are quite right, we are finally out of treading water around the 30 mark, I think the bad weatehr and disruptions to travel might have caused people to pause but not that the corporate travel season enters it's absolute busiest season HRG should do very well. I would hope we could see it back to 40 before results and i ams till surprised not to see anymoves by the major stakehodlers, but it could happen anytime

That is a great spot and fabolous news. Would be nice to see the price move a little upwrads but I have patience and I don't think there is much risk at this level. hopefully we will back to 40 soon

premium members see same prices, you should never use this site for prices. HRG is quite lightly traded most days and Ithink other lightly tarded sticks are as badly updated as they are.

I think that was you big chance although there was no buying at below 30 p and we have moved off that bottom now, so get in while you can at these levels. We are celebrating the anniversary of the 5p (4.5) price so can enjoy 600% rise for the year. Wouldn't mind that again this year but being realistic somewhere between 100 and 200 will do. Target is 50-60 p without takeover, 80 p with takeover or privatisation. Happy new year and good luck to all HRG share fans

Thanks for your comments. It is an interesting questions. Firstly I am not sure if the DNATA price is 51 p. From memory they bought at several occasions and I would think their average price is lower but I haven't double checked. Secondly DNATA is a very strong and well established agency not only in Dubai but in the whole middle East including Oman, Qatar, Saudi, bahrain etc, so they are less prone to things happening in Dubai. They are also in various segments so will benefit from increased incoming tourism to Dubai, so I am not that worried about the finances of DNATA. Also teh money they have in HRG is minimal comapred to the finances that we are talking about. However should they decide to sell it might get very inetresting as the question is who would buy. It could eitehr be BCD which would bring them well above the threshold where they have to make an offer and that offer is bound to be much higher than SP today or HRG management would step in and try to avoid their company being taken over bythe worse competitor, soemthing especially the chairman would hate. That could open for an attempt to take the company private again which again would mean an offer that could drive teh price well up above 50 in my view. DNATA is an old partner of HRG and in my view only boght the shares in order for HRG to put some stop to BCD moving in. They would definitely first attempt to sell to HRG management before they ever dreamt of putting the shares on theopen market. These are just my thoughts but I am not worried. The company in itself is worth more than the SP today and I doubt very much that DNATA woudl just try and offload the shares on the open market which obviously would drive down the price. Any deal (if it happens) would be done behind the scenes and could end up being to our benefit. Woudl appreciate anybody else's views and comments. Good luck

I think this has now turned and move will slowly up from here as long as we don't see a prolonged BA strike in january. It only dipped below 30 after the closing time, otherwise has not been traded below 30. I amintain that there has been nothing forthcoming that justified the drop and Ithink people were simply taking profit after a year of 800% increase which has now been limited to 600%. I am not complaining and holdong on to both the original shares and theones I bought last week nearly at the bottom. No reason we wont see this at 50 next year if results are in line with expectations and things continue to pick up and of course if we see the long awaited takeover or privatisation we should see 80

The americans which are a good guideline reported air sales 6% up in November compared to last year and teh megas of which HRG is one were ahead of that. I think the BA strike does put a dampener on teh price although it is illogical and some of the people who have been in form 5 last December might have tiaken some profit but at this level tehre ought to be lots of buyers and maybe the key owners BCD and DNATA or the directors might see an opportunity to top up. Sadly no new staements expected so we just have to be a bit patient and see it crawl slowly back up to 40 again

I was thinkingthat myself and itis the only feasible reason. I am not sure that this is actually good news becasue of the change fees, there might be some cancellations and refunds but there are two very important things to notice: 1) The strike will take place duringa period where HRG proabbly has the fewest passengers on board in the whole year. HRG deals with Business travellers and from the end of this weks for the next 2 weeks there will be very few business travellers going. 2) Anyone who has booked directly or online with BA will be left on their own to find alternative solutions or will be holding for hours to egt through to BA. I f they had booked with HRG (or another travel agency) they would be getting full support and assistance, this is something that might be used sensibly by HRG to get more cleints to use them in the future. The drop in price on quite low trading the last week has no basis in fundamentals. We have gone ex-divi but that plays very little role

could sellnow for a small profit but have no ontention . I am looking to sell these for 30% profit. My original holding I ams till holding till a decision on future pwner ship is decided

There is absolutely no reason for this going down like it has but I am going in agian, never thought I would have the opportunity to get more sahres at this price. The results are fine, the future looks promising, there has been no news in teh industry the last few weeks that indicate any fall. I can only think that some people are profit taking aftre spectacular rise in the last year . The chance is that if anyone is waiting on the sideline to buy more shares thiis would be the right time

no problem, will be very interesting to follow both MNR and HRG.

results are being analyzed to be very positive for the future: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f9fff64-db8b-11de-9424-00144feabdc0.html

More or less exactly as predicted, hlaf year not great but business has picked up and expectations for profit for full year stays the same, remember 1sr half is always much wweaker than 2nd half. Revenue down about 9% where industry as a whole must be closer to 20-25% so clearly gaining market share. Most of the decrease in profit came from exsceptional item of restructuring Scandinavia (read getting rid of a lot of jobs which will give savings further ahead) Reports state that dividend is slashed but actually dividend was removed on full year so the correct interpretation is that dividend is reinstated which is another good sign of confidence. Will have a look at further details when I can but absolutely nothing to discourage us and in a great position to capitilise when business picks up which it clearly is doing. Not even seeing the traditional dip yet so hoepfully will approach and break through 40 very soon

holding up in the onslught today, nearly the only bright spot in my portfolio so relying heavily on it, good luck all!

The UAE economy has been in severe decline for 18 months now, especially the construction business. I don't think it will affect DNATA to any major degree, they have widespread interests throughout the region, but I for one wouldn't mind them considering selling their stake so we can get a bid of battle between BCD and the management of HRG over control of the company. It can only benefit us as shareholders. here is a bit of news: http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news09/2611-HoggRobinson.shtml 6 month accounts tomorrow morning at 7, not expecting great results but hoping for some encouragement in terms of business picking up the last few months and end of year in line forecast in line with expectations, maybe a return to a small dividend. Price might dip as it normally does after results, but that wouldnt worry me as long as there are no dramatic bad news. fingers crossed and pretty hopeful of no drama and good outlook for the future.

cheers, John, might be my field, doesnt mean I am always right so DYOR. I am in both Barc and Lloy but have long since taken good profits. Barc I still have a lot in and will let it ride for the longer term. I am waiting for 500 at least, might take 18 -24 months. Lloy I am keeping a close eye on. I am relieved thatthey wont join the government insurance scheme, taht is a bill of good health thatthye didnt force them and they must have written a lot of the bad debts off already. Will keep a close eye on the rights issue and as usual onlydecide whther to buy at the very last minute. It ought to go higher over thenxt few years and if the government, labour or Tory forces a split ip of the company they willhave to pay for that or they will be sued for ever after so worth holding onto at least what I have. These days I am enjoying the rise of Minerva which was one of my better tips many months ago. Good luck

will be interesting but not expecting anything special for the 6 months reults. this is traditionally the weakest 6 months for the HRG an dthe corporate travel business overall and I would expect results to be fairly weak compared with last year but I am especially going to look for how business has gone the last 2 months and the projections for teh rest of the year. Not only are we now in the period where comaprisons will be done with much weaker numbers and all the savings will have taken full effect but also teh industry as a whole are seeing a faurly good bounce off the bottom without in any way returning to previous highs yet. I would be very disappointed if teh forecast wouldn't be at least in line with last year if not better, might be a return for full year for a small dividend but the projections for the future will give a good boost to the price that we are now ready to see move into the 40's. Still no news on possible takeover activity and don't expect that in the results. I still believe something has to give but an announcement is much more likely to happen in January than now. Any other views on what the accounts may conatin?

Can I join in the choir, I had looked at it and was considering but your endorsement always helps. Spectacular rise, I got in at 27 and waited a few eeks and look where we are now. ihave long since takenmy original investment but still have great profits running. Thi sis what we talk about when we say that certain shares are chance shares but if 1 in 5 come home then it is worth doing. Thanks again.

Anyone looking ata company which has the potential to be a multibagger for the future has to look at this one. Look at the history, look at the share price development and look at the prognosis for the future. I have been in this for some time already so sitting on massive profits. Have taken my original investment which I always try to do but can see this one in 3 figures within 18-24 months.

Thanks a lot, have of course written them off long time ago, so any crumbs will be well received. In fact NTOG has now more than made up for my losses on IVE, but I know you had a substantial sum there.