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FY-2015: Sterling Holiday Resorts Sales Promo spend up 4.1%
BENGALURU: Sterling Holiday Resorts (India) Limited (Sterling Holidays) reported Sales Promotion spend (Sales Promo) in FY-2015 (year ended 31 March, 2015) at Rs 17.16 crore (10.2 per cent of net sales), which was 4.1 per cent more than the Rs 16.48 crore (12.5 per cent of nets sales) in the previous year. Sales Promo spends in Q4-2015 (quarter ended 31 March, 2015) at Rs 5.71 crore (13.6 per cent of net sales) was more than double (2.6 times) the Rs 2.19 crore (eight per cent of net sales) in Q4-2014 and 26.9 per cent more than the Rs 4.5 crore (9.8 per cent of net sales) in the immediate trailing quarter.
Note: 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10 million = 1 crore
Please refer to Fig 1 below. During the 13 quarter period starting Q4-2012 until the current quarter, sales promo spends show a linear increasing trend in terms of absolute rupees as is indicated by the broken maroon trend line. However, in terms of percentage of net sales, the linear trend is reducing, as demonstrated by the broken green trend line. The company’s highest sales promo spends in terms of absolute rupees , whilas in the current quarter in terms of percentage of net sales was it in Q2-2013 at 21.7 per cent (Rs 5.10 crore) of net sales.
Sterling Holidays net sales in FY-2015 at Rs 168.05 crore was 27.4 per cent more than the Rs 131.89 crore in FY-2014. The company’s net sales in Q4-2015 at Rs 42.1 crore was 13.4 per cent more than the Rs 37.11 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter, but was 7.8 per cent lower than the Rs 45.67 crore in Q3-2015. The company’s net sales show a linear increasing trend during the period under consideration as indicated by the black broken trend line.
Until the current financial year, Sterling Holidays has in general been a loss making company. Please refer to Fig 2 above. However, for FY-2015, the company has reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 0.52 crore (0.3 per cent of net sales) as compared to a loss of Rs 21.29 crore in the previous year. For Q4-2015, the company has reported PAT of Rs 2.35 crore (5.6 per cent of net sales) as compared to a loss of Rs 5.78 crore in Q4-2014 and a PAT of Rs 0.82 crore (1.8 per cent of nets sales) in Q3-2015.
Sterling Holidays managing director Ramesh Ramanathan said, “FY-2015 performance speaks for itself. As should the year-on-year improved performance metrics over the last 3 to 4 years. We have begun FY-2016 with a strong, confident note by opening four new resorts in one go at Corbett, Daman, Shirdi and Dindi. Sterling is now in a position to offer varying holiday experiences – from hillside to riverside to spiritual beach and wildlife in 24 resorts across India.”
With effect from 3 September, 2014, Sterling Holidays has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Cook Insurances Services (India) Limited – (TCISL). As at 31 December, 2015, Thomas Cook (India) Limited through its subsidiaries hold 55.07 per cent of the equity shareholding of the company.
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YES Bank hands the keys to SBI veteran Vinay Tonse as it bets on a new era
Former SBI managing director appointed as YES Bank’s new MD and CEO
MUMBAI: YES Bank is done rebuilding. Now it wants to grow. The private sector lender has appointed Vinay Muralidhar Tonse as managing director and chief executive officer-designate, with RBI approval secured and a start date of April 6, 2026 confirmed. The three-year term signals the bank’s intent to shift gears from crisis recovery to full-throttle expansion.
Tonse, 60, is no stranger to scale. Most recently managing director at State Bank of India, he oversaw a retail book of roughly $800bn in deposits and advances, one of the largest in the country. Before that, he ran SBI Mutual Fund from August 2020 to December 2022, a stint that saw assets under management surge from Rs 4.32 lakh crore to Rs 7.32 lakh crore across market cycles. Add stints in Singapore and four years leading SBI’s overseas operations in Osaka, and the incoming chief arrives with a genuinely global CV.
His academic grounding is equally solid: a commerce degree from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a master’s in commerce from Bangalore University.
The appointment follows an extensive search and evaluation process by the bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. NRC chairperson Nandita Gurjar said the committee unanimously backed Tonse, citing his leadership track record, governance credentials and ability to drive the bank’s next phase of transformation.
Non-executive chairman Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was unequivocal. “I am certain that Vinay Tonse, with his vast experience as a senior banker, will propel YES Bank to its next phase of growth,” Gandhi said, adding that the bank remains focused on strengthening its retail and corporate banking franchises and expanding its branch network.
Rajeev Kannan, non-executive director and senior executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the bank’s largest shareholder, said Tonse’s experience across retail, corporate banking, global markets and asset management positioned him well to lead the lender. SMBC said it looks forward to working with Tonse and the board as YES Bank pursues its ambition of becoming a top-tier private sector lender anchored in strong governance and sustainable growth.
Tonse succeeds Prashant Kumar, who took the helm in March 2020 when YES Bank was in freefall following a severe financial crisis, and spent six years painstakingly stabilising the institution, rebuilding governance and restoring operational scale. Gandhi was generous: “The bank remains indebted to Prashant Kumar, who is responsible for much of what a strong financial powerhouse YES Bank is today.”
Tonse, for his part, struck a purposeful note. “Together with the board and my colleagues, I remain deeply committed to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he said, pledging to build on Kumar’s foundation guided by his personal motto: Make A Difference.
Beyond the balance sheet, Tonse played cricket at college and club level and represented Karnataka in archery at the national championships — sports he credits with teaching him teamwork, situational leadership, discipline and focus. In quieter moments, he reaches for retro Kannada music, classic Hindi songs, and the crooning of Engelbert Humperdinck, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar.
YES Bank has its steady-handed rebuilder in Kumar to thank for survival. Now it has a scale-obsessed growth banker at the wheel. The next chapter starts April 6.
