HRG, Flight Centre Optimistic Amid Industry Challenges

Hogg Robinson Group and Flight Centre today both expressed optimism regarding current and future performance. Australia's Flight Centre, parent of corporate agency FCm Travel Solutions, expects to report record pre-tax profits for the year ended June 30 and would "be disappointed" if it fails to post at least a 10 percent improvement for the current fiscal year. At Britain's HRG, business since April 1 "has generally held up well despite the uncertainty created by the prevailing macroeconomic co