"If they overcome it successfully, they should have a great, profitable program going forward.
Neither promoter expects to make a large profit this year, but both have high hopes their events will go well enough to soothe local opponents and then become profitable enterprises going forward.
Mike Jervis, the PricewaterhouseCoopers partner and joint administrator, said: "In response to changes in market conditions, Rok Plc had taken a number of steps to improve operations and to develop a sustainable and profitable business going forward.
"In our view, these moves should ultimately result in a more profitable and sustainable business model for LSI going forward".
"While we clearly still have much more work to do, I am more convinced than ever that we have the right plan that will create a viable Ford going forward and position us for profitable growth".
"I think going forward it's still a profitable business but practices just need to get better.
"Even if the industry doesn't do all that well going forward, we could really carve this out to be a nice profitable niche," said Bill Gagnon, a senior vice president at EMI Catalog Marketing, who is in charge of vinyl releases.
"Going forward, if insurers are not able to balance overall profitability in this manner, some might choose to withdraw from less-profitable market segments, which could leave consumers with fewer choices as well as higher premiums," McCue and Hall wrote.
Despite the fees, hotel rates "are still not back to 2007 levels," Mr. Hanson said, adding that going forward, the industry will most likely focus on raising room prices because ultimately it's more profitable than fees.
