China Travel, Lodging and Leisure: Virtual tour - our key takeaways

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China Travel, Lodging and Leisure: Virtual tour - our key takeaways

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domestic earnings remain under pressure, but international routes have been relatively bruce.mi@ubs.com

resilient, particularly Japan, Korea and Europe. +86-21-3866 8851

Beini Du

Beauty and HPC: premium growth slows; ASEAN remains long-term attractive

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company updates and one premium beauty expert event. Key takeaways are: 1) ASEAN betty-za.du@ubs.com

remains attractive in the long-term, but increasingly disrupted in the short term, with +86-213-866 8753

Chinese/local brands gaining share and Vietnam offering a stronger growth runway Zed Sheng

than Thailand; 2) Beauty saw a clear slowdown in premium online growth during 618 Analyst

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show strong growth momentum; 3) HPC favors Softcare, given upgraded FY26 revenue zed.sheng@ubs.com

guidance and higher dividend payout, while Blue Moon is improving profitability and +86-21-3866 8730

channel efficiency; and 4) Medical aesthetics continues to shift toward collagen/ Alex Manoonpol

regenerative products and higher-ticket treatments, benefiting platforms such as Beauty Analyst

Farm. alex.manoonpol@ubs.com

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Cargo: tariff upside optionality, disciplined expansion and earnings resilience Sukrit Friestad

China Merchants Energy Shipping has seen a gradual improvement in vessel transits Analyst

through the Strait of Hormuz in first week of July and expects TCE rates to remain sukrit.friestad@ubs.com

+662-613 5732elevated amid strong shipping demand, supporting a sustained earnings upcycle.