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| Australian segment performed exceptionally well during the quarter as we experienced sequential and year-over-year growth in both our own village business and our Integrated Services business |
| In the fourth quarter, Australian Integrated Services business experienced significantly improved margins as our inflation mitigation efforts started to demonstrate positive results |
| And we should continue to see the benefit of our efforts through 2024, resulting in increased EBITDA year-over-year |
| Australian adjusted EBITDA increased 64% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, due to particular strength in our build rooms at our own villages where we posted our third consecutive quarter of record performance |
| We also saw margin improvement in our Australian Integrated Services business, as a result of our inflation mitigation efforts and both our own villages and our integrated services benefited from recent contract wins |
| But as of right now we feel very good about |
| We had a solid end to the year, having reached and exceeded our target leverage ratio |
| During the quarter, we experienced a sequential increase in Australian owned-village occupancy setting again a third consecutive quarterly record for that side of our business |
| A significant increase to adjusted EBITDA was due to increased billed rents at our owned villages, increased integrated services activity and improved margins due to our inflation mitigation efforts |
| We should continue to see this benefit from our team's efforts as we move into 2024 |
| We are excited about the growth potential of our Western Australian Integrated Services business |
| With improved margins, we believe the Integrated Service business is particularly attractive given contract terms and the outlook for additional opportunities in the business |
| We were pleased to reach and exceed our net leverage ratio target in 2023 |
| Australian billed rooms in the quarter were a source of strength with 638,000 up 23% from 519,000 in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| Our significantly improved margins in the fourth quarter demonstrate the progress that has been achieved |
| Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA increased year-over-year due to increased build brands at our Australian owned-villages and improved margins in the Australian Integrated Services business partially, offset by the expected wind down of LNG- related Canadian mobile camp activity, including $5.6 million in mobile camp demobilization costs |
| I think as you look at kind of gross margins and integrated services, the fourth quarter was a really nice quarter |
| We're seeing a big uplift in our integrated services business |
| We will invest in operational improvements and innovation to continue to enhance our best-in-class hospitality offerings |
| Our new capital allocation framework is designed to allow our strong cash flow generation to support our existing operations, return capital to shareholders through a consistent dividend and opportunistic share repurchases and use excess cash to fund growth opportunities all while maintaining our target leverage ratio in the range of 1.0 times to 1.25 times through the cycle |
| So we're quite constructive on the Australian business and certainly always cognizant of macroeconomic forces |
| In Canada, as we look into 2024 the macroeconomic environment for oil sands is improving with increased customer capital spending and the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion coming online this year |
| Moving forward we have identified promising opportunities and expect to leverage our brand and scale to expand in additional Canadian geographies and end market |
| Our fourth quarter 2023 revenues adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow exceeded our expectations |
| We are currently expecting, -- we are currently full at three of our Bowen Basin villages was had very healthy occupancy at the rest of our own diligence in the portfolio in Australia |
| Stephen Gengaro I think the --the first for me is, when we think about the strength in Australia that you saw in the fourth quarter was very strong |
| So we've made significant progress and we see a very tangible pathway to get to $500 million |
| But our outlook for occupancy in the owned villages is nicely up year-over-year 2024 from 2023 |
| Today, as Bradley noted, we reported financial results that exceeded our guidance |
| We are entering into 2024 with financial strength and flexibility to execute on our capital allocation strategy, including looking to identify and execute on growth opportunities |
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| As expected, our Canadian segment revenues and adjusted EBITDA decreased year-over-year due to the wind down of LNG related mobile camp activity, including $5.6 million in the US and mobile camp demobilization costs in the fourth quarter |
| Revenues and adjusted EBITDA decreased 17% and 72% respectively, primarily driven by the wind down of LNG related mobile camp activity, including $5.6 million of mobile camps demobilization costs |
| So reaching a complete newbuild Lodge in North America economically is very difficult in my opinion |
| Adjusted EBITDA in Canada was $3.4 million, a decrease from $11.8 million in the fourth quarter of last year |
| Results for the full year of 2023, reflected impact of a stronger US dollar, which decreased both revenues and adjusted EBITDA by $28.8 million and $5.7 million respectively |
| And you think about the outlook for Australia, I mean one of the things that we keep hearing about is kind of concerns about economic growth in China |
| In 2023, we generated adjusted EBITDA of $102 million, a decrease from our 2022 adjusted EBITDA of $112.8 million |
| The decrease in adjusted EBITDA was largely driven by the wind down of LNG-related activity in Canada and the impact of weak and Canadian – and Australian dollars, but partially offset by significant improvement across our Australian businesses |
| During the fourth quarter, billed rents in our Canadian lodges totaled 613,000 which was modestly down from 622,000 in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| I'm still a little early to really call that Canadian turnaround activity for 2024, guidance assumes a slightly softer turnaround period in Q2, Q3 this year |
| The same historical cadence on cash flow where first quarter is our lowest cash flow because of various timing and buildup of revenues as such and outcome we'll get more cash in as the year progresses |
| With the exception of the loss of occupancy at the McClelland Lake Lodge, we should experience steady to modestly increasing build rooms across the rest of our large portfolio |
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