107
REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
24.4 Other operating expenses
The detail of “Other Operating Expenses” of the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for 2015 and 2014 is as follows:
Thousands of euros
2015
2014
Lease rentals
282,597
272,156
External services
503,244
452,078
Additions to contingency and expense provisions
1,248
(4,217)
Total
787,089
720,017
During 2015 and 2014, the fees for account auditing and other services provided by the auditor of the Group’s consolidated annual accounts,
Deloitte, S.L., and the fees for services invoiced by the entities related to it by control, shared ownership or management, were as follows:
Thousands of euros
2015
2014
Auditing services
472
464
Other verification services
263
241
Total auditing and related services
735
705
Tax consulting services
471
246
Other services
398
666
Total other services
869
912
Total professional services
1,604
1,617
Additionally, entities associated with the Deloitte international network have invoiced the Group for the following services:
Thousands of euros
2015
2014
Auditing services
1,208
890
Other verification services
20
35
Total auditing and related services
1,228
925
Tax consulting services
131
133
Other services
3
42
Total other services
134
175
Total
1,362
1,100
During 2015, other auditing firms apart from Deloitte, S.L. or entities associated with this company by control, shared ownership or management,
have provided account auditing services to the companies making up the Group, for fees totalling 130 thousand euros (57 thousand euros in 2014).
The fees accrued in 2015 by these firms for tax advice services were 221 thousand euros (232 thousand euros in 2014) and for other services, 372
thousand euros (399 thousand euros in 2014).
24.5 Operating Leases
At 31 December 2015 and 2014, the Group had made undertakings concerning future minimal rental payments by virtue of non-cancellable operating
lease agreements, which expire as set out in the table below.
The current value of the rental payments has been calculated by applying a discount rate in keeping with the Group’s weighted average cost of
capital and includes the commitments which the Group estimates will have to be met in the future to guarantee a minimum return from hotels
operated under a management agreement.
Thousands of euros
2015
2014
Less than one year
272,870
278,675
Between two and five years
900,908
893,949
More than five years
1,056,344
983,924
Total
2,230,122
2,156,548
