Parallel Media Group plc is a leading sports marketing, media and event management Company, founded in 1987 by its Chairman David Ciclitira and listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM since 2001. Parallel Media Group specialises in executive sports, focusing on golf. Parallel Media Group aims to provide its clients with world class professional service, combining local market knowledge with international business expertise to deliver a new vision for sport.

Trans Inns Management is one of the nation's leading independent full and select service hospitality management companies. Trans Inns currently owns and/or operates 23 properties in 13 states across the US under a number of premier brands. Trans Inns Management re focused on adding value and believe in an approach that balances guest satisfaction, revenue optimization, and operating efficiency.For 25 years, Trans Inns has successfully navigated multiple business cycles. A dedicated and experienced management team, extensive network of resources, and the ability to act and adapt quickly as markets evolve allow us to consistently deliver superior property and asset management while creating value for investors and owners.

Athletics Investment Group makes sure Oakland baseball fans get all A's. The company owns and operates the Oakland Athletics professional ballclub, a charter franchise of the American League that formed in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics. Better known as the A's, the team moved to Kansas City in 1955 before settling in the Bay Area in 1968. The franchise plays host at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, which it shares with the Oakland Raiders football team; Oakland boasts nine World Series championships and 15 AL pennants. Los Angeles real estate developer Lewis Wolff (co-founder of Maritz, Wolff & Co.) has controlled the A's since 2005.The Athletics Investment Group owns the Oakland Athletics franchise, one of the most storied and controversial teams in major league baseball history. Located for 54 years in Philadelphia, and for 12 in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Oakland, California, the Athletics (A's) have won 14 divisional titles, 15 American League pennants, and nine World Series Championships. The team makes its home in Network Associates Coliseum (formerly the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum) although their future in Oakland remained uncertain. Sharing the relatively small Bay Area sports market with the National League's San Francisco Giants, the A's financial situation has long been unstable. For at least five years, The Athletics Investment Group has been searching for a buyer for the team. Still, the company realized an estimated $96 million in revenues in 2002.

In 1974, Randy Norton and Jim Farley opened a 16 table pizza place in Fairfax City, VA. Mike Ranney joined them a year later, and with the opening of Fantastic Fritzbe’s Flying Food Factory (now Silverado) in 1976, Great American Restaurants was born. Over the past 34 years, their partnership has thrived as a result of their entrepreneurial spirit, enthusiasm for hospitality, and a ton of hard work by thousands of the best team players in the industry. “GAR is fun because our people take pride in being part of something special and love what we do. Our restaurants are filled with guests and staff that want to have a good time. GAR helps everyone feel great. GAR cares about our people on a whole different level than anyone else… and is also obsessive about the details. A unique combination.”

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) serves as the governing body for the sport of tennis in the US. It sets the rules of play and develops and promotes the sport at the local and professional levels. USTA also owns and operates the US Open, the annual Grand Slam event held at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York. In addition, the not-for-profit organization selects players to compete in such tournaments as the Davis Cup, the Fed Cup, and the Olympics. Founded in 1881 as the United States National Lawn Tennis Association, the USTA has grown to more than 700,000 members from all age and skill levels.

CEO Thomas Torgerson is the principal owner of Torgerson Properties, Inc. which was founded as a men's clothing store in 1929 by R. E. Torgerson. Torgerson Properties company operates more than two dozen hotels in Florida and Minnesota under such banners as Comfort Inn, Days Inn, Holiday Inn, and Super 8. Many of its properties are concentrated around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Torgerson Properties also runs about 10 full-service restaurants under the Green Mill, Harvest Buffet, Otto's Feierhaus & Bierstube, Perkins Family Restaurant, and Torge's Live Sports Pub & Grill brand names.

This hockey team has a multi-national roster but it is all Canadian at heart. Club de hockey Canadien owns and operates the Montreal Canadiens, one of the oldest and most storied franchises in the National Hockey League. Since its formation in 1909, the team has won a record 24 Stanley Cup championships, second only to the New York Yankees as the most successful sports team in North America. The Canadiens play host at Montreal's Bell Center. Canada's Molson family, led by brothers Geoff, Andrew, and Justin Molson, acquired the team from American businessman George Gillett, Jr., in 2009.

Guoman Hotels (formerly Thistle Hotels Limited) is trying to stick it to the competition with its chain of UK hotels. Guoman Hotels company operates more than 30 hotel properties in the UK under the Guoman and Thistle brands, and is one of the largest hotel operators in London. Targeting both business and leisure travelers, its full-service, four-star hotels feature such amenities as fax, modem, and PC hookups, as well as restaurants, conference rooms, and lounges. Properties include the Thistle Marble Arch, Thistle Piccadilly, Thistle Bloomsbury, Thistle Hyde Park, and One Whitehall Place.

Troon Golf company manages the links at more than 180 golf courses throughout US states and in about 30 other countries, including such exotic locales as the United Arab Emirates, Fiji, and St. Lucia. The company offers its management clients design and development services, payroll and human resources, agronomy, sales and marketing, and food and beverage operations. Priv� is its special division dedicated to serving private golf clubs. In addition, Troon Golf offers golf vacation packages and it runs golf schools. Former CEO Dana Garmany founded the firm in 1990 with the opening of his first property, the Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Portsmouth City Football Club operates Portsmouth FC, a professional soccer team that plays in the Football League Championship. Established in 1898, the club boasts two FA Cups, its last in 2008, and two first division championships. Portsmouth FC's home ground is at Fratton Park; the football team is known to supporters as Pompey. Portsmouth City Football Club was placed into administration in 2010 citing heavy debt loads. The club has also been plagued by ownership questions: Hong Kong businessman Balram Chainrai in early 2010 became Portsmouth's fourth controlling shareholder since Alexandre Gaydamak sold his share of the company in 2009.

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