Tabcorp is a successful, diversified and responsible organisation, conducting a unique combination of wagering, gaming, hospitality and media activities across Australia. As a diversified entertainment group, Tabcorp strives to offer a first-class entertainment experience for our customers, great opportunities for our employees, support in the community and value for our shareholders. Tabcorp Holdings Limited culture embraces teamwork, integrity, performance, innovation and customer understanding. Tabcorp Holdings Limited continues to actively support many local communities with a range of donations and sponsorships for sporting groups and community services. This is on top of the company's contributions to state community benefit funds in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, which in the year to 30 June 2009 totalled $92.8 million.

Too busy to go out to pig out? Steak-Out Franchising will bring the burgers, shrimp, steaks, and more, to your door. The company operates a chain of more than 25 franchised Steak-Out restaurants that provide home meal delivery in Alabama, South Carolina, and about 10 other southern and Midwestern states. The cookeries offer a menu of lunch and dinner entrees including steak and seafood, along with a variety of appetizers and side dishes. Some locations offer online ordering. David Martin started the chain in 1986; president Don Harkleroad acquired the company in 1995.

Headquartered in Mountainside, NJ, CB Holding Corp. is the parent company of three successful restaurant chains: Charlie Brown's Steakhouse, Bugaboo Creek Steak House and The Office Beer Bar & Grill.At CB Holding Corp., we are dedicated to providing quality food and service for the entire family at an affordable price, while ensuring a great dining experience. That's why we serve the highest quality food and serve it up with a big smile.We have been offering high quality food and service for over 40 years. The endurance of our brands can be attributed not only to the quality of our slow roasted prime ribs, butcher cut USDA Choice steaks and fresh mashed potatoes, but also the thoughtful service provided to guests by our dedicated employees. We are proud of our heritage, thankful to our associates and loyal customer base, and dedicated to make CB Holding Corp.'s restaurants a destination of choice for a truly unique dining experience.

This patrician gives a thumbs-up to quick-service pizza. Noble Roman's operates a chain of about 820 franchised quick-service restaurants located mostly in high-traffic areas, such as shopping malls, college campuses, and military bases. Operating primarily under the names Noble Roman's Pizza, Noble Roman's Express, and Noble Roman's Pizza & Subs, the eateries offer a limited menu of pizzas, pasta, and sandwiches. Noble Roman's also has some restaurants operating under the Tuscano's Italian Style Subs brand, as well as a self-service concept designed for convenience stores. The company's restaurants operate in about 45 states and in Canada, Guam, and Italy.

The Washington State Public Stadium Authority is the public partner and owner of the $430 million Qwest Field and Event Center (formerly Seahawks Stadium and Exhibition Center), home of the Seattle Seahawks. The authority owns the stadium, while Seahawks owner Paul Allen's First & Goal operates the facility. The stadium opened in 2002 on the site of the former Kingdome, in the Pioneer Square neighborhood near downtown Seattle. The two facilities (the event/exhibition center opened in 1999) are close to Puget Sound and just north of Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners.

Mean Fiddler may be playing your tune. Mean Fiddler Music Group is one of the UK's leading promoters of music festivals and venues. It owns more than a dozen venues, including Jazz Cafe, Relentless Garage, Warehouse, and The Borderline, and promotes such events as the Reading Festival, Leeds, and Latitude. An investment firm formed by Clear Channel Entertainment (now Live Nation Entertainment) and Dublin's music promotion firm MCD Productions (led by music entrepreneur Denis Desmond) acquired Mean Fiddler Group in 2005. Mean Fiddler was founded as a single live-music club in 1982 by former chairman Vince Power.

Peabody Management (also known as Peabody Hotel Group) keep their ducks in a row. The hotel management firm owns about ten hotels. Three luxury hotels operate under the Peabody name in Memphis; Orlando, Florida; and Little Rock, Arkansas. Its pampered ducks are escorted through the swank lobbies twice a day in a tradition dubbed "the ceremonial March of the Peabody Ducks", a part of the Peabody experience that has been around for some 80 years. The company's first hotel, The Peabody Memphis, first opened its doors in 1925. Peabody Management is a subsidiary of real estate development and management firm Belz Enterprises.

Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest and most successful lodging companies in the world. Choice currently franchises more than 6,000 hotels, representing more than 485,000 rooms, in the United States and more than 35 countries and territories. Ranging from limited service to full service hotels in the economy, mid-scale and upscale segments, Choice-branded properties provide business and leisure travelers with a range of high-quality, high-value lodging options throughout the United States and internationally.

If you really had two left feet, wouldn't you just keep dancing to the left? Arthur Murray International would prefer not to find out. Originally famous for its "footprints" method of dance instruction (foot outlines placed on the floor, a method it no longer uses), the company franchises about 225 studios in approximately 15 countries. Dance lessons range in skill from beginning to competition-level dancing, and students can learn a variety of steps, including swing, samba, merengue, rumba, cha-cha, mambo, tango, and waltz. Founder Arthur Murray began teaching dance in 1912; he formed the company in 1946. The company consists of approximately 275 franchised studios in eight countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, Italy, and South Africa. Former staff members who have worked their way up in the company own and operate the franchised studios. These owners typically began their careers with Arthur Murray as dance instructors, realized the opportunity of operating a studio, and reached executive level. Arthur Murray staff members were eligible to become franchisees within just a few years of beginning as teachers. Sales for Arthur Murray International during the late 1990s amounted to an estimated $50 million.

The Little Gym International offers little ones the chance to dance, kick, shout, and tumble. This aptly named company offers fitness and development programs for kids aged four months to 12-years-old. The programs are designed to build motor skills and foster social interaction in a fun, non-competitive environment. Instructors teach activities such as gynmastics, karate, music, and dance. The company also offers an overnight camp on select Fridays and Saturdays for member children, marketed as Parents' Survival Night. Founded in 1976 by kinesiologist and educator Robin Wes, The Little Gym operates about 300 franchises throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

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