Atlanta Hockey Club owns and operates the Atlanta Thrashers professional hockey team, which joined the National Hockey League as an expansion franchise in 1999. The young club finished dead last in its first season but has improved steadily; the Thrashers clinched a playoff spot for the first time at the end of the 2006-07 season. Philips Arena, which is owned by parent Atlanta Spirit, serves as home to the Thrashers and sister sports franchise, the Atlanta Hawks. The Atlanta Spirit investment group acquired both the teams from media titan Time Warner in 2004.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida owns Hard Rock Cafe International, which includes a network of more than 120 Hard Rock Cafes in some 45 countries. In addition to the Hard Rock restaurants, the Seminole Tribe owns two Seminole Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos (in Tampa and Hollywood, Florida), as well as five more non-Hard Rock casinos, also in Florida. The Seminole Tribe also operates a cultural and historical museum adjacent to its gaming facilities in Hollywood, as well as various educational programs at six reservations throughout Florida (Big Cypress, Brighton, Ft. Pierce, Hollywood, Immokalee, and Tampa).

Herbst Gaming operates about 15 casinos, hotels, RV parks, and slot routes in Nevada and the Midwest. Its flagship property, Terrible's Sands Regency hotel and casino in downtown Reno, Nevada has more than 800 hotel rooms and some 600 slot machines, as well as table games such as blackjack, craps, and roulette. It also houses restaurants, lounges, a gift shop, and a video arcade. Other Herbst properties are located in smaller towns throughout Nevada, including Henderson, Dayton, and Primm (where its Primm Casinos subsidiary operates). In addition, the firm has a handful of locations in Iowa and Missouri. Herbst Gaming is owned by brothers Edward, Timothy, and Troy Herbst. In 2009 the company filed Chapter 11.

Horse racing in Kentucky is rich in history, dating back to 1789 when the first race course was laid out in Lexington. However, it was almost 100 years later, in 1875, that Churchill Downs officially opened and began its tradition as "Home of the Kentucky Derby." The Commons, a park-like block near Lexington's Race Street was used by horsemen for racing. By 1789, complaints by "safety minded" citizens led to the formal development of a race meet at The Commons. The men who organized this race meet, including Kentucky Statesman Henry Clay, also formed the Commonwealth's first Jockey Club. The organization later was named the Kentucky Jockey Club in 1809.

W.H. Brakspear & Sons owns more than 150 leased and tenanted pubs, most of which are in the south of England. The public houses offer a variety of beers, wines, and other beverages, along with a menu of food items. The company was founded as a brewer more than 200 years ago but sold its beer business in 2003. (Brakspear beer is still made under license by Marston's-owned Refresh UK.) J. T. Davies & Sons Limited, another tenanted pub company, bought out the Brakspear family's shares in 2006, ending hundreds of years of family involvement in the company.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) oversees the Thoroughbred horseracing industry, acting as governing body, promoter, and trade association. It sets rules, regulates membership, and organizes races, and it helps promote the sport through negotiating broadcasting rights and marketing sponsorships. In addition, NTRA lobbies on behalf of pari-mutuel wagering (handicapping), licenses thoroughbred breeders, and sells racing merchandise. Along with sister company Breeders' Cup Limited, it hosts the ten Breeders' Cup races, including the Breeders' Cup Classic. NTRA was formed by a consortium of horseracing bodies in 1998.

Banyan Tree Holdings Limited is a manager and developer of resorts, hotels, and spas worldwide. As of December 31, 2008, the company managed and/or had ownership interests in 25 resorts and hotels, 68 spas, 65 retail galleries, and 2 golf courses. Segments The company’s segments include Hotel Investments, Hotel Management, Hotel Residences, Spa Operations, Property Sales, and Gallery Operations. Hotel Investment: The company owns and manages luxury hotels under its own brands, as well as hotels that are managed by other operators. Hotel Management: The company manages properties under the Banyan Tree and Angsana brands for other owners as well. Hotel Residences: Properties are primarily sold under the brand name Banyan Tree Residences, which is part of the company’s hotel operations. Spa Operations: The company manages spas within its own resorts and also resorts owned by other hotel/resort operators. It also manages the tropical garden spa concept. Property Sales: Properties are sold by the company’s subsidiary company Laguna Resorts & Hotels and its subsidiaries.

Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) is a leading global online travel company that uses innovative technology to enable leisure and business travelers to research, plan and book a broad range of travel products. Orbitz Worldwide owns a strong global portfolio of consumer travel brands that includes Orbitz, CheapTickets, ebookers, HotelClub, RatesToGo, the Away Network, Asia hotels, and corporate travel brand Orbitz for Business.

Red Lion Hotels Corporation was founded in 1937. Red Lion Hotels Corporation (RLH) is a hospitality and leisure company primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and franchising of midscale and upscale, full service hotels under its Red Lion brand. The Red Lion brand is associated with three star full and select service hotels. As of December 31, 2009, its system of hotels contained 45 hotels located in eight states and one Canadian province, with 8,671 rooms and 431,244 square feet of meeting space. Red Lion Hotels Company operates in three segments: hotels, franchise and entertainment segment.

Exclusive Resorts owns nearly 400 luxury vacation homes in about 50 locations worldwide divided into Beach (Hawaii, Costa Rica, France), Mountain (France, Canada, US), Metropolitan (San Francisco, London, Paris), and Leisure categories. Leisure locations include golf resorts in the US, an English castle, and a Tuscan villa. Exclusive Resorts company also has a "Once in a Lifetime" category that offers members-only vacations to locations such as Peru's Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands. Exclusive Resorts has more than 3,200 dues-paying members who pay from $160,000 to $500,000 enrollment and between $9,995 and $59,700 per year to stay from 10 to 60 days in one of the spots.

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