The Houstonian Lite has its work cut out for it. The health club has studied other clubs nationwide and seeks to provide services that other health clubs miss out on, including the convenient location of gyms with available on-site parking, a fanatical emphasis on cleanliness, and multiple, personalized fitness options for individual clients. The company caters to adults and (according to its literature) "well mannered teenagers." Houstonian Lite has two facilities in downtown Houston. It is owned and operated by The Redstone Companies.

Florida Panthers Hockey Club operates the professional hockey team that represents the Miami area in the National Hockey League. The Panthers entered the NHL as an expansion franchise in 1993 and boasts a few playoff berths, including a Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 1996. (The team lost to the Colorado Avalanche that season.) Wayne Huizenga, who once owned the Miami Dolphins and the Florida Marlins, was awarded the franchise and later sold the team to a group of investors led by Alan Cohen in 2001. Cohen's Sunrise Sports & Entertainment controls the Panthers, as well as its BankAtlantic Center home arena.

Health Fitness reckons employers are willing to pay for healthier workers. The firm develops, manages, and markets fitness centers and health management services for corporations, hospitals, universities, and communities across the US and Canada. The company earns revenue through staffing services and program services in both its fitness management and health management segments. Health Fitness manages about 215 corporate fitness centers, and some 170 corporate health improvement programs. It additionally provides about 100 unstaffed health management programs. Health Fitness has introduced more fee-for-service offerings, including personal training.

Green Mill Restaurants is a leading regional restaurant company with about 30 company-owned and franchised Green Mill Restaurant and Bar locations in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. The casual dining chain is known for its signature pizza styles and pasta dishes. The eateries also serve appetizers, burgers, sandwiches, and salads, and they offer full bar service with happy hour specials. Myron Roth opened the first Green Mill location in St. Paul, Minnesota. CEO Chris Bangs along with two other partners acquired the business in 1975 and began franchising the chain in 1990.

Green Pastures is the place to be during Sunday brunch. Green Pastures 1888, Inc. offers fine dining at its restaurant in Austin, Texas, as well as event catering on-site or at the location of your choice. Established in 1945, the restaurant's lunch menu provides customers with many French- and regionally-inspired choices such as sauteed raspberry shrimp salad and seafood crepes; its dinner menu includes chilled tenderloin, crisp exotic mushrooms, and seared duck breast; its brunch buffet is an Austin favorite. The restaurant is a restored Victorian home surrounded by seven acres of lawn dotted with live oaks and peacocks. On the first floor in our Victorian house are the Music Room, Burgundy Room and the Family Dining Room; each seats up to 28 people. Upstairs, the Texas Wine Room can seat up to 56 people. The 1888 Bar is perfect for a small group or pre-event gathering. Overlooking the South Lawn, Sun Porch seats 42 people comfortably. Do not forget the Cotillion room, which is our large ballroom! It's great for weddings, luncheons, and meetings.

Everyone's "famiglia" at these restaurants. BUCA owns and operates about 80 Buca di Beppo Italian restaurants in about 25 states. Each themed eatery is an over-the-top recreation of a post-war Italian-American restaurant decked out with a hodgepodge of memorabilia. Geared for larger parties of people and event dining, the menu features Southern Italian-American cuisine served family-style to encourage sharing and conversation. Most locations of the casual-dining chain offer a lunch menu (smaller portions for single diners) in addition to its popular dinner options. BUCA was acquired by Planet Hollywood in 2008.

PacificNet (PACT) is a leading provider of gaming and mobile game technology worldwide with a focus on emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Europe. PACT's gaming products are localized to their specific markets creating an enhanced user experience for players and larger profits for operators. PACT's gaming clients include the leading hotels, casinos, and gaming operators in Macau, Europe and elsewhere around the world. PACT employs about 500 staff in its various subsidiaries with offices in the US, Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, China. PacificNet's gaming products are specially designed for Chinese and Asian gamers with focus on integrating localized Chinese and Asian themes and content, advanced graphics, digital sound effects and popular domestic music, with secondary bonus games and jackpots.

Travelodge was the first budget hotel brand to launch in the UK in 1985 and now operates 380 hotels (over 26,000 rooms) - in Ireland, Spain and the UK. Travelodge is growing rapidly with plans to operate 70,000 rooms (approximately 1000 hotels) by 2020 and aims to be the biggest hotel operator in London by the 2012 Olympics.Six and a half million people stayed with Travelodge last year and 87% of reservations are currently made online at travelodge.co.uk, where room prices start from £19 per night. The chain employs 5,500 staff and is owned by Dubai International Capital, who acquired the organisation from Permira in 2006. In January 2009, Travelodge launched the UK hotel industry's first retail-style price checking programme where it compares prices of all of the major UK hotel chains to ensure that it remains that number one on price. Travelodge offers double, disabled-access or family rooms (catering for two adults and two children under the age of 16). All rooms are en-suite, with luxury king size beds, TV and free tea- and coffee-making facilities.

The Texas Lottery Commission hopes to have the eyes of Texans watching the lotto jackpot. The Texas Lottery Commission oversees one of the country's largest state lotteries, which has pumped more than $15 billion into state coffers since its inaugural in 1991. More than 60% of lottery sales are paid out in prize money, while almost 30% goes to the state's Foundation School Fund; the remainder goes to retailer commissions and administrative costs. The lottery offers numbers games and several instant-win games sold through grocery stores, gas stations, and convenience stores. In addition, Texas participates in Mega Millions, a multistate lottery game.

Breakfast is served all day in this kitchen. Kitchen Investment Group, which does business as Country Kitchen International, operates and franchises about 90 Country Kitchen family dining restaurants in more than 20 states. The chain, found mostly in the Midwest, is popular for its breakfast menu, which is served all day. Country Kitchen locations also offer lunch and dinner options such as sandwiches, soups, pork chops, and steak. The company co-brands many of its locations with French bread pizza maker Breadeaux Pizza. Kentucky native Bill Johnson opened the first Country Kitchen in Cincinnati in 1939. CEO (and former top franchisee) Charles Meyers acquired the chain from Carlson Companies in 1997.

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