Heart of America Management, which does business as Heart of America Restaurants & Inns, operates more than 15 casual-dining restaurants in five Midwestern states. Its flagship concepts include The Machine Shed, Johnny's Italian Steakhouse, and Thunder Bay Grille. The company also operates The Checkered Flag Bar and Grille and Gramma's Kitchen. In addition to its eateries, the company operates about a dozen hotels in Des Moines, Iowa; Kansas City; Milwaukee; and St. Paul, Minnesota. Its lodging portfolio includes Comfort Inn, Holiday Inn, and Radisson branded locations. CEO Mike Whalen opened the first Machine Shed restaurant in 1978.

Premier Inn (formerly Premier Travel Inn) is a leading budget hotel operator in the UK with more than 570 properties. The hotels target both leisure and business travelers with value-priced lodging and amenities, and it markets special offers for families. All of its locations also feature an in-house restaurant. Most of Premier Inn's hotels are located along major roads and in regional and city centers across the country. Premier company is owned by hospitality conglomerate Whitbread, which rebranded Premier Travel Inn as Premier Inn in 2008.

The cryptic world of online gaming makes perfect sense to this company. CryptoLogic is a leading supplier of software and systems to online casino operators and other Internet gaming companies. Its portfolio of gaming software includes more than 250 casino games, including online poker, slots, and other table games. It also provides secure payment systems that allow players to deposit funds for use in online casinos and to withdraw winnings. CryptoLogic licenses its systems through subsidiary WagerLogic to such companies as Littlewoods Limited.

The San Jose Sharks professional hockey franchise represents the San Francisco Bay Area in the National Hockey League, having joined as an expansion team in 1991. Despite some success in reaching the playoffs the past several years, fans are still waiting for an appearance in the Stanley Cup finals. The team plays host at HP Pavilion, affectionately known as "The Shark Tank." George and Gordon Gund, former owners of the Cleveland Cavaliers, were originally awarded the NHL franchise; Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment, an investment group led by veteran sports executive Greg Jamison, has owned the team since 2002.

The R&A is the governing body for golf in most parts of the world (the United States Golf Association, working in cooperation with The R&A, fulfills that role in the US and Mexico). It was formed by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews to take over the administration and business activities of golf. (Founded in 1754, the Royal and Ancient helped establish the game of golf and first codified its rules.) The R&A administers rules and helps to foster the development of the sport; it runs about 10 championships and international matches, including the Amateur and Open Championships. The R&A was established in 2004.

Sonesta International Hotels Corporation was founded in 1889. Sonesta International Hotels Corporation is engaged in the operation of hotels that it owns in Boston (Cambridge), Massachusetts, and leases in New Orleans, Louisiana. It also operates hotels in Coconut Grove, Florida; Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; Cairo, Luxor, Port Said (through March 2009), Taba, Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, and six Nile River cruise vessels. The Company has also entered into management agreements to operate a hotel being created in Jaco, Costa Rica. The Company also has franchise agreements for hotels in St. Maarten, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru. The Company launched a domestic franchise program during the year ended December 31, 2009. The Company's hotels are metropolitan and resort hotels in vacation areas. The Company operates the Royal Sonesta Hotel, in New Orleans, Louisiana under a long-term lease.

Auntie Anne's is a leading franchisor of snack outlets, with about 1,000 pretzel stores located in some 45 states and 20 other countries. The stores offer a variety of pretzel flavors, including original, cinnamon sugar, garlic, almond, and sesame, as well as the popular pretzel-wrapped hot dog. They are primarily found in high-traffic areas, such as malls, airports, train stations, and stadiums. Anne Beiler started the company in 1988 to help fund a faith-based family assistance foundation. Sam Beiler, a cousin, bought the company in 2005.

Company founded on ice cream but built around families. We opened our first Friendly's Ice Cream Shop in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1935. Friendly's is a place where hungry people can sit together, eat together, joke together and debate about who has the best way to eat an ice cream sundae, where sons can find out why lefty pitchers are harder to hit and where families can meet up to get an extra fifteen minutes of talk time over our famous ice cream. We are committed to quality in everything we do, from our made to order Friendly's Big Beef® Burgers to our signature SuperMelt™ Sandwiches every meal with classic comfort foods and delicious new dishes that you can only find at Friendly's. And we end every meal with unbelievable homemade ice cream in limitless sizes, shapes, and flavors.For over 70 years, we've built a place that brings you a friendly staff, reasonable prices, and a thousand sweet ways to end your day. That's why we truly are the one place Where Ice Cream Makes The Meal®.

The National Hockey League is one of the four major professional sports associations in North America, boasting 30 professional ice hockey franchises in the US and Canada organized into two conferences with three divisions each. The NHL governs the game, sets and enforces rules, regulates team ownership, and collects licensing fees for merchandise. It also negotiates fees for national broadcasting rights. (Each team controls the rights to regional broadcasts.) In addition, five minor and semi-pro hockey leagues also fly under the NHL banner. The league was organized in Canada in 1917.

Fox and Hound Restaurant Group currently owns and operates entertainment restaurants under the Fox and Hound® and Bailey's brand names that each provide a social gathering place offering high quality food, drinks and entertainment. Our restaurants offer a broad menu of mid-priced appetizers, entrees and desserts served in generous portions. In addition, each location features a full-service bar and offers a wide selection of major domestic, imported and specialty beers. Each restaurant emphasizes a high energy environment with multiple billiard tables, satellite and cable coverage of a variety of sporting events, and music videos.

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