De Vere Group (formerly Greenalls Group) is finally getting around to flattening some of the very beer bellies it created. The hotel operator (and erstwhile pub owner) operates the De Vere Collection, which includes a hotel portfolio of about 12 upscale properties throughout the UK, some of which offer not-so-ordinary leisure activities such as hot air ballooning, clay pigeon shooting, and paintballing. De Vere Group company also offers seasonal and fractional ownership of its Collection hotels, as well as lodge rentals. Its De Vere Venues offers about 30 spaces for training, meeting, and conference needs. De Vere's remaining spirits operation, G&J Greenall, makes vodka and gin.

Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a gaming and entertainment company in the United States. Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment Inc. operations consist of Dover Downs Casino, a 165,000 square foot video lottery casino complex featuring slot machine offerings, including multi-player electronic table, and a race and sports book; the Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center, a 500 room AAA Four Diamond hotel with conference, banquet, ballroom, and concert hall. Dover Downs Raceway, a harness racing track with pari-mutuel wagering on live and simulcast horse races. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 2,971 slot machines; and Dover Downs Hotel featured 500 rooms, a multipurpose ballroom/concert hall, a dining restaurant, swimming pool, and spa.

Colhoc Limited Partnership owns and operates the Columbus Blue Jackets professional hockey franchise. The club joined the National Hockey League as an expansion team in 2000 along with the Minnesota Wild. Columbus plays host at Nationwide Arena. The late John H. McConnell, founder of steel processing giant Worthington Industries, helped bring the hockey franchise to Columbus, Ohio. His son, John P. McConnell, continues to lead the Blue Jackets ownership group which includes The Columbus Dispatch publisher The Dispatch Printing Company.

The innocuous name belies the provocative nature of Galardi South Enterprises. Galardi South Enterprises, Inc. operates a small chain nightclubs featuring live adult entertainment in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Operating under such names as Crazy Horse, Gold Rush, and Pink Pony, the clubs offer special shows with adult entertainment stars, female wrestling, and exotic dancing contests. President and owner Jack Galardi entered the nightclub business in the 1970s and formed Galardi South in 1996.

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.

Ipswich Town Football Club was originally formed as an amateur football club in 1878, and the team did not turn professional until 1936. Ipswich Town FC currently plays football (soccer) in the English Football League Championship. Known simply as "Town" or "the Blues," Ipswich Town FC has been playing home games at its Portman Road stadium since 1884. Recent rebuilding of the south and north stands gives the stadium a capacity of about 30,000. Nearly half of the club's revenues are obtained on game days from television rights for broadcasts as well as ticket receipts.

CEO Walter Isenberg and his business partner Zack Neumeyer started Sage Hospitality Resources in 1984. Sage Hospitality Resources is wise to the ways of luxurious lodgings. Sage Hospitality Resources company is a leading hotel developer and operator with about 50 properties in more than 20 states. Its portfolio includes full- and limited-service hotels operating under such banners as Marriott, Starwood, and Hilton; it also has independent properties such as The Nines in Portland, Oregon, and The Oxford Hotel in Denver. In addition to its hotels business, the company operates the Sage Restaurant Group, which develops restaurants and lounges adjacent to its hotels in major urban locations.

ClubLink is the largest operator of golf courses and golfing resorts in Canada with more than 30 properties in Ontario and Quebec. Its portfolio includes Glen Abbey, one of the country's top public courses private courses, Club de Golf Le Fontainebleau, and The Lake Joseph Club resort. ClubLink's courses boast more than 16,000 members. In addition, the company rents its clubhouses for weddings and corporate events, offers golf clinics through The ClubLink Academy, and sells condo and cottage timeshares. ClubLink is a subsidiary of ClubLink Enterprises.

The Rams Football Company owns and operates the St. Louis Rams professional football team, which boasts three National Football League championships, its last coming in 2000. The franchise started as the Cleveland Rams in 1936 and moved to Los Angeles in 1946. The team moved to St. Louis in 1995 where it hosts home games at the Edward Jones Dome. Former minority owner Stan Kroenke is now the majority owner of the Rams after purchasing the Rosenbloom family's stake for about $750 million in 2010.

Kennywood is not the Islands in the Stream counterpart to singer Dolly Parton's Dollywood. (Turn to Herschend Family Entertainment for that distinction). It does own and operate four amusement parks in Pennsylvania: Kennywood Park, Idlewild & Soak Zone, Sandcastle Waterpark, and Pittsburgh's Riverplex, a traditional picnic-type park located next to Sandcastle. Kennywood Entertainment Company, Inc. markets its parks for group outings, and offers event planning and catering services. Kennywood Entertainment was founded in 1898. It is a subsidiary of Spanish theme park company Parques Reunidos.

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