Hilton is near the top of the hill among hoteliers in Ireland and the UK, thanks to Hilton UK & Ireland. The business operates about 80 Hilton properties in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, more than 20 of which are located in London. Its hotels include the Hilton Croydon, the Hilton London Hyde Park, and the Hilton Dublin. Hilton UK & Ireland also manages restaurants (such as Minsky's Restaurant in the Hilton Glasgow, and the Galvin at Windows in the London Hilton) and bars (Henry J Beans in Edinburgh). Hilton UK & Ireland is a subsidiary of Hilton Worldwide.

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.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels (HSH) deals in luxury. The group owns and operates about two dozen deluxe hotels and commercial and residential properties in Asia, Australia, and North America. Its Peninsula Hotel brands are located in major cities such as Bangkok; Beijing; Beverly Hills, California; Chicago; Hong Kong; Manila; New York City, and Tokyo. Its properties also include the Quail Lodge Resort and Gold Club in Carmel, California. HSH is the oldest hotelier in Hong Kong (it was founded in 1866 as the Hongkong Hotel Company). The Kadoorie family controls the company, as it has for more than 100 years.

You might say this company has a premier presence on the UK leisure scene. Whitbread is one of that country's leading hospitality and dining holding companies with operations ranging from hotels to coffee houses to restaurants. It owns Premier Inn, the leading budget hotel chain in the UK, with more than 570 locations. Whitbread also owns Costa, a leading chain of coffee shops with more than 1,500 outlets across more than 20 countries. In addition to those core operations, Whitbread is involved in the UK dining industry through its Beefeater and Table Table casual dining brands and the Brewers Fayre family restaurant chain.

Harlem Globetrotters International owns and operates the famous Harlem Globetrotters basketball troupe, known for its display of outrageous hoops skills, stars and stripes uniforms, and iconic Sweet Georgia Brown theme song. The team was formed in Chicago in 1926 as the Savoy Big Five and has performed in 120 countries; its roster has included such notable players as Wilt Chamberlain, Curly Neal, and Meadowlark Lemon. Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc. is 80%-owned by investment fund Shamrock Capital; chairman Mannie Jackson, a former Globetrotter himself, owns the rest.

This restaurant operator comes with a side of technology. ELXSI Corporation's hospitality division operates about 15 family-style restaurants in New England, while its CUES division manufactures sewer inspection equipment. The eateries operate under the Bickford's Grille brand and offer casual dining with an emphasis on breakfast items served throughout the day. Its equipment manufacturing operation makes remote-control video cameras and robotic cutting devices used by municipalities and contractors. ELXSI is controlled by chairman and CEO Alexander Milley.

Lottomatica is the worldwide leading lottery operator in terms of overall wagers and, through its subsidiary GTECH, is among the world's leading suppliers of technological solutions for lotteries and games. It is directly controlled by De Agostini SpA (59,8%), operating in the editorial business for over 100 years and, more recently, in the media and financial sectors. Lottomatica - investing €3,6 billion in the second largest buyout ever secured by an Italian company in the US - acquired GTECH Corporation, a worldwide leading operator in the sector of high security processing systems for online lotteries. Also thanks to the acquisition of the US giant, Lottomatica Group is the only company operating in the lottery business capable of offering a 360° fully integrated series of services and products to its private and institutional clients.

SNAI (Sindacato Nazionale Agenzie Ippiche) is a leading operator of sports betting shops in Italy. The shops offer wagering on a variety of sporting events. In addition to on-site wagering, the company offers online and telephone sports betting. SNAI also offering other online gaming, including poker. In addition to gaming, the company operates horse racing tracks and has multimedia operations.

The Motherwell Football & Athletic Club operates Motherwell FC, a professional soccer team that competes in the Scottish Premier League. The team (nicknamed The 'Well and The Steelmen) holds its home games at Fir Park Stadium. Like other teams in the Scottish Premier League, Motherwell FC must sit and watch (and pocket the transfer fee) as some of its best players get signed away by other top Scottish squads. The team's home uniform is a gold short-sleeved shirt with a thick red stripe and matching red shorts. Media broadcasts of the matches along with ticket receipts make up the bulk of the club's revenues.

SimEx-Iwerks simulates sight, sound, and motion. The firm designs motion-simulation machines for such venues as museums, zoos, shopping centers, and theme parks. SimEx-Iwerks markets models in both open- and closed-cabin designs, which seat 6 to 51 people. Its library of more than 150 simulator films are produced by subsidiary SimEx Digital Studios. SimEx-Iwerks machines and films are used in attractions by such clients as Universal Parks & Resorts, the Dolly Parton Entertainment Park, and the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Founders Michael Needham, F. Gerald Townsend, and Shiori Sudo collectively own about 23% of the company.

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