Chicago Professional Sports owns and operates the Chicago Bulls professional basketball team, which boasts six NBA championships thanks to five-time MVP Michael Jordan. His charismatic presence not only set a high-water mark for Chicago between 1991 and 1998 but also helped increase the popularity of the league. The team was started by Dick Klein and joined the National Basketball Association in 1966. Real estate developer Jerry Reinsdorf has owned the Bulls since 1985. He also owns Chicago's United Center (along with Chicago Blackhawks owner the Wirtz Corporation) and the Chicago White Sox baseball team.

Marriott International signs in at the top of the lodging industry. The company is one of the world's leading hoteliers with some 3,400 operated or franchised properties in more than 65 countries. Marriott's hotels include such full-service brands as Renaissance Hotels and its flagship Marriott Hotels & Resorts, as well as select-service and extended-stay brands Courtyard and Fairfield Inn. It also owns the Ritz-Carlton luxury chain and resort, and time-share properties operated by Marriott Vacation Club International. Marriott additionally provides more than 2,000 rental units for corporate housing and manages 40 golf courses. The Marriott family, including CEO J. W. Marriott Jr., owns about 30% of the firm.

You can certainly go to Sammy's for a sammy, but most people go for the pizza pies. Ladeki Restaurant Group owns and operates Sammy's Woodfired Pizza, a chain of upscale casual dining restaurants with about 20 locations in Southern California and Nevada. The eateries are known for their gourmet pizzas baked in wood-fired ovens, but they also serve sandwiches, pasta dishes, salads, and a selection of tapas. In addition to its flagship chain, Ladeki Restaurants operates an upscale Asian-fusion concept called Roppongi Restaurant and Sushi Bar, and it offers catering services through Mosaic Catering. Restaurateur Sami Ladeki started the Sammy's Woodfired Pizza chain in 1989.

Donohoe Hospitality Services rolls out the welcome wagon to guests in the nation's capital. The company manages about a dozen hotels in the Washington, DC, area under the Courtyard by Marriott, Hilton Garden Inn, Holiday Inn, and Residence Inn by Marriott names. Donohoe Hospitality's management services include sales and marketing, food and beverage, accounting, HR, and data processing. All total, company has developed more than 50 hotels. It is part of DC real estate firm The Donohoe Companies, which traces its roots to 1884 with the establishment of John F. Donohoe & Sons.

Famous luminaries wax but seldom wane, thanks to this company. Tussauds Attractions Operations operates the famed Madame Tussauds wax museums known for their wax representations of celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Nelson Mandela, Ronald Reagan, and of course, several members of the British Royal Family. In addition to its famous London musuem, the company has museums in New York, Las Vegas, Washington, DC, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. The Tussauds Group is owned by The Blackstone Group and operates as part of Merlin Entertainments Group, one of Europe's largest amusement park companies.

Embracing these values, the National Aquarium Institute will inspire our visitors and partners to celebrate and nurture the world’s aquatic habitats from tropical rain forests to coral reefs; from our Chesapeake Bay to the world’s oceans. Drawing on our mission, values, and vision, the National Aquarium Institute will develop a plan that will produce results that advance knowledge and inspire stewardship of aquatic habitats worldwide. National Aquarium In Baltimore, Inc. will be recognized internationally as a trusted partner and the respected voice of authority for a healthy and sustainable aquatic world.

The PGA TOUR, which includes Tiger Woods and golf's other top players, puts on more than 100 official events per year that offer more than $350 million in prize money. Its major championships are the Masters, US Open, British Open, and PGA Championship. The group also oversees the Champions Tour, for players 50 and older, and the Nationwide Tour, for emerging players. The PGA TOUR is separate from the PGA of America, which consists mostly of club pros, although most tour players maintain membership in both groups. The PGA TOUR was formed in 1968 by a splinter faction of the PGA of America.

Balboa Brands operates and franchises the Juice It Up! chain of more than 100 smoothie stands in California and more than half a dozen other states. The outlets offer a variety of fruit and yogurt smoothies, along with other juice drinks, power shakes, and wheatgrass drinks. The Juice It Up! menu also features premium coffee and herbal teas. Larry Sidoti co-founded the chain in 1995 with three other partners. In 2008, Balboa Brands established another entity, ZIIING YOGURT, in order to sell yogurt franchises.

The Shubert Organization has been at the forefront of the American theatre since the start of the 20th century. The Organization currently owns or operates seventeen Broadway theatres, one Off Broadway theatre (the brand new Little Shubert), and three theatres outside New York City (the Shubert in Boston, MA; the Forrest in Philadelphia, PA; and the National in Washington, DC). Under the leadership of Philip J. Smith, Chairman and Co-CEO; and Robert E. Wankel, President and Co-CEO, the firm continues to be involved in the presentation of distinguished theatrical presentations. Notable Shubert productions and co-productions include Cats, Sunday in the Park with George, Dreamgirls, The Heidi Chronicles, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Song and Dance, Amadeus, The Gin Game, The Blue Room, Dirty Blonde, Dance of Death, Amour, Passing Strange.

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®.

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