My Gym Enterprises wants to be your gym or, at least, your kid's gym. The company owns and franchises more than 200 My Gym Children's Fitness Centers in the US and 24 other countries. The company's facilities offer physical fitness and educational activities to children from three months of age to nine years old. Programs include age appropriate infant to three-year old classes where parent's play too and a series of increasingly complex gymnastics and general sport skills classes for older children. My Gym emphasizes positive reinforcement and a non-competitive environment. The company was founded in 1983 by William Caplan and husband and wife Yakov and Susi Sherman.

A pioneer in the industry, Isle of Capri Casinos was the first developer to enter the burgeoning Mississippi market in August 1992. Over the years the company's portfolio has expanded to 15 casinos operating under four brands in six states. The company's success is the result of a strong business plan designed to deliver regional gaming and leisure experiences matched to customer preferences.With solid regional diversification across the U.S., Isle of Capri has a seasoned management team who have designed and are implementing a strategic business plan to increase value, through strong fiscal discipline and targeted operating strategies. Further, Isle is implementing new human resources programs to reward the team for implementing and executing the operating plan, from general managers to line employees.

Preferred Hotel Group was founded in 1968. Preferred Hotel Group operates a network of independent luxury hotel brands that collectively include approximately 700 properties in some 75 countries. Brands include Preferred Boutique, Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Summit Hotels & Resorts, and Sterling Hotels. Its Historic Hotels of America, an affiliation of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, includes more than 200 historically significant hotels. The company provides sales, marketing, and technology solutions to its properties, as well as reservation and guest support services. The Preferred Hotel Group operates from some 30 worldwide sales offices.

Real Madrid ("real" means royal in Spanish) is one of Europe's most decorated football teams, boasting a record nine European Cups and 31 titles in the Spanish football league, Liga de Futbol Profesional. Started in 1902, the team (known to supporters as Los Merengues) draws huge crowds Santiago Bernabeu stadium. The Real Madrid operating company, which is a supporter-owned, not-for-profit business, also runs Spanish basketball team Real Madrid Baloncesto.

Don't let the mouse mascot fool you: This amusement kingdom is founded on the power of pizza. CEC Entertainment operates the Chuck E. Cheese's chain of pizza parlors with more than 540 locations throughout the US, Canada, and a half dozen other countries. The restaurants cater mostly to families with children and feature dining-room entertainment provided by robotic characters, arcade games, and other activities. (The eateries are especially popular destinations for birthday parties.) Games and merchandise account for about 50% of sales. The menu features pizzas, sandwiches, salads, and desserts. CEC Entertainment owns and operates about 500 of the pizza and fun joints, while the rest are franchised.

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.

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 Dallas Stars professional hockey team represents the Big D in the National Hockey League, boasting one Stanley Cup championship in 1999. Dallas joined the ranks of the NHL in 1993 when then-owner Norm Green moved the team formerly known as the North Stars from Minnesota. Texas billionaire Tom Hicks has owned the Stars since 1995 and operates the team through his Hicks Sports Group (which also owns the Texas Rangers baseball team). Hicks is also a partner with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in Center Operating Company, which owns and operates Dallas' American Airlines Center.

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.

Snowdance owns and operates Ascutney Mountain Resort, a ski facility and resort near Brownsville, Vermont. Ascutney offers skiers more than 55 trails and half a dozen lifts, as well as tree skiing areas, a learning area, and terrain park with jumps and other thrills. For accommodations and amenities, the resort features a hotel and condominiums, fitness center and spa facility, and restaurants. Summertime activities at the resort include mountain biking, tennis, hang gliding, and miniature golf. The area first became a ski resort in 1938. Steve and Susan Plausteiner have owned Ascutney since 1993.

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