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.

Parques Reunidos is one of Europe's leading leisure firms, attracting more than 25 million visitors annually to its amusement parks. The company operates amusement parks, animal parks, and water parks in countries throughout Europe, as well as in Argentina and the US. Holdings include the flagship Parque de Atracciones and the Zoo Aquarium (both in Madrid), and the parks of US-based Kennywood Entertainment. Parques Reunidos, S.A. is owned by European private equity firm Candover Investments.

Founded by media entrepreneur and environmentalist Ted Turner and acclaimed restaurateur George McKerrow Jr, Ted’s Montana Grill is a classic American Grill featuring fresh, made-from-scratch comfort food within an authentic turn-of-the-century Montana grill atmosphere.The first Ted’s Montana Grill opened in January 2002 in Columbus, Ohio, and has grown to over 50 restaurants in 19 states. The menu, under the direction of Corporate Chef, Chris Raucci, features made-from-scratch dishes including Certified Angus Beef, National Bison Association-certified bison, chicken and seafood. The time-honored American favorites include steaks, meatloaf, crab cakes, pecan-crusted trout, cedar plank salmon, burgers, chicken grills and vegetable sides. Daily blue-plate specials, fresh-cut fries, hand-dipped salt and pepper onion rings, delicious soups and an array of salads and desserts round out the menu. Average entrée menu items range from $6 to $20.

The board of Northern Racing has given approval for the development of a new £7.5m Grandstand in the Premier Enclosure at Fontwell Park Racecourse in West Sussex. Architects have been appointed to produce a three-story building complete with twelve private hospitality boxes on the top floor, a glass fronted hospitality/banqueting lounge for 250 people on the middle floor and a multi-purpose hall on the ground floor with new catering and betting facilities. The project managers for the scheme are Arcadis AYH and the architects are Manchester based AFL. It promises to be one of the best Grandstands in the country. As well as being used for more than twenty race meetings a year, the stand will be hired seven days a week for events including weddings, conferences and exhibitions.

Sun International Limited company operates about a dozen casinos and some 10 resort-style hotels in South Africa. Flagship resort complex Sun City boasts four hotels, two golf courses, and a water park. (Sun City is also the location of the 2002 signing of the Sun City Agreement, a treaty ending the Second Congo War.) The company has additional properties in Egypt, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Sun International is South Africa's largest casino operator, with nearly half of the market share, and its hotels have a total of 3,500 rooms. Sun International Limited was founded by Sol Kerzner, the head of Kerzner International.

Stratus Media Group, Inc. is a professional event marketing and management organization that owns, operates, manages, and promotes live sports and entertainment events. Stratus Media Group, Inc. events generate revenues from a number of sources including ticket sales, sponsorships, broadcast rights, merchandise, concessions, parking and hospitality activities. To be the USA’s most effective sports marketing, entertainment and management firm in generating maximum earnings potential for talent, properties and events and in assisting corporate clients in creating a sustainable competitive advantage and improved profitablity.

Sporting Index Ltd. specializes in sports spread betting, where bettors wager on the margin of victory or the final score in a sporting contest, and dominates that betting market in the UK. Bets can be placed on the Internet, on mobile phones, and over satellite TV services. Sporting Index was founded in 1992 and plans on expanding its markets to include Australia, South Africa, and US in the future. Private investor HgCapital bought Sporting Index in late 2005.

Merlin Entertainments Group is a leading name in location based, family entertainment. Its aim is to deliver unique, memorable and rewarding experiences to millions of visitors across its growing estate, and it achieves this objective largely thanks to the commitment and passion of its managers and employees. Merlin’s brands, while being household names, will never fail to be distinctive, challenging and innovative. They will, in short, have attitude! They will deliver the best financial returns in the sector and demonstrate a record of growth in market share that will be unrivalled. In every respect and to every group of stakeholders Merlin will always be an exciting company to be involved with. As a global company we have a set of values or ideals that we all work to. Achieving these ideals for our employees makes our locations great places to work and for our guest great places to visit. Merlin Entertainments Group have four values that all company employees from our Chief Executive Officer, to our newest employee, recognise and strive to work to.

Rank has brought enjoyment to customers around the globe, initially through the production, distribution and screening of motion pictures; and more latterly through the operation of casinos, bingo clubs, restaurants, pubs, theme parks and hotels. The Rank Group Plc stays true to the pioneering spirit of its founder, J. Arthur Rank. The Rank Group Plc iconic ‘gong’ motif continues to represent Rank’s desire to excite and to entertain. The Rank Organisation, bringing together a number of motion picture businesses acquired in previous years, including Pinewood Studios and Denham Films. Over the next four years, he added to this the Odeon chain of cinemas, the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation and the noted film studios at Elstree and Lime Grove.

TS Enterprises operates a dozen upscale restaurants in California and Hawaii under such names as Duke's, Jake's, and Keoki's Paradise. Other locations include the Cliffhouse in La Quinta, California, and Kimo's in Hawaii. The majority of the company's restaurants are waterfront properties, specializing in fresh Pacific seafood cuisine and steak, but the company also operates the Sunnyside Restaurant & Lodge on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Rob Thibaut and Sandy Saxten started the company in 1977. TS Enterprises operates a dozen upscale restaurants in California and Hawaii under such names as Duke's, Jake's, and Keoki's Paradise. Other locations include the Cliffhouse in La Quinta, California, and Kimo's in Hawaii. The majority of the company's restaurants are waterfront properties, specializing in fresh Pacific seafood cuisine and steak, but the company also operates the Sunnyside Restaurant & Lodge on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Rob Thibaut and Sandy Saxten started the company in 1977. TS Enterprises operates a dozen upscale restaurants in California and Hawaii under such names as Duke's, Jake's, and Keoki's Paradise. Other locations include the Cliffhouse in La Quinta, California, and Kimo's in Hawaii. The majority of the company's restaurants are waterfront properties, specializing in fresh Pacific seafood cuisine and steak, but the company also operates the Sunnyside Restaurant & Lodge on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Rob Thibaut and Sandy Saxten started the company in 1977.

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