Peel Hotels owns, operates, and manages about 10 mid-range and luxury hotels in the UK (more than 600 rooms). Properties include the George Hotel in Oxfordshire, the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Leeds, and the the Norfolk Royale in Bournemouth (which was acquired in 2009). Executive Chairman Robert Peel, formerly chief executive at Thistle Hotels (now Guoman Hotels ), founded the hotel company and controls it, along with his brother, Charles.

The Ottawa Senators Hockey Club has represented Canada's capital city in the National Hockey League since entering the league as an expansion team in 1992. The Sens reached the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 2007 but lost the title bid to the Anaheim Ducks. The franchise was first awarded to a group led by real estate developer Bruce Firestone and current team president Cyril Leeder. Toronto pharmaceutical billionaire Eugene Melnyk has owned the Senators club and its arena, Scotiabank Place, since 2003.

Aruze Gaming America, Inc., a global gaming corporation since 1983, designs, develops and manufactures slot machines and gaming devices for the global casino market. The corporate office is located in Las Vegas with subsidiaries and branches in Australia, South Africa, Macau, Japan and the Philippine. Aruze Gaming America is a leading manufacturer of casino gaming machines for markets in the US and overseas. It makes mechanical reel slots and video slot machines, as well as multi-player games based on such casino favorites as blackjack and roulette. The company has international subsidiaries in Australia, China, Japan, and South Africa. Tokyo-based Pachinko manufacturer Universal Entertainment (formerly Aruze Corp.) sold Aruze Gaming America to CEO Kazuo Okada in 2009. Okada also serves as chairman of Universal Entertainment and is vice chairman of Wynn Resorts.

Pierre & Vacances is engaged in the development and operation of tourist residences and hotels. The company owns about 45,000 apartments and holiday homes, available for both long and short stays. Pierre & Vacances' residences are located in European countries that include France, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Spain. Included in its offerings are houses, hotels, and city apartments in locales such as Paris, Rome, Berlin, Brussels, and Vienna. The company's five segmented brands are Adagio, Hotels Latitudes, Maeva, Pierre & Vacances, and Residences MGM. CEO Gearard Bramond owns about 50% of the company and has some 67% voting control.

Fried chicken rules the roost at this restaurant company. Morgan's Foods is a leading operator of fast food restaurants franchised from YUM! Brands, with nearly 100 locations in six states. Most of the company's estate, more than 70 restaurants, consists of KFC fried chicken outlets. Morgan's Foods also operates Taco Bell units and about 20 co-branded locations that combine two YUM! concepts (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and A&W) in one building. Most of the company's eateries are located in Pennsylvania. Chairman and CEO Leonard Stein-Sapir owns more than 25% of the company.

Everyone's "famiglia" at these restaurants. BUCA owns and operates about 80 Buca di Beppo Italian restaurants in about 25 states. Each themed eatery is an over-the-top recreation of a post-war Italian-American restaurant decked out with a hodgepodge of memorabilia. Geared for larger parties of people and event dining, the menu features Southern Italian-American cuisine served family-style to encourage sharing and conversation. Most locations of the casual-dining chain offer a lunch menu (smaller portions for single diners) in addition to its popular dinner options. BUCA was acquired by Planet Hollywood in 2008.

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.

LA Fitness serves some 220,000 members with more than 80 fitness clubs throughout the UK, about 20 of which are in London. The company's facilities offer corporate and personal memberships, as well as personal training services. LA Fitness also hosts classes focusing on strength training and cardio-vascular fitness, including yoga, pilates, and spinning. It offers in club fitness seminars and an online fitness management service LA Fitness @ Work. In addition, the company's city clubs provide 30-minute "fast classes" during the working lunch hour.

Founded in 1984 as one of the very first franchisees of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar®, we now own and operate more than 100 locations in eight states, making us one of the largest Applebee's franchisees in the world. We attribute this success to our employees - from restaurant managers and staff to the Restaurant Support Team, they consistently prove their commitment to the company and the Applebee's brand. In 2007, we joined the AmRest family, one of the largest independent restaurant operators in the world with seven brands in seven countries. Inspired by an "Everything is Possible" culture, this acquisition opened up new doors for us in terms of future company growth and individual development. As the company expands, we'll create exciting opportunities for existing and new employees to advance their careers in the hospitality industry, both in the United States as well as abroad.

Dippin' Dots is the product of a scientist with a sweet tooth. Experimenting with cryogenics in 1988, microbiologist and entrepreneur Curt Jones used liquid nitrogen to flash-freeze ice cream into tiny beads and named his creations Dippin' Dots. Today the company has a chain of more than 400 franchised locations in the US selling Dippin' Dots ice cream, frozen yogurt, and frozen ice. The product, once billed as The Ice Cream of the Future, comes in about two dozen flavors, and is manufactured at the company's plant in Paducah, Kentucky. Dippin' Dots' Global division oversees licensees in about 10 countries.

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