Dodger Properties never dodges the spot light. The off-Broadway theatrical production company has won nearly 50 Tony awards and produced musical hits such as Into the Woods (1987), The Music Man (2000), and Jersey Boys (2005). More recently, the company scored a hit with its production of Jersey Boys. The organization also teaches educational workshops and offers group events. Dodger Properties was founded by Michael David, Des McAnuff, Rocco Landesman, and Edward Strong at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1978. (Landesman later became owner of rival company Jujamcyn Theaters, and then went on to head the NEA under President Barack Obama.)

Parc Paradisio S.A. operates a zoo and garden on the grounds of an ancient restored abbey in Belgium that welcomes about 510,000 visitors per year. The park's zoo includes more than 4,000 animals, birds, fish, and reptiles from all over the globe. The 55-hectare (136-acre) garden includes themed areas like a Chinese garden, a subterranean section, and an ancient forest. Parc Paradisio offers about 30 science programs focused on preserving endangered species. Its Nikitra subsidiary runs corporate incentive programs, seminars, and conferences. The Nexum division offers customized corporate team building and training from an office in Paris.

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (MPEL) is a developer, owner and, through its subsidiary Melco Crown Gaming, operator of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market. Melco Crown Gaming is one of the six companies licensed, through concessions or sub-concessions, to operate casinos in Macau. The Company owns and operates City of Dreams, Altira Macau, Mocha Clubs and Taipa Square Casino. Its other projects include City of Dreams Phase II, Macau Studio City Project and Macau Peninsula Site.

The9 Limited is an online game operator and developer in China. The9's business is primarily focused on developing and operating high-quality games for online game market. The9 directly, or through affiliates, operates licensed MMORPGs and advanced casual games including Soul of The Ultimate Nation™, Granado Espada, EA SPORTS™ FIFA Online 2, Atlantica and Kingdom Heroes 2 Online, as well as its proprietary games World of Fighter, Jiu Zhou Zhan Ji and Winning Goal, in mainland China. The9's business is primarily focused on developing and operating high-quality games for online game market. The9 directly, or through affiliates, operates licensed MMORPGs and advanced casual games including Soul of The Ultimate Nation™, Granado Espada, EA SPORTS™ FIFA Online 2, Atlantica and Kingdom Heroes 2 Online, as well as its proprietary games World of Fighter, Jiu Zhou Zhan Ji and Winning Goal, in mainland China. It has also obtained exclusive licenses to operate other games in mainland China, including Audition 2 and others. In addition, The9 is developing various proprietary games, including Miracles: Ultimate X, Tiny Tribe and other MMORPGs and advanced causal games.

Smith & Wollensky is America’s premier traditional steakhouse, committed to providing outstanding hospitality and delivering the best steaks that are U.S.D.A. Prime and dry-aged for tenderness and flavor. The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc. take great pride in the quality of our food, and hand cut our steaks on premises, and make our own pastries, french fries, salad dressings and soups fresh daily. We offer an acclaimed wine list and our rich ambiance and personal waiter service provides our guests with truly memorable experiences. Our goal is to be the favorite steakhouse in each of our markets, and we recognize that our local managers and staff are the key to achieving this goal. The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc. restaurants have received numerous local and national awards including The Wine Spectator’s “Grand Award of Excellence” and the Distinguished Restaurants of North America “Award of Excellence.”

Genting Singapore PLC company is majority owned by Malaysian holding company Genting Berhad, and was founded in 1984 to invest in leisure businesses outside of Malaysia. Genting Singapore acquires, develops, and manages resorts and casinos in Australia (the Burswood Resort in Perth), the Bahamas (Lucayan Beach Resort and Casino), the Philippines (Subic Bay Resort and Casino), and the UK (where it operates some 40 casinos under brands such as Maxim Casinos, Circus Casinos, and Mint Casinos). The UK has accounted for nearly half of Genting Singapore's sales as a result of its acquisition of UK gaming company Stanley Leisure (now Genting Stanley).

You might say this company runs a network of sports bars. DHP develops and operates the FOX Sports Grill chain, which offers a menu of appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, and steaks in an upscale atmosphere that includes dozens of televisions showing a variety of sporting events. In addition, the restaurants play host to banquets, parties, and meetings. The company has a half dozen locations in five states. ESPN Zone creator William Freeman and financier William Dallas started the FOX Sports Grill concept in 2001. It uses the FOX Sports name and logo through a licensing deal with FOX Sports Net.

In 1996, a small division within Microsoft launched online travel booking site Expedia.com®, which gave consumers a revolutionary new way to research and book travel. Three years later, Expedia was spun out of Microsoft, becoming a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under the symbol EXPE. Meanwhile, the other brands in the current day Expedia, Inc. portfolio were independently established and began their respective courses of development. In the first few years of the new millennium, Expedia® became – and remains – the world’s leading online travel company. By 2001, it had acquired a number of other travel companies and in 2002 InterActiveCorp (IAC) acquired a controlling interest in Expedia. Expedia grew within IAC, and its synergies with its parent company’s other travel holdings became more and more salient. In 2005, IAC spun out its travel businesses under the name Expedia, Inc. Today Expedia, Inc. is the parent company to a global portfolio of leading consumer brands.

New Orleans Louisiana Saints owns and operates the New Orleans Saints professional football franchise, which joined the National Football League on All Saints' Day in 1966. As the team's unofficial nickname, The Aint's, suggests, New Orleans has suffered through numerous losing seasons and only a handful of playoff appearances, but the Saints franchise did finally win its first NFL championship following the 2009 season. However, the team continues to enjoy a popular following at the Superdome. Tom Benson, a multi-millionaire who controls an auto dealership empire, bought the team in 1985 from original owner John Mecom.

T.H. Hamilton opened the first Piccadilly Cafeteria in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1944. In the decades since, Piccadilly has grown into a chain of 115 cafeteria restaurants operating in 15 states, including a major expansion in 1996 when the company took over one of its major competitors, Morrison's Cafeterias. Generations of families have established traditions around dining at Piccadilly. The wide-ranging menu of straightforward, homestyle meals, entrées, sides and desserts offers something for everyone - at prices that are hard to beat.

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