BridgeStreet Worldwide bridges the gap between business trips and home. The company provides corporate housing -- serviced apartments for guests requiring short-term temporary housing or fully-furnished extended stay accommodations. Its more than 15,000 corporate apartments, which are typically 700 square feet or larger, are located throughout the US and nearly 50 countries internationally. BridgeStreet targets individuals, corporations, families, and government travelers. The company is owned by Dublin-based privately-held investment group Sorrento Asset Management, which purchased BridgeStreet Worldwide from previous owner Interstate Hotels & Resorts for more than $40 million in 2007.

Act Productions is a leading theatre producer in the West End and of national and international tours. With a distinguished history from its founding in 1994, Act remains committed to the development and production of theatre with the utmost creative and commercial integrity. The company produces, co-produces, and manages West End, New York, and touring versions of such popular plays as Anything Goes, The Elephant Man, Frost/Nixon, Humble Boy, and Noises Off. Other shows with which Act Productions has been involved include The 39 Steps (based on the Alfred Hitchcock film), The Far Pavilions, and a dance drama version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The company also brought a new adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None to the stage, as well as the comedic The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), which includes a rapping Othello.

This hospitality company is thankful for Friday's. The Briad Group is the #1 operator of T.G.I. Friday's restaurants, with about 70 locations in six states, primarily in Arizona, California, and New Jersey. Franchised from Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, the casual dining restaurants are popular for their appetizers and bar-like atmosphere. Briad is also a leading franchisee of Wendy's International (part of Wendy's/Arby's Group), with more than 40 fast food restaurants in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The company also has a small number of Hilton and Marriott hotels. Founder and CEO Bradford Honigfeld leads an investment group that owns Briad.

Get in touch with your inner chicken-lovin' grease monkey at one of this company's restaurants. Best Wings USA operates and franchises the Quaker Steak & Lube full-service dining chain with more than 35 locations found in a dozen states, mostly in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The auto-themed eateries are best known for chicken wings that can be ordered in a wide range of flavors. The menu also features burgers and other sandwiches, ribs, and steaks, as well as a selection of appetizers. In addition to dining, most of the restaurants offer full bar service. Vice chairmen George Warren and Gary Meszaros opened the first Quaker Steak outlet in 1974.

Sally Industries, Inc. makes robotic characters and figures for use in theme parks, museums, motion pictures, and retail stores worldwide. Sally also provides electronic control and audio systems, staging, lighting, and sound track production. In addition, the firm creates and installs entire attractions and interactive rides, such as Cedar Fair's Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion and Universal Parks' E.T.'s Adventure. Other examples of the company's work includes figures for Disney on Ice, and characters for hotels and casinos (MGM Grand), stores and malls (Macy's), trade shows and fairs (Royal Bank of Scotland), and museums (Mexico City Museum).

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.

China Lodging Group has a group of, you guessed it, hotels. The company operates about 235 economy-priced hotels in 40 cities, mostly in China's east coast region. It has another 140 in development, which would put the ratio of leased-and-operated to managed-under-franchise about even, though the company makes most of its revenue from the former category. China Lodging's banners include HanTing Express and HanTing Seasons, both business hotels, and HanTing Hi Inn, a budget hotel. The company locates its hotels in the country's more industrial and tourist-oriented cities. China Lodging began operations in 2005 and filed to go public in 2010. Pre-IPO, CEO Qi Ji owns about 62%.

Chicago White Sox franchise is one of the oldest clubs in Major League Baseball, having joined the American League in 1900. The team boasts just three World Series championships, two from the early 1900s and it latest in 2005. (A World Series appearance in 1919 was marred by the "Black Sox" scandal that saw eight teammates banned from baseball for throwing the championship.) Playing host at US Cellular Field, the White Sox franchise is owned by real estate developer and chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, who also owns the Chicago Bulls basketball team.

Evans Hotels Corporation was founded in 1953 by William D. Evans; his family owns it today. Evans Hotels Corporation company is a resort property owner with three swank hotels on the Pacific ocean in San Diego (The Lodge at Torrey Pines, Catamaran Resort Hotel, and Bahia Resort Hotel). But it also owns the Bahia Sternwheelers, two luxurious multi-level paddlewheelers that ferry passengers between three Mission Bay resorts. The ships, equipped with ball rooms, dining salons, and dance clubs, are also available for chartered dinner parties and meetings of up to 800 people.

The Rocco Forte Collection is a family of 13 highly individual hotels and resorts, with four new properties due to open within the next three years. Each is as individual and characterful as the country and city which inspires its design and each features a unique sense of style and ambience that awaits your discovery. Yet like any family they also share certain characteristics. Behind each individual personality you will find luxurious rooms, fine dining experiences, class-leading facilities and a dedication to providing you with the highest levels of service.

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