Maybe for this company, down-home eating means home on the range. Formerly Metromedia Steakhouses, Homestyle Dining operates and franchises about 250 steak buffet restaurants under the names Ponderosa and Bonanza. The family-dining spots offer a variety of beef, chicken, seafood entrees along with an all-you-can-eat buffet of appetizers, sides, and dessert items. The restaurants operate in about two dozen states, mostly in the eastern half of the US; the company also has about 50 international locations. Homestyle Dining, which emerged from bankruptcy in 2009, is a subsidiary of Metromedia Company, a holding company controlled by billionaire John Kluge.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 1969. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a hotel and leisure company worldwide. The company primarily operates luxury and upscale full service hotels, retreats, and residences. It also engages in the development, ownership, and operation of vacation ownership resorts; marketing and selling vacation ownership interests in the resorts; and provision of financing to customers who purchase such interests. In addition, the company develops, markets, and sells residential units at mixed use hotel projects. As of December 31, 2009, its hotel portfolio included 979 owned, leased, managed, and franchised hotels with approximately 292,000 rooms. The company also had 22 vacation ownership resorts and residential properties in the United States, Mexico, and the Bahamas. It operates hotels and resorts under various brand names comprising St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Meridien, Sheraton, Four Points, aloft, and Element.

As an industry leader over the years, we have supplied the Japanese market with machines conducive to stimulating business, and have benefited from high recognition as a global entertainment company through our overseas casino resort business. More recently, we have reminded ourselves that it is our "knowledge" behind the creation of such quality entertainment that represents our roots. Additionally, even in difficult times such as now where we face a stagnant world economy, we have a tangible sense of striving to accomplish our "dreams" for the future. These two sentiments of ours are contained within our new name, "Universal Entertainment Corporation." Formerly Aruze Corp., Universal Entertainment is a leading manufacturer of gaming machines in Japan. It makes and distributes Pachinko and Pachislot machines, which are extremely popular among Japanese gamblers. Universal Entertainment also has a 20% stake in Wynn Resorts, a casino business with gaming resorts in Macau and Las Vegas. Universal Entertainment Corporation changed its name in 2009 after selling its US-based gaming machine manufacturing business, Aruze Gaming America, to chairman Kazuo Okada.

Canadians call on Cara for a quick bite -- in the air or on the ground. Cara Operations is one of the largest foodservices companies in Canada with several different restaurant chains and airline catering operations. Its dining chains, with a total of more than 1,200 company-owned and franchised locations, encompass several concepts including Harvey's (hamburgers), Swiss Chalet (family dining), and Kelsey's (casual dining). Cara Operations also operates about 10 flight kitchens serving more than 60 airlines. Started in 1883 as The Canadian Railway News Company, the company is controlled by the founding Phelan family.

Full House Resorts, Inc. was founded in 1987. Full House Resorts, Inc. (Full House) develops, manages and invests in gaming-related opportunities. The Company is involved in several gaming projects, including the FireKeepers Casino near Battle Creek, Michigan, with the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (the Michigan Tribe) and Harrington Raceway and Casino (Harrington Casino), a racino in Harrington, Delaware. The Company also owns the Stockman’s Casino in Fallon, Nevada, and has an agreement with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana for the development and management of a gaming facility in Montana.

Heritage Golf Group began in 1999 with funding from private equity firm, GTCR Golder Rauner LLC. Since then, the company has grown an impressive portfolio of twenty one private and resort courses across the country. The Heritage portfolio represents some of the most well-known and acclaimed properties spanning Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. Heritage Golf Group, LLC distinguishes itself by its dedication to unrivaled golf and uncompromising service. Heritage Golf Group is led by Bob Husband, president and CEO.

In 1948, Herbert and Frances (Lengfeld) Meyer, the founders of Meyer Motels, Ltd. (now known as Meyer Crest, Ltd.), purchased their first motel in Red Bluff, California. Since then, the Meyer family has owned and operated as many as 45 hotels in three Western states. Herb, a transplanted New Yorker, was a highly self-motivated man with strong aspirations. The motel business provided him with outlets for his creative energy and aspirations. Fran provided support and guidance, contributing her ideas and maintaining the accounting for the family business while also raising their four children. Throughout their younger years, all the children were involved in the family business in varying degrees.

Dover Motorsports is a leading operator of racetracks that host more than a dozen top auto racing events each year. Its tracks include Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Memphis Motorsports Park, Nashville Superspeedway, and its flagship Dover International Speedway in Delaware. The tracks hold events sponsored by all the major US racing leagues, including NASCAR, the Indy Racing League, and the National Hot Rod Association, though stock car racing accounts for 70% of sales. Chairman Henry Tippie controls more than 50% of the company as executor of the estate of the late chairman John Rollins.

The ballclub was founded in Illinois as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball League in 1946. The team joined the NBA in 1949, shortened its name, and roosted in Milwaukee and St. Louis (winning its only title in 1958) before settling in Atlanta in 1968. The Hawks were playoff contenders in the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to players such as Dominique Wilkins, but never made the Finals. Investment group Atlanta Spirit, which also owns the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team and operates Atlanta's Philips Arena, has owned the Hawks franchise since 2004.

The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) operates the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, also known as the Taj Group. The company operates approximately 60 luxury, leisure, and business lodging facilities in India; it has an additional 15 overseas locations in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Included in its portfolio is The Pierre hotel on New York's Fifth Avenue. Most properties are owned by the company or its affiliates and subsidiaries, but some are managed under contract. IHCL is part of Indian industrial conglomerate Tata Group.

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