Atlanta Hockey Club owns and operates the Atlanta Thrashers professional hockey team, which joined the National Hockey League as an expansion franchise in 1999. The young club finished dead last in its first season but has improved steadily; the Thrashers clinched a playoff spot for the first time at the end of the 2006-07 season. Philips Arena, which is owned by parent Atlanta Spirit, serves as home to the Thrashers and sister sports franchise, the Atlanta Hawks. The Atlanta Spirit investment group acquired both the teams from media titan Time Warner in 2004.

Club One wants to be the number one club for fitness fanatics. Club One operates approximately 15 Club One fitness centers in Northern California. It also runs five Frog's Fitness clubs in Southern California and the San Diego area. Most locations include team and individual sports, fitness classes, group exercise classes, physical therapy, and spa and wellness programs. Many locations also offer childcare services. Club One also runs fitness and wellness programs and manages some 60 fitness facilities for companies, municipalities, apartments, and schools. Clients include Motorola, eBay, and the JCC Association. Club One Inc. was founded by husband and wife John and Jill Kinney in 1991.

Wynn Resorts, Limited (Wynn Resorts) is a developer, owner and operator of destination casino resorts. It owns and operates two destination casino resorts Wynn Las Vegas, on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas located adjacent to Wynn Las Vegas, and Wynn Macau, located in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Macau). The Company is also constructing Encore at Wynn Macau, an expansion of its Wynn Macau resort. The Company operates in two segments: Wynn Las Vegas, (which includes Encore at Wynn Las Vegas) and Wynn Macau.

New Castle Hotels doesn't own any castles, per se, but they do hope you'll feel at home nonetheless. All total, the company operates about 30 hotel properties. It manages some 20 upscale hotels and resorts under the Hilton, Marriott, and Starwood (which includes Sheraton and Westin) banners. Its portfolio also includes nearly 10 independent hotels located in the US and in Canada. New Castle Hotels specializes in what it calls heritage properties, independent hotels with long histories and storied reputations, including Digby Pines Resort and the Keltic Lodge, both in Nova Scotia.

Ale House Management operates more than 45 rustic-themed restaurants, mostly in Florida, under the name Miller's Ale House. The casual dining chain's menu features steak, seafood, and sandwiches, along with soups, salads, and desserts. Miller's Ale House locations also offer a wide selection of appetizers, including spiced chicken wings called Zingers, as well as full bar service and more than 75 varieties of beer. CEO Jack Miller opened the first Ale House with his wife, Claire, in 1988.

Marston's PLC is the UK's leading independent brewing and pub retailing business. It operates five breweries - Banks's brewery in Wolverhampton, Marston's brewery at Burton on Trent, Jennings brewery at Cockermouth in the Lake District, Ringwood Brewery in Hampshire and Wychwood brewery at Witney in Oxfordshire. Our pub estate totals 2,167 pubs - 1,676 tenancies within Marston's Pub Company and 491 directly managed by Marston's Inns & Taverns. We brew some of the UK's leading ale brands including Marston's, Banks's, Brakspear, Jennings, Hobgoblin, Mansfield and Ringwood.Our award-winning ales collected five international brewing medals at the Millennium International Brewing Awards.

LaSalle Brands (formerly Diners Acquisition Corp.) owns LaSalle Ice Cream, a premium frozen dairy brand that is distributed primarily in pints throughout the New York City area. LaSalle is popular for its variety of ice cream flavors, as well as gelato and fruit sorbet. LaSalle Brands Corporation also sells branded coffee and imported cookies. LaSalle Brands was founded in 1972. LaSalle Brands Corporation opened its first retail location in New York in 2005; it has since announced a franchising plan that calls for more than 30 dessert cafes to be operating throughout the US by the end of 2009.

Cajun meets Tex-Mex meets Pacific meets a whole lot of mouths at Z'Tejas. The company operates about 10 Z'Tejas Grill locations in about a half dozen Western states that specialize in Southwestern fusion cuisine, including such items as Voodoo Tuna, margaritas, Crispy Catfish Beignets, margaritas, Miso Salmon, and, yes, margaritas. Serial restaurateur Paul Fleming (who started P. F. Chang's China Bistro), Larry Foles, and Guy Villavaso, fraternity brothers at Louisiana State University, opened the first Z'Tejas in Austin, Texas, in 1989. Villavaso and Foles continue to own the company.

Fitness Formula thinks it has the formula for a healthy, long life. The company owns and operates seven upscale health and fitness clubs in the Chicago area. Most locations include fitness classes (yoga, Pilates, aerobics, spinning, water aerobics), specialized training for marathons and triathlons, rock climbing walls, and all the usual machines, weights, and toned bodies. The company also operates two private clubs mostly used as corporate health facilities which include sauna and spa facilities. Fitness Formula was founded in 1984 by president and CEO Gale Landers.

Benchmark Hospitality International is going to resort to -- but you can bet it has high standards. Benchmark Hospitality is a manager and marketer of resorts, conference centers, and hotels across the US; it also has one location in Tokyo. Its portfolio of more than 20 properties includes Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center (Arizona), Cheyenne Mountain Resort (Colorado Springs, Colorado), and Turtle Bay Resort (Oahu, Hawaii). Many of Benchmark Hospitality's resorts include luxury spas and golf courses.

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