Preferred Hotels & Resorts knows a thing or two about top of the line accommodations. The company offers hotel management services to more more than 180 independent luxury hotels and resorts worldwide. The exclusive group performs a rigorous quality assurance inspection (its "Standards of Excellence") before it allows a hotel to join. Properties include the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado; The Peabody Orlando (part of Peabody Management); and The Hard Rock Hotel, Chicago (owned by Hard Rock Cafe International). Preferred Hotels & Resorts is a part of the Preferred Hotel Group.

Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group oversees a collection of about 20 upscale restaurants created by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, including his flagship portfolio of Spago locations in Beverly Hills, California; Las Vegas; and Maui, Hawaii. Its other restaurants include Chinois, CUT, Postrio, Trattoria del Lupo, and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill. Chef Puck, who's food and dining empire is operated through Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, opened his first Spago restaurant in West Hollywood in 1982.

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.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates in cruise vacation industry in North America and internationally. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. owns five cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises, and CDF Croisieres de France. The Royal Caribbean International brand serves the contemporary segments providing a range of onboard services, amenities, and activities. Its offerings principally include swimming pools, sun and lawn decks, spa facilities, beauty salons, bungee jumping trampolines, boxing rings, gaming facilities, lounges, bars, dining venues, hot glass shows, retail shopping, libraries, recreational areas for youth of various ages, cinemas, conference centers, Internet cafes, shore excursions at each port of call, ice skating rinks, and water park.

The Biltmore Company doesn't need to build more. It oversees the Biltmore Estate, which includes the 250-room home (the largest privately owned in the US), as well as a hotel, a winery, restaurants and retail shops, and licensing rights for a line of home decor products. (Guests don't stay at the Biltmore House, but at the Inn on Biltmore Estate.) Some one million visitors tour the home and grounds each year. The house sits on 8,000 acres of land and encompasses four acres of floor space. It has 35 bedrooms, some 40 bathrooms, 65 fireplaces, and three kitchens. The Biltmore is family-owned by descendants of the Vanderbilts, and is one of the few National Historic Landmarks that is entirely privately funded.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club plays football (soccer) in the English Football League Championship (formerly known as Division 1). The club, known as QPR, was originally formed in 1882 by boys from the Droop Street Board School. The students attended St. Jude's Institute and were known in those very early days as St. Judes. In 1886 the team took the name of Queens Park Rangers after merging with a team called Christchurch Rangers. The team plays at the 19,148 capacity Loftus Road Stadium in London. In 2007 QPR was purchased by Formula One tycoons Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, who sold a 20% stake to the family of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal in December of the same year.

Shepherd's pie, traveling minstrels, and the joust ... ahhhh, life in 16th-century England (without, of course, the plague and other minor nuisances). Renaissance Entertainment operates three Renaissance Faires, which re-create 16th-century English villages, complete with craft shops, food and drink, and live entertainment. The events, which are held in California, New York, and Wisconsin, typically last between six and nine weekends a year and attract half a million visitors. Forest of Fear, a seasonal haunted forest in New York, is also part of the Renaissance Entertainment kingdom.

Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise company, does, however operate the Pearl River Resort. The property includes the Silver Star Hotel & Casino, the Golden Moon Hotel & Casino, and the Dancing Rabbit Golf Club. Both casinos offer a wide assortment of games and slots, including poker and roulette. In addition, the resort features about 15 restaurants and the Geyser Falls Water Theme Park. Choctaw Resort company is owned and run by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, a federally recognized American Indian tribe living within the State of Mississippi.

Chairman and CEO Michael Harrell founded the Houston-based Vista Host, Inc. in 1977. Vista Host company operates some 25 mid-priced hotel properties in about a dozen states (mostly Southern) under such banners as Comfort Suites, Homewood Suites, Hampton Inn, and Fairfield Inn & Suites. Vista opens limited-service hotels in highly trafficked tourist areas and consistently wins customer service awards. Vista Host company, which prides itself on using the latest technological innovations, offers free wireless Internet access in most of its properties.

The not-for-profit zoo occupies 55-acres in Hermann Park at the heart of Houston's cultural district. It is home to more than 4,500 animals from about 800 species and hosts about 1.5 million visitors per year. Facilities include the McGovern Children's Zoo, Kipp Aquarium, the tropical bird house, Texas Wetlands, and the Wildlife Carousel. The zoo participates in programs that oversee the breeding of more than 40 endangered animal species. Several of its facilities may be reserved for private functions and private tours are offered "behind the scenes." The Houston Zoo was founded in 1922 to house a bison donated by the US government.

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