Nath Companies owns and operates a chain of about a dozen casual-dining restaurants in the Twin Cities area under the names Axel's and Axel's Bonfire. Its Axel's locations feature mostly steaks, seafood, and pasta, while Axel's Bonfire serves Southwestern-styled cuisine. The company also owns a small portfolio of family-dining restaurants franchised from Denny's, as well as three hotels in Minnesota and Tennessee. Other operations include property management, accounting and financial services, and payroll outsourcing. CEO Mahendra Nath and his wife, Asha, started the company in 1980 as a real estate firm.

Vail Resorts, Inc. was founded in 1997. Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates mountain resorts in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Mountain, Lodging, and Real Estate. The Mountain segment operates five ski resort properties, including Vail Mountain, Breckenridge Mountain, Keystone Resort, and Beaver Creek Resort located in the Colorado Rocky Mountains; and Heavenly Mountain Resort located in the Lake Tahoe area of California/Nevada, as well as ancillary businesses, including ski school, dining, and retail/rental operations. These resorts offer various recreational activities, including skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, sight-seeing, mountain biking, guided hiking, children's activities, and other recreational activities; ski and snowboard lessons, retail merchandise and equipment rentals, dining venues, and private club operations; real estate brokerage services; and leasing of restaurant, retail, and other commercial space. The Lodging segment owns and/or manages a collection of luxury hotels under its RockResorts brand; three destination resorts at Grand Teton National Park and golf courses; and various lodging properties and condominiums. The Real Estate segment owns and develops real estate properties.

Green Pastures is the place to be during Sunday brunch. Green Pastures 1888, Inc. offers fine dining at its restaurant in Austin, Texas, as well as event catering on-site or at the location of your choice. Established in 1945, the restaurant's lunch menu provides customers with many French- and regionally-inspired choices such as sauteed raspberry shrimp salad and seafood crepes; its dinner menu includes chilled tenderloin, crisp exotic mushrooms, and seared duck breast; its brunch buffet is an Austin favorite. The restaurant is a restored Victorian home surrounded by seven acres of lawn dotted with live oaks and peacocks. On the first floor in our Victorian house are the Music Room, Burgundy Room and the Family Dining Room; each seats up to 28 people. Upstairs, the Texas Wine Room can seat up to 56 people. The 1888 Bar is perfect for a small group or pre-event gathering. Overlooking the South Lawn, Sun Porch seats 42 people comfortably. Do not forget the Cotillion room, which is our large ballroom! It's great for weddings, luncheons, and meetings.

These restaurants have some industrial strength menus for foodies. The Cheesecake Factory owns and operates about 150 casual-dining restaurants in 35 states that offer some 200 menu items ranging from sandwiches and salads to steaks and seafood. The highlight of the menu, of course, is cheesecake, which comes in about 40 varieties, including Chocolate Tuxedo Cream and Kahlua Cocoa Coffee. Each restaurant has a unique design, but all of them feature over-the-top opulence and Las Vegas-style glitz. In addition to its flagship concept, the company has more than a dozen upscale Grand Lux Cafes that offer a similar menu. The Cheesecake Factory also sells desserts to grocery stores and foodservice operators.

My Gym Enterprises wants to be your gym or, at least, your kid's gym. The company owns and franchises more than 200 My Gym Children's Fitness Centers in the US and 24 other countries. The company's facilities offer physical fitness and educational activities to children from three months of age to nine years old. Programs include age appropriate infant to three-year old classes where parent's play too and a series of increasingly complex gymnastics and general sport skills classes for older children. My Gym emphasizes positive reinforcement and a non-competitive environment. The company was founded in 1983 by William Caplan and husband and wife Yakov and Susi Sherman.

Station Casinos owns and operates nearly 20 casinos and hotel casinos that cater primarily to local Las Vegas area residents. Included in its holdings are 50% interests in five properties: Green Valley Ranch, Barley's, The Greens, Wildfire Lanes, and Aliante Station. Station Casinos also manages the Thunder Valley Casino in Sacramento, California for the United Auburn Indian Community. Investment firm Colony Capital, along with Frank Fertitta III (chairman and CEO) and his brother Lorenzo (vice chairman), own the company. Struggling with a heavy debt load, in 2009 Station Casinos filed for Chapter 11.

CEO Walter Isenberg and his business partner Zack Neumeyer started Sage Hospitality Resources in 1984. Sage Hospitality Resources is wise to the ways of luxurious lodgings. Sage Hospitality Resources company is a leading hotel developer and operator with about 50 properties in more than 20 states. Its portfolio includes full- and limited-service hotels operating under such banners as Marriott, Starwood, and Hilton; it also has independent properties such as The Nines in Portland, Oregon, and The Oxford Hotel in Denver. In addition to its hotels business, the company operates the Sage Restaurant Group, which develops restaurants and lounges adjacent to its hotels in major urban locations.

The operation boasts a 32-story hotel with some 1,700 rooms, a spa and salon, 12 restaurants, 12 boutiques and shops, and a theatre for live entertainment. The nearby 18-hole golf course, the Fallen Oak, was built exclusively for Beau Rivage guests. Oh, and don't forget the 85,000-square-foot casino, with its 93 table games, 2,100 slot machines, 230 video-poker games, and a high-roller salon with 10 blackjack tables. Beau Rivage Resorts is a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International.

Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest and most successful lodging companies in the world. Choice currently franchises more than 6,000 hotels, representing more than 485,000 rooms, in the United States and more than 35 countries and territories. Ranging from limited service to full service hotels in the economy, mid-scale and upscale segments, Choice-branded properties provide business and leisure travelers with a range of high-quality, high-value lodging options throughout the United States and internationally.

This Planet serves a little glitz and glamour with its burgers and fries. Planet Hollywood International operates and franchises a chain of about 15 showbiz-themed restaurants offering casual-dining fare (burgers, steaks, seafood) along with a collection of movie memorabilia and celebrity merchandise. The eateries are found mostly in tourist hotspots such as Las Vegas, London, and New York City's Times Square. The Planet Hollywood name also graces a Las Vegas resort casino (operated by Harrah's Entertainment) and the company owns the Buca di Beppo chain through subsidiary BUCA. Chairman Robert Earl, who founded Planet Hollywood in 1991, controls the company in partnership with Bay Harbour Management.

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