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Topic: Gala Group


  
  Gala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gala Placidia, Roman noble, daughter of Emperor Teodosius I
GALA Choruses, an association of GLBT choral groups
Gala Dalí (1894-1982), the wife of Catalan painter Salvador Dalí
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gala   (155 words)

  
 Gala Group, Harrah’s team up for planned casino network (printable version)
Gala and Harrah’s said they are in the final stages of negotiation for an agreement that will be subject to the usual regulatory approvals and agreement from each company’s board of directors.
Gala Bingo has a 40 percent share of the British bingo market, while Gala Casinos has 1.2 million members who patronize 28 local Gala casinos, according to the company.
Gala, with 10,000 employees, was recently acquired by Cinven and Candover, British private equity investors, for $1.9 billion.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=45470   (397 words)

  
 Gala Placidia Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Gala Placidia Group Booking Reservation Meetings Meeting Planning ...
The Gala Placidia is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
Weddings at the Gala Placidia with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
A Gala Placidia wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
www.meetingforce.com /gala-placidia-hotel-23h146.html   (674 words)

  
 Boss Media signs contract with Gala Group Ltd. — one of UK’s largest Bingo & Casino operators
Gala currently operates 166 bingo clubs and 28 casinos in the UK, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar and has over five million members, plus one million who play online at www.jamba.co.uk.
“Gala is a leader in the bingo and leisure industry, and this contract is an important step for Boss into this market”, says Peter Bertilsson, CEO and president of Boss Media.
Gala is owned by Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity (CSFB), the company’s executive management and a number of other investors.
www.gamingfloor.com /pressrel2002/BossMedia_GalaGroup.html   (357 words)

  
 YooMedia
Gala intends to re-brand the channel and re-launch it by the end of the third quarter of 2006.
Gala Group Chief Executive Neil Goulden said: “We are delighted to be entering the dynamic world of interactive television and this project will form a key part of Gala's expanding multi-media strategy.
Through Coral Eurobet, Gala Group is now the UK 's third largest bookmaker with 1,267 licensed betting offices, the UK 's largest bingo operator with 167 clubs and a leading operator of casinos with 30 outlets.
www.yoomedia.com /rns/rns23dec.html   (934 words)

  
 Gala bingo - Bingo - Information about the Gala group and our mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gala Bingo and galabingo.co.uk are both part of the Gala Coral Group, Europe’s leading gaming operator, which employs over 17,000 employees.
Gala Bingo is the UK's Number 1 bingo operator with over 175 clubs and more than 5 million members.
Gala Bingo is an online gambling site part of the Gala Group of companies, this site offers online bingo, online casino games and much more.
galabingo.co.uk /bingogames.go?page=about_us1&lang=20&...&tab=bingo   (221 words)

  
 Casino Operations Forum - Gala Group in talks with Coral Eurobet
Gala Coral Eurobet is a mouthfull (www.galacoraleurobet.com) so one would presume the Coral and Eurobet names would be dropped.
The Times, Daily Telegraph and Independent are all reporting this morning that Gala and Coral Eurobet are close to agreeing a deal that values CE at "between £2.1 billion and £2.2 billion including debt".
Gala was formed in 1997 through a £236 million buyout of Bass’s bingo arm led by Mr Kelly.
www.gamingfloor.biz /forum/showthread.php?t=2083   (1469 words)

  
 Durham e-Prints - The nature and regional significance of structures in the Gala Group of the Southern Uplands terrane, ...
Holdsworth, RE and Tavarnelli, E and Clegg, P (2002) The nature and regional significance of structures in the Gala Group of the Southern Uplands terrane, Berwickshire coast, southeastern Scotland.
Structures deforming Llandovery turbidites of the Gala Group in the Southern Uplands terrane are spectacularly exposed in the Berwickshire coastal section, southeastern Scotland.
The regional structure suggests that a phase of top-to-the-NW backtbrusting and backfolding associated with the southern margin of the Gala Group outcrop marks the transition from orthogonal contraction to sinistral transpression in the Southern Upland thrust wedge during late Llandovery times.
eprints.dur.ac.uk /archive/00000115   (1292 words)

  
 SourceWire | Press Releases - Gala Group selects Getronics as lead supplier in integrated food and beverage solution
Gala Group, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, is headquartered in Nottingham.
Gala Group was formed after a management buy-in from Bass in 1997.
Candover and Cinven acquired the Group in January 2003 for £1.24 billion.
sourcewire.com /releases/rel_display.php?relid=QXmTL   (783 words)

  
 GALA - Group Against Advertising New Zealand
GALA has written to the Rugby Union more than once, asking them to recommend that clubs remove these obvious inducements to drink, from children's playing fields.
Members of the steering group are representatives of ALAC, the ministries of Health, Youth Development, Justice, and Culture and Heritage, the Advertising Standards Authority, the Broadcasting Standards Authority, plus two independent members (not yet appointed).
The steering group should be led by front-line hospital and police staff, and alcohol epidemiologists, as well as representatives of the relevant Government departments.
www.gala.org.nz /press_releases.htm   (3271 words)

  
 Considering a career with Gala?
Gala is already one of the UK's leading leisure companies.
Gala has 167 Bingo Clubs across the UK, giving us well over one third of the entire market.
Of course, Gala hasn't got to this size without plenty of bright minds and willing hands.
www.galacareers.co.uk   (281 words)

  
 Gala Group Day of Action - Postponed : from Veggies Animal Rights Calendar
We have decided that Gala Group need to be reminded that we are still around and that we will continue to campaign until they question their conscience.
We will continue to expose their hypocrisy to their customers, for raising money for horrific experiments on animals, for research into heart disease, when we know much of which is caused by smoking.
Yet Gala Group continue to expose their customers and staff to passive smoking in their Clubs.
www.veggies.org.uk /arc/event.php?ref=395   (187 words)

  
 Gala Group plans many new casinos
Terry Macalister in the Guardian newspaper writes that Gala Group of the UK and Harrah’s Entertainment from Las Vegas plan to invest Ł625 million ($1 billion) in the building of eight casinos in the UK, creating thousands of jobs.
John Kelly, chief executive of Gala, said: “The casinos we plan to develop with Harrah's will set a higher standard for gaming than anything we have seen in this country.
Even under these restrictions, Gala operates 28 casinos here, which have a combined membership of 1, 200,000 gamblers and employ over 10,000 people.
www.150-casino.com /gala_group_plans_many_new_casinos.html   (248 words)

  
 Boss Media Signs Contract with Gala Group
Boss Media will provide Gala with a high quality casino application that will enable Gala to increase its interactive gaming capabilities.
Gala currently operates 166 bingo clubs and 28 casinos in the U.K., the Isle of Man and Gibraltar and has over five million members, plus one million who play online at http://www.jamba.co.uk.
"Gala is a leader in the bingo and leisure industry, and this contract is an important step for Boss into this market," said Peter Bertilsson, CEO and president of Boss Media.
www.winneronline.com /articles/may2002/boss_gala.htm   (248 words)

  
 Hotel Gala Palma de Mallorca, Spain - Hotel Gala Group Booking Reservation Meetings Meeting Planning Weddings ...
The Hotel Gala is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
Weddings at the Hotel Gala with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
A Hotel Gala wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
www.meetingforce.com /hotel-gala-28h510.html   (668 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Blair Sinton
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Blair Sinton, Gala's finance chief, says completing the sale to Cinven and Candover would have been much trickier if it hadn't been for the mezzanine investors.
When the deal was put together in February the prospect of war in Iraq had closed the high-yield bond market for many companies.
www.zoominfo.com /Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=343116440   (263 words)

  
 BITC - Christophe Bew, Gala Group, is an award-winning team leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Christophe Bew, Gala Group, is an award-winning team leader
As one of the first trained team leaders two years ago at the outset of Nottinghamshire Cares, he has continued to actively promote volunteering amongst Gala employees in their local communities.
Created as team-building exercises, Christophe has supported many employee groups to achieve their challenges and is always willing to help with his knowledge of Cares.
www.bitc.org.uk /news/news_directory/christophewin.html   (376 words)

  
 The Gala Group wins IDM’s first diamond award
Released 10 May 2005: National Bingo brand Gala Group and its agencies Perspektiv Marketing and ISD Computer Services have become the first winners for the IDM’s new marketing award — the IDM Diamond Business Performance Award.
Announcing the winner at the IDM Business Performance Awards Gala Dinner this evening George Smith said “The judges were most impressed with this entry which was a powerful direct marketing initiative that cleverly integrated with the process and infrastructure of the organisation.
The winners were announced at the IDM BPA Awards Gala Dinner on the evening of Tuesday 10 May, 2005.
www.theidm.com /hn_Gala_Group_wins   (293 words)

  
 Galápagos Design Group
Galápagos Design Group is an innovative, independent digital type foundry, providing the highest quality type products and font customization services.
Just as the islands of our namesake represent a new view of an old world, so too does Galápagos, the company, represent a new approach to the traditional world of typography.
Explore our site to find out more about us, and about our skill in adapting our tools and knowledge to your type needs.
www.galapagosdesign.com   (112 words)

  
 Gala Article Archives by KeepMedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Leisure group Rank has removed the last major obstacle to its potential takeover with a long-awaited $750m deal to sell its Deluxe film processing division.
LIVERPOOL gaming group Sportech yesterday said it was still interested in taking on the National Lottery contract when it comes up for renewal in 2007.
BINGO and casino group Gala was yesterday said to be in talks to buy betting shop chain Coral Eurobet in a move that would create a business worth almost 4bn.
www.topix.net /who/gala/keepmedia   (504 words)

  
 Gala Group, Harrah's team up for planned casino network (printable version)
British gambling operator Gala Group and Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday they plan to open a network of at least eight casinos throughout Britain.
They proposed deal would also allow them to continue to expand in their respective core markets _ community-based casinos for Gala and large-scale destination casino resorts for Harrah's.
In morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Harrah's shares were up 44 cents at $41.83.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=45442   (412 words)

  
 Gala Group Limited information and related industry information from Hoover's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Until 2005 Gala Group was controlled by Cinven Group and Candover Investments, each of which sold part of Gala Group to private equity firm Permira.
That same year the three equal owners boosted their investments in Gala Group to help fund the takeover of Coral Eurobet, one of the UK’s top three betting-parlor operators.
There are 6 competitors for Gala Group; see more.
www.hoovers.com /gala-group/--ID__133924--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (335 words)

  
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The merger of the Gala Group and Coral Eurobet in October 2005 created Europe’s largest integrated betting and gaming group and one of the top 100 companies in Britain.
The new Gala Coral Group has over 17,000 employees and generates over £400 million of EBITDA from 1,500 trading outlets serving over two million active customers each year, which represents nearly 5% of the adult population of Britain.
Gala and Coral Eurobet to form Europe's largest integrated betting and gaming company.
www.galagroup.co.uk   (153 words)

  
 Online Gambling Blog » Gala Group plans to go Public   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
British casino and bingo operator Gala Group has met banks to get advice on a possible initial public offering, the latest in a stream of betting firms planning to go public, industry sources say.
The Financial Times reported on Friday that a flotation could give the company, owned by private equity groups Cinven and Candover, a value of up to 1.8 billion pounds.
Sources said this looked like an estimate of the enterprise value of the business, including net debt.
www.online-gambling-blog.com /?p=59   (175 words)

  
 Gala Group plans many new casinos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
WagerPaiGow.com : Gambling News : Gala Group plans many new casinos
Terry Macalister in the Guardian newspaper writes that Gala Group of the UK and Harrah’s Entertainment from Las Vegas plan to invest £625 million ($1 billion) in the building of eight casinos in the UK,...
Currently, gaming rules allow casinos to operate only as private, members-only clubs and they cannot offer live entertainment or serve alcohol at the gambling tables.Membership requires a 24-hour wait.
wagerpaigow.com /news/details/gala_group_plans_many_new_casinos.html   (120 words)

  
 £1.89 billion disposal: Candover Partners Ltd, Cinven Ltd, Gala Group Ltd, Permira Advisers Ltd, Lehman Brothers Ltd, ...
£1.89 billion disposal: Candover Partners Ltd, Cinven Ltd, Gala Group Ltd, Permira Advisers Ltd, Lehman Brothers Ltd, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Intermediate Capital Group plc, The management team at Gala Group Ltd
Candover Partners Ltd and Cinven Ltd have agreed the disposal of Gala Group Ltd to Permira Advisers Ltd for a total consideration of £1.89 billion.
Gala has also completed a refinancing of the company's debt which was arranged and underwritten by Lehman Brothers Ltd, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Intermediate Capital Group plc.
www.internationallawoffice.com /deals/detail.aspx?r=4541   (130 words)

  
 Gala Casino, online casino, arcade games, poker and sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gala offers Casino, Games, Slots, roulette, lotto and more
Gala Games offers numbers and scratch card games
Gala Casino online Casino is part of the Gala group of companies, this website offers a wide selection of online casino games, arcade style games, online poker and sports from Coral.co.uk.
www.galacasinos.co.uk   (57 words)

  
 Site Owned by Gala Group Ltd.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
International News Brief: The gaming group Gala is paying £14.5 million for the Leo Casino in Liverpool, taking its total number of British casinos to 31.
International News Brief: Casinos have missed out on a boom in online gaming over the past several years, but deals with sports-betting firms still offer a belated route into the new multi-billion-dollar industry.
International News Brief: UK casino firm Gala is buying up Coral Eurobet for £2.18 billion, in a move which will create Europe's biggest privately-owned gaming group.
online.casinocity.com /ownership/owner.cfm?Id=3371   (217 words)

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