Carlson Companies began in 1938 as the Gold Bond Stamp Company, but has evolved into a leisure services juggernaut. The company owns 55% of travel giant Carlson Wagonlit. Its Carlson Hotels Worldwide owns and operates more than 1,000 hotels in some 70 countries under brands such as Radisson, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson, and Park Plaza; its Carlson Restaurants Worldwide includes the T.G.I. Friday's and Pick Up Stix chains. The company is selling Carlson Marketing, which offers relationship marketing services such as sales promotion and customer loyalty programs. Chairman Marilyn Carlson Nelson and director Barbara Carlson Gage, daughters of founder Curtis Carlson, each own half of the company.

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• Hotel and Motel - Lodging

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• Leisure(primary)
  • Lodging
  • Restaurants & Cafes

• Business Services
  • Advertising & Marketing

• Consumer Services

Subsidiaries/affiliates of Carlson Companies, Inc.

• Carlson Hotels Worldwide
  • Country Inns & Suites By Carlson
  • Radisson Hotels & Resorts
• Carlson Marketing Worldwide, Inc.
  • Peppers & Rogers Group
• Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, Inc.

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