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Nature of Business
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Nature of Business  
Nature of Business

 

2.Nature of Business.

 

Trans World Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and Subsidiaries are engaged in the gaming and hotel business in the Czech Republic (“CZ”) and Germany (“DE”).

 

The Company owns and operates three casinos in the CZ, all under the registered brand, American Chance Casinos (“ACC”). The Ceska casino (“Ceska”), located in the town of Ceska Kubice, in the western part of the CZ, close to the German border, currently has 15 gaming tables and 100 slot machines.  The Route 55 casino (“Route 55”), located in Dolni Dvoriste, in the southern part of the CZ, close to the Austrian border, has 23 gaming tables and 124 slot machines. The Route 59 casino (“Route 59”), is located in Hate, near Znojmo, also in the southern part of the CZ, close to the Austrian border, and currently has 23 gaming tables and 118 slot machines.

 

In addition to the above gaming operations, TWC also owns and operates a 77-room, four-star deluxe hotel, the Hotel Savannah, which is physically connected to its Route 59 casino, and a full-service spa, the Spa at Savannah (the “Spa”), which is operated by an independent contractor and is attached to the hotel.  The hotel features eight banquet halls for meetings and special events as well as a full-service restaurant and bar.

 

On September 10, 2014, TWC, through its Czech subsidiary, Trans World Hotels & Entertainment a.s. (“TWH&E”), entered into a purchase agreement to acquire all of the partnership interests of a private family partnership that owned the Hotel Columbus, a four-star 117-room hotel (the “Hotel Columbus”) located in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt, Germany, for approximately $7.4 million, excluding transfer taxes and closing costs.  The Hotel Columbus features five meeting rooms, a restaurant and separate breakfast room, each with its own kitchen, two bars, a 32-space parking garage and 27 surface lot parking places, including a satellite parking area located across the street from the Hotel.  See also Note 5 “Acquisition” below for more details.

 

Effective January 1, 2014, in the final stage of an intercompany consolidation, Trans World Hotels k.s., which owns the Hotel Savannah & the Spa, was merged with and into TWH&E.