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39 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1985</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Crawley" title="Crawley">Crawley</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Shai Weiss (<a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive Officer">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Package_holiday" class="mw-redirect" title="Package holiday">Package holidays</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic" title="Virgin Atlantic">Virgin Atlantic</a> (51%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virginholidays.co.uk">www<wbr />.virginholidays<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Virgin Holidays Limited</b>, trading as <b>Virgin Atlantic Holidays</b>, is a company within the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Group" title="Virgin Group">Virgin Group</a> that offers holidays worldwide with destinations including the US and Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean and the Far East. In addition, the company has an established ski program and a specialist cruise division called "Virgin Holidays Cruises". The company was formed in 1985, a year after the successful launch of <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic" title="Virgin Atlantic">Virgin Atlantic</a> in June 1984. Initially selling seats on Virgin Atlantic routes to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a> the company has grown to become one of the largest and most successful long-haul scheduled tour operators in the UK. </p><p>Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, it was announced on 5 May 2020 that Virgin Holidays would be rebranded as Virgin Atlantic Holidays. The full rebrand took place in 2022. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Atlantic_Holidays&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Virgin Holidays' headquarters are in Crawley, England. Seven other offices are located in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2008 Virgin Holidays launched a partnership with Herbert Ypma's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hiphotels.com/">HIP Hotels</a> to create Virgin Holidays + HIP Hotels, a bespoke tour operator providing holidays to luxury and boutique hotels around the world. This partnership has now ended and HIP Hotels has since been acquired by a private equity firm.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 December 2008 Virgin Holidays acquired the assets and brand name of <a href="/wiki/Travel_City_Direct" title="Travel City Direct">Travel City Direct</a> from <a href="/wiki/XL_Leisure_Group" title="XL Leisure Group">XL Leisure Group</a>, which collapsed in September 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Travel City Direct has now been merged into the Virgin Holidays brand. </p><p>Nearly a year later, on 15 December 2009, Virgin Holidays announced that it had bought the small independent tour operator, Bales Worldwide. </p><p>Virgin Holidays has a network of retail concessions throughout the UK in <a href="/wiki/Next_plc" title="Next plc">Next</a>. These are supplemented by several standalone shops. </p><p>In 2015 Virgin Holidays left their long standing home at The Galleria and moved to Aeronautics House close to Virgin Atlantic. Initially announced as a temporary move whilst the Galleria was refurbished it was later announced that Virgin Holidays would move into a newly built building, the Leonardo Building, with Virgin Atlantic. </p><p>In November 2019, Virgin Holidays established Orville Richard Burrell (<a href="/wiki/Shaggy_(musician)" title="Shaggy (musician)">Shaggy</a>) as their Chief Caribbean Officer.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virgin_Holidays_Cruises">Virgin Holidays Cruises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Atlantic_Holidays&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Virgin Holidays Cruises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1242257876"><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Virgin Holidays Cruises Limited</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Limited_company" title="Limited company">Limited</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Package Cruise Holidays</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Wootton_Bassett" title="Royal Wootton Bassett">Royal Wootton Bassett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swindon,_Wiltshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Swindon, Wiltshire">Swindon, Wiltshire</a> (July 9, 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-07-09</span>)</span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Crawley" title="Crawley">Crawley</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Group" title="Virgin Group">Virgin Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">80</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virginholidayscruises.co.uk/">www<wbr />.virginholidayscruises<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the cruise division of <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Holidays" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Holidays">Virgin Holidays</a>. For the <a href="/wiki/Cruise_line" title="Cruise line">cruise line</a>, see <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Cruises" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Cruises">Virgin Cruises</a>.</div> <p><b>Virgin Holidays Cruises</b> is a company owned by <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Group" title="Virgin Group">Virgin Group</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is part of Virgin Holidays, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Crawley" title="Crawley">Crawley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company specialises in package deals with cruises provided by other cruise lines. </p><p>The company was established in 2000 as <b>Fast Track Holidays</b> and was acquired by Virgin Holidays for an undisclosed sum in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the Virgin takeover the company had 80 employees. The company name was officially changed to Virgin Holidays Cruises Limited on 15 June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environmental_research">Environmental research</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Atlantic_Holidays&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Environmental research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 September 2006, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a> announced that all profits the Virgin Group receives from Virgin Holidays would be ploughed into research and investment to develop <a href="/wiki/Sustainable" class="mw-redirect" title="Sustainable">sustainable</a> sources of <a href="/wiki/Energy" title="Energy">energy</a>. He also committed the profits from Virgin Atlantic and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group" title="Virgin Rail Group">Virgin Rail Group</a>, which was estimated to be $3bn over the next 10 years. At the time he said, "Our generation has inherited an incredibly beautiful world from our parents and they from their parents, it is in our hands whether our children and their children inherit the same world."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Atlantic_Holidays&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://craft.co/virgin-holidays/locations">"Virgin Holidays headquarters and office locations"</a>. <i>Craft.co</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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