Virgin Holidays News

U.S. Travel Association and Virgin Holidays launch IPW Virgin Competition at WTM
U.S. Travel Association and Virgin Holidays are today launching the IPW Virgin competition; the opportunity for one travel writer to win return flights to Orlando to explore all the diverse city has to offer and then join the 25 strong UK media delegation at IPW (30 May – 3 June 2015), the largest U.S. travel show of the year.

Virgin Holidays to create 100 jobs
Holiday company Virgin Holidays will create 100 new jobs at its Galleria headquarters in Crawley, West Sussex, to manage increasing demand and enquiries from the holiday-going public.

Virgin Holidays launches new Caribbean & Mexico 2014 brochure
Virgin Holidays, the UK market leader to the Caribbean, launches the new Caribbean & Mexico 2014 brochure on the 9th May. Whether it be family hotels with excellent children’s facilities, adult only properties or villas for a more independent holiday, the new brochure is a showcase of the wide range of Caribbean experiences that Virgin Holidays offers.

Virgin Holidays launches the new Florida 2014 brochure
Virgin Holidays, the UK’s favourite holiday company to Orlando, is launching its new Florida 2014 brochure on the 9th May. Full of early booking discounts, exciting new hotels as well as exclusive Virgin Holidays offers, the brochure gives customers complete flexibility and unbeatable choice on a wide range of hotels and seat availability for 2014.

Virgin Holidays chooses Branded3 for search engine optimisation role
Concluding their search for new digital marketing agency partnerships, Virgin Holidays has chosen agency Branded3 as their new search engine optimisation partner. Branded3 will begin work immediately on the account.

Virgin Holidays teams up with Amadeus
Amadeus and Virgin Holidays have signed a broad ranging technology partnership that will utilise the latest advances in fares and shopping technology. The new agreement will see Virgin Holidays migrate its online and call centre reservations to Amadeus, as well as the introduction of new fares and shopping solutions that are designed to boost sales conversions by offering the best fare ‘findability and bookability’ thereby improving the overall customer experience.

Virgin Holidays worldwide journeys launches 2013/14 brochure
The latest Worldwide Journeys brochure launches on 6th September, offering a collection of tours across a range of countries and destinations - from the Pyramids and Temples of Egypt to the Rocky Mountains of Vancouver. Within the new collection for 2013/14 there are a total of 51 small escorted and private tours, 27 new tours featuring five new destinations for the first time.

Virgin Holidays opens 100th store
New research, released to celebrate the 100th Virgin Holidays retail store opening in Sainsbury’s, Maidenhead, shows that despite the economic climate jet-setting Brits will still enjoy an average of two holidays every year and jet off on 114 exotic holidays between the ages of 18-75. The research comes just in time, as Virgin Holidays marks the opening of its latest store, bringing the network of outlets, which includes its flagship on High Street Kensington and concessions in Debenhams, House of Fraser, Tesco, Sainsbury’s nationwide up to the centurion mark.

Virgin Holidays rewards UK emergency services and MOD with double discount
To say a big thank-you to all the UK Emergency Services and Ministry of Defence employees who have helped to make this summer’s festivities run smoothly, Virgin Holidays is doubling the discount it normally provides them with.

Virgin Holidays to celebrate 100m with holiday packages matching winner’s race time
Virgin Holidays will be selling one-off packages to the home of the Men’s 100 metres winner immediately after the race finishes this Sunday evening, for the same price as the winning race time.

Virgin Holidays opens first standalone shop in Kensington
Virgin Holidays has opened its first standalone holiday shop on the prestigious High Street Kensington in London. The store joins the company’s network of 100 concession outlets in Debenhams, House of Fraser, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and ‘pop up’ shops already operating across the UK.

Virgin Holidays’ 12 for 2012
Virgin Holidays announce exciting 2012 line up.