Sir Richard Branson

Mahali Mzuri, Sir Richard Branson’s luxurious tented safari camp in Kenya’s iconic Maasai Mara, has officially reopened its doors following a complete interior redesign – its first full refurbishment since it was launched in 2013.

Virgin Hotels Collection has officially opened its first address in London – the birthplace of the Virgin Group.

Space Perspective, the world’s first stratospheric balloon flight experience company, has revealed that Sir Richard Branson will serve as co-pilot on its first crewed flight, bringing his unparalleled ballooning experience that led to record-breaking Atlantic and Pacific Ocean crossings to the organisation.

Virgin Limited Edition is expanding the footprint of Son Bunyola Estate, unveiling plans to develop a new small luxury 28-room hotel on-site.

Virgin Galactic has confirmed yet another delay for its first commercial space flight, pushed back at least three months until Q1 2023.

Sir Richard Branson’s Virtuoso Preferred cruise line, Virgin Voyages, this week embarked on its “first official” sailing from PortMiami, bound for the Caribbean.

Virgin Galactic has been cleared to fly FAA-licenced spaceflights following the conclusion of an inquiry that focused on air traffic control clearance and real-time mission notification related to the Unity 22 flight in July.

Virgin Galactic completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico on Saturday [22 May 2021].

Virgin Voyages has revealed the name of its third ocean ship as Resilient Lady. A sister-ship to Scarlet Lady and Valiant Lady, the third iteration will be based from Pireaus, Athens and offer new cruises to the Greek Islands, such as Santorini, Rhodes, Crete, Kefalonia, Corfu and Mykonos.

Virgin Galactic, in collaboration with Under Armour, has unveiled the spacesuits its pilots will wear when they fly private astronauts into space.

Virgin Limited Edition’s luxury hotels and retreats will begin to reopen on 4 July following a temporary closure as a result of COVID-19.

More than 400 wannabe astronauts from 44 countries have forked out deposits to be in the next tranche of space travellers with Virgin Galactic. The aerospace company said it was encouraged by the response to the ‘One Small Step’ initiative which aimed to get more bodies in space for a nominal US$1,000 refundable deposit.