Operations
The company offers holidays worldwide with destinations including the USA and Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, India, the Indian Ocean, the Far East, Australia and the South Pacific. In addition, the company has an established ski programme, “Virgin Snow”, a specialist cruise division, "Virgin Holidays Cruises" and "Worldwide Journeys" touring holidays
In September 2008 Virgin Holidays launched a partnership with Herbert Ypma's HIP Hotels to create Virgin Holidays + HIP Hotels, a bespoke tour operator providing holidays to luxury and boutique hotels around the world.
On 18 December 2008 Virgin Holidays acquired the assets and brand name of Travel City Direct from XL Leisure Group, which collapsed in September 2008. Travel City Direct has been relaunched offering holidays to Florida, Las Vegas and the Caribbean.
Nearly a year later, on 15 December 2009, Virgin Holidays announced that it had bought the small independent tour operator, Bales Worldwide.
Virgin Holidays has its own network of stores throughout the UK. The standalone “holiday emporium” on High Street Kensington 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. With more opening through 2012 by the end of 2012 it is estimated over 200 shops will be operating.
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