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October 11, 2025 3 mins
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Virgin Group has had a week that would make even the most seasoned corporate reporters reach for their caffeine. Let’s start at the top headline Virgin celebrates standout success in the 2025 Condé Nast Traveler Readers Choice Awards Virgin Atlantic is now officially the number 6 airline in the world while Virgin Voyages rocked the cruise scene landing number 3 in the Large Ship category. Brilliant Lady launched to instant acclaim cruising everywhere from Alaska to Los Angeles and Virgin Hotels New York was crowned number 3 in NYC That’s not gloss that’s according to Virgin themselves and a very happy team posted all over social this week.

Business drama? Virgin Group scored a decisive legal win in a long running trademark battle with Alaska Airlines A London court ruled Alaska must pay Virgin around 8 million dollars a year in minimum royalties for the Virgin name going back years regardless of whether Alaska uses the branding This brings closure to one of travel’s messiest breakups as reported by AirlineGeeks.com and Simple Flying.

If you thought it stopped there for Virgin’s current events think again Virgin Voyages has launched a buzzy October Extra Savings promo offering up to 200 dollars off select Caribbean sailings and they didn’t stop at discounts In partnership with Google Cloud they announced a major tech shift introducing over fifty AI agents company wide powered by Gemini Enterprise. Google Cloud Press Corner says this will boost everything from guest service to operations, aiming to make every cruise smarter.

Meanwhile on the social and public appearance front Sir Richard Branson has been all about dreams and neurodiversity This week he and Simon Squibb took the Doorbell of Dreams to Birmingham shaking up the Festival of Entrepreneurs and lighting up UK business news as seen in BirminghamWorld. Branson’s Instagram and Made by Dyslexia channels were also buzzing about Dyslexia Awareness Month, shining a spotlight on how the world misjudges dyslexic thinking.

On the wellness beat, Virgin Active made noise with a bold campaign for World Mental Health Day, challenging toxic fitness culture and landing coverage in London’s ad press. Not everything was feel-good though—Virgin Media cautioned users about a surge in phishing emails, addressing cybersecurity head-on—a reminder their reach goes well beyond travel.

Virgin Atlantic also made industry news for expanding its partnership with SAS, unlocking more long-haul destinations for Scandinavian travelers and strengthening ties within the SkyTeam alliance, as published by SAS Group. Internally, they continued to champion gender equity and DEI initiatives, from leadership programs to dementia-friendly inflight entertainment and purpose-driven projects highlighted on their official blog.

Nothing about this week at Virgin Group was quiet or routine—major awards, a hefty legal win, social activism, AI transformation, and relentless press from TikTok to traditional media prove that with Virgin, the headline is always just the beginning.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Virgin Group has had a week that would make even
the most seasoned corporate reporters reach for their caffeine. Let's
start at the top headline. Virgin celebrates standout success in
the twenty twenty five Conde Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Awards.
Virgin Atlantic is now officially the number six airline in
the world, while Virgin Voyages rocked the crew scene, landing

(00:20):
number three in the large ship category. Brilliant Lady launched
to instant acclaim cruising everywhere from Alaska to Los Angeles,
and Virgin Hotels New York was crowned number three in
NYC that I feel good and not feel good, but
some relax of feed can be done for me. Week

(00:41):
business trauma, Virgin Group scored a decisive legal win in
a long running trademark battle with Alaska Airlines. A London
court ruled Alaska must pay Virgin around eight million dollars
a year in minimum royalties for the Virgin name going
back years, regardless of whether Alaska uses the branding. This

(01:06):
brings closure to one of travel's messiest breakups, as reported
by Airline geeks dot Com and Simple Flying. If you
thought it stopped there for Virgin's current events think Again.
Virgin Voyages has launched a buzzy October extra savings promo
offering up to two hundred dollars off select Caribbean sailings,

(01:28):
and they didn't stop at discounts. In partnership with Backpack
Google Cloud, they announced a major tech shift introducing over
fifty AI agents company wide powered by Gemini Enterprise. Google Cloud.
Press Corner says this will boost everything from guest service
to operations, aiming to make every crew smarter. Meanwhile, on

(01:51):
the social and public appearance front, Sir Richard Branson has
been all about dreams and neurodiversity. This week, he and
Simon Squibb took the Doorbell of Dreams to Birmingham, shaking
up the Festival of Entrepreneurs and lighting up UK business
news as seen in Burningham World. Branson's Instagram and Made

(02:11):
by Dyslexia channels were also buzzing about Dyslexia Awareness Month,
shining a spotlight on how the world misjudges dyslexic thinking.
On the wellness beat, Virgin Active made noise with a
bold campaign for World Mental Health Day, challenging toxic fitness
culture and landing coverage in London's ad press. Not everything

(02:32):
was feel good, though. Virgin Media cautioned users about a
surge in phishing emails, addressing cybersecurity head on a reminder
their reach goes well beyond travel. Virgin Atlantic also made
industry news for expanding its partnership with SAS, unlocking more
long haul destinations for Scandinavian travelers and strengthening ties within

(02:53):
the Sky Team Alliance, as published by SAS Group. Internally,
they continued to champion gender equity and DEI initiatives, from
leadership programs to dementia friendly inflight entertainment and purpose driven projects,
highlighted on their official blog. Nothing about this week at
Virgin Group was quiet or routine. Major awards, a hefty

(03:16):
legal win, social activism, AI transformation, and relentless press from
tik tok to traditional media prove that with Virgin the
headline is always just the beginning, and that is it
for today. Make sure you hit the subscribe button and
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