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Jul 2019
Virgin Hotels is a lifestyle hospitality brand that combines heartfelt service, straightforward value and a seamless, personalized hotel experience with the track record of innovation and smart disruption that Sir Richard Branson's global Virgin Group has pioneered for over 50 years. Each property intermixes a passion for food and beverage with music and culture, fusing with the local landscape and providing a vibrant and inclusive environment for travelers and locals alike. Virgin Hotels Chicago, - named the "#1 Hotel in United States" in 2016 and "#1 Hotel in Chicago" in 2016, 2017 and 2020 by the Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards - Virgin Hotels Dallas - named the “#16 Hotel in Texas” - and Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Virgin Hotels Nashville and Virgin Hotels New Orleans, Virgin Hotels New York City, and Virgin Hotels Edinburgh are now open. Locations in Miami, Glasgow, and Denver to follow. Virgin Hotels continues to explore hotel and office conversions as well as ground-up development in cities such as Boston, Los Angeles, Austin, Seattle, and London.
Board Member
Apr 2019
Heartfelt delights meet seductive style at the charismatic Virgin Hotels where Everyone Leaves Feeling Better. Step inside our hotels and find your new favorite space—where the doors are never closed and the minds are always open. These captivating lifestyle hotels are all you’ll ever need with the best restaurants, bars and lounges so work and play are all at your fingertips.
Board Member
May 2018
Virgin Limited Edition is Sir Richard Bransons collection of stunning retreats.
So what’s Virgin Limited Edition all about? When you refer to something that’s a ‘limited edition’, it normally implies a kind of extraordinary, rare quality, usually offering something better, exclusive or more desirable… well, that’s exactly what we do.
We have a private island, mountain retreat, game reserve, lodge, tented camp, vineyard and luxury villas. Eclectic, yes, but all are unique and operate with the sole aim of creating amazing experiences.
Each property in our collection has its own personality, and like any company we won’t compromise on quality, but if during your stay you don’t see something that makes you smile we haven’t done our job properly!
We aim to create retreats that differ from our competitors in their service, style and proposition – barefoot luxury is the name of the game!
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2022
Board Member
Apr 2022
Virgin Active is a globally recognised exercise brand with over 230 clubs in 8 countries and more than 1.2 million members.
As part of the Virgin Group founded by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Active disrupted the UK fitness industry in 1999 by creating large health clubs offering an unprecedented number of world-class health and fitness products and services all under one roof. We now operate 38 clubs in the UK with an unparalleled collection of iconic locations in London and around the UK.
A global industry leader for two decades, Virgin Active UK continues to innovate by developing a more personalised gym, multi-boutique experience and purpose to inspire people to live an active life.
We’re always on the hunt for unique individuals with bucket loads of talent. If you’ve got what it takes or want to share an idea you think could be great, we’re all ears.
2019
Board Member
Jul 2019
Virgin Hotels is a lifestyle hospitality brand that combines heartfelt service, straightforward value and a seamless, personalized hotel experience with the track record of innovation and smart disruption that Sir Richard Branson's global Virgin Group has pioneered for over 50 years. Each property intermixes a passion for food and beverage with music and culture, fusing with the local landscape and providing a vibrant and inclusive environment for travelers and locals alike. Virgin Hotels Chicago, - named the "#1 Hotel in United States" in 2016 and "#1 Hotel in Chicago" in 2016, 2017 and 2020 by the Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards - Virgin Hotels Dallas - named the “#16 Hotel in Texas” - and Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Virgin Hotels Nashville and Virgin Hotels New Orleans, Virgin Hotels New York City, and Virgin Hotels Edinburgh are now open. Locations in Miami, Glasgow, and Denver to follow. Virgin Hotels continues to explore hotel and office conversions as well as ground-up development in cities such as Boston, Los Angeles, Austin, Seattle, and London.
Board Member
Apr 2019
Heartfelt delights meet seductive style at the charismatic Virgin Hotels where Everyone Leaves Feeling Better. Step inside our hotels and find your new favorite space—where the doors are never closed and the minds are always open. These captivating lifestyle hotels are all you’ll ever need with the best restaurants, bars and lounges so work and play are all at your fingertips.
2018
Board Member
May 2018
Virgin Limited Edition is Sir Richard Bransons collection of stunning retreats.
So what’s Virgin Limited Edition all about? When you refer to something that’s a ‘limited edition’, it normally implies a kind of extraordinary, rare quality, usually offering something better, exclusive or more desirable… well, that’s exactly what we do.
We have a private island, mountain retreat, game reserve, lodge, tented camp, vineyard and luxury villas. Eclectic, yes, but all are unique and operate with the sole aim of creating amazing experiences.
Each property in our collection has its own personality, and like any company we won’t compromise on quality, but if during your stay you don’t see something that makes you smile we haven’t done our job properly!
We aim to create retreats that differ from our competitors in their service, style and proposition – barefoot luxury is the name of the game!
2015
Managing Director
Sep 2015
At Virgin, we’re all about creating unique customer experiences, challenging the status quo and championing people and the planet. For five decades, in five business sectors and on five continents, our purpose is to change business for good.
The home of Virgin is Virgin Management – supporting the Branson family and the growth of the Virgin brand by developing and nurturing valuable Virgin businesses around the world. Virgin Management works alongside all the different Virgin companies and their teams around the world. We have interests spanning travel & leisure, health & wellness, music & entertainment, telecoms & media, financial services and space. Each of those individual Virgin businesses has its own ways of working, but we are all united by a shared culture and purpose.
Virgin Management also works alongside Virgin Unite, the non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group, and is home to Virgin Start Up, a not-for-profit organisation that delivers Start Up Loans, mentoring and other support to entrepreneurs in the UK.
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