Virgin Group news

Virgin Active and Myrtha Wellness have joined forces to open a health club and wellness centre at Milan’s new Bocconi University. The entire campus was ... More

A battle to save Virgin Active is continuing, as the company works to secure a restructuring plan which would be approved by its creditors. Investors ... More

Virgin Active investors are understood to be preparing a £60m+ funding injection into the fitness operator, in a bid to secure its future. As reported ... More

Virgin Active has become the latest big-box operator to signal its intention to raise cash to buffer it from the impact of the pandemic. The ... More

Virgin Holidays, the travel arm of the Virgin Group, has opened a flagship travel agency with an in-house spa in the centre:mk in Milton Keynes, ... More

Virgin Group has confirmed plans to open a hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland – the group’s first in Europe. The 225-bedroom Virgin Hotel Edinburgh will be ... More

The Virgin Group has increased its involvement in the fitness and exercise sector with the launch of Virgin Sport, which aims to get more people ... More

Global fitness chain Virgin Active has been sold to South African investment firm Brait. Virgin Active has perennially been linked to potential IPOs – both ... More

The first Virgin-branded hotel has opened in Chicago’s Loop district in the 26-storey Old Dearborn Bank Building, originally designed by architecture firm Rapp and Rapp. ... More

Speculation is once again rife of a high-profile IPO for Virgin Active, although this time the business is said to be preparing to float in ... More

Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is planning to ‘shake up’ the cruise line sector with the high-profile launch of Virgin Cruises. The group is partnering with ... More

Virgin Active is lining up a potential £1bn-plus float or sale, with the company close to appointing advisers on the process, according to a report ... More

UK-based health club chains Virgin Active and David Lloyd Leisure are leading the charge of Europe’s fitness sector, with 2013 revenues that place them first ... More

Virgin Active is investing £100m in its UK sites over the next three years as part of a campaign to lure post-Christmas gym users to ... More

The WHOLE WORLD Water campaign is gathering pace, with more operators signing up to the initiative. The campaign is asking the hospitality industry to stop ... More

Virgin Hotels has announced the location of their new hotel set to be unveiled in New York. It can now be confirmed that the new ... More

Image: Lawless has been named president and CEO Dubai Holding has announced a new-look structure for the board of directors at Jumeirah Group - its ... More

Virgin Hotels is expected to open its first property by the end of 2013 in Chicago, US, after it completed the acquisition of the downtown ... More

Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, has warned that the world faces "the mother of all recessions" unless much more is done to encourage the ... More

Richard Branson's Virgin empire will soon boast a city centre hotel arm, alongside its luxury retreat, travel and technology businesses. The group announced that it ... More

Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first company to offer commercial space travel has moved forward after the VSS Enterprise completed its first manned free ... More

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group has announced the launch of Virgin Hotels, a new four-star lifestyle hotel brand. The company plans to develop and operate ... More

A number of private equity groups are considering making a bid for health and fitness operator Virgin Active. CVC Capital Partners and Blackstone, both of ... More

Construction work on the world's first purpose-built spaceport in New Mexico, US, which will be the base for Virgin Galactic commercial space flights, is expected ... More

Prospective bidders for the majority stake in National Lottery operator Camelot - said to be more than 20 - have been told that offers must ... More