Is Richard Branson ????????

still part of Virgin Holidays please.

I didn't think so, but his messages are still on all the brochures.

[Pete]

Technically yes, as Virgin Holidays is a subsidiary of Virgin Atlantic, and Branson is the major shareholder in Virgin Group, which holds 51% of Virgin Atlantic.

[mitchja]

I dont think he's really ever had much to do with the running of V Hols though. OK so V Hols was originally set up to just sell VS seats but they have since evolved into a more or less seperate holiday package company now.

After the first time I'd been on a V Hols package and the very same thing happened to me with the hotel having no record of us when we arrived, I wrote to SRB at Virgin head office and the response just came back from V Hols customer relations.

Regards

I know if anything goes pearshaped with the flight and you complain you always get a rather smug "actually Virgin Hols is a completely different company" so tuff type of reply, and its a stock answer the other way around too for instance if you don't get a kiddie pack and ask for one onboard.

They call themselves totally seperate Sister Companies...confusing.

You just never know who really is a Virgin these days[}:)]

Thanks for all your replies guys.

I love the way the OP drags you into the topic bny only giving you half of it.

[Decker]

I suspect you can do the cross link yourself to the other topics where she discusses problems with VH...

From a group/head office operational perspective, VAA certainly has a lot to do with VHols activities. They are included group decisions in terms of routes, finance etc.

Originally posted by mitchja
After the first time I'd been on a V Hols package and the very same thing happened to me with the hotel having no record of us when we arrived

Happened to us 5 years ago, didn't chase it up with VH because the hotel gave us a room after we showed them the paperwork from VH confirming our reservation.