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    Virgin Case

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    http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/allaboutus/ourstory/history.jsp why virgin atlantic start http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/bransons-flights-of-fancy-the-highs-and-lows-of-virgin-atlantic-1697795.html Try to remember what travel was like 25 years ago; it was the reason I went into the airline business. You would sit on a British Airways plane – or a TWA or a Pan Am plane – and you would get dreadful food‚ you would have to deal with staff who never smiled‚ you

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    Virgin Airline

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    Virgin Atlantic Environment Policy A message from Virgin Atlantic’s CEO‚ Steve Ridgway: Virgin Atlantic is embedding sustainability at the core of our business. We recognise the growing impact air travel has on the environment‚ and are seeking to address this as best as we can. There are many projects in place across the business to make this a reality‚ both in the air and on the ground. Our recent commitment to invest up to $8bn in the most efficient aircraft available for our routes‚ is a

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    Virgin Atlantic

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    Introduction The company I’m going to investigate is Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic is a British airline‚ which was founded almost 25 years ago; it is a leading player of Sir Richard Branson ’s Virgin Group‚ who own 51% of it and Singapore Airlines owns 49%. Its headquarters are located in Crawley‚ West Sussex‚ England‚ near London Gatwick Airport‚ they also have Technical Engineering Centers and other buildings and offices for cargo and Logistics in Manchester and Norfolk. It operates between

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    camcorder cults

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    Real Lives: Camcorder Cults By Jon Dovey Suddenly camcorder footage is everywhere. After 20 years as the poor cousin of moving-image culture‚ video is being embraced in an embarrassingly hurried courtship by TV executives world-wide. Major programmes‚ like You’ve Been Framed‚ Video Diaries‚ Undercover Britain‚ Emergency 999‚ Private Investigations‚ Horizon‚ Video Nation‚ Living With the Enemy‚ Caught on Camera‚ have all been based on the use of low-gauge camcorders or even smaller fibre-optic-based

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    Virgin America

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    VIRGIN AMERICA LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES Virgin Group is the corporate umbrella for a large network of almost 300 different companies offering varieties of services including but not limited to telecommunications (virgin mobile)‚ cable TV (virgin media)‚ financial services (virgin money)‚ fitness (virgin active)‚ and soft drinks (virgin drinks). The most famous of them all is the Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Group is owned by European business tycoon‚ Richard Branson. Virgin America debuted in

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    Virgin Galactic

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    ticket (Anderson‚ 2009). When Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the moon launched on July 16‚ 1969. The whole worlds are stunned. That fact makes a 19-year-old Richard Branson decided that he will one day experience the wonder of space ("Virgin galactic overview‚" 2009). For several years‚ interest in the potential of space tourism has been steadily increasing among engineers‚ scientist‚ entrepreneurs‚ and general public. The attractiveness and exclusivity of traveling into space that drives

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    The Virgin Group

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    Sam Yates-Smith Student ID: 000292201 CASE STUDY 6 THE VIRGIN GROUP 1. The corporate rationale of the Virgin group is to re-ignite static industries‚ with fresh ideas and developments‚ thus offering the consumer differentiation. Diversification is an extremely important attribute of Virgins rationale. Their SBU’s improve Virgin’s scope and therefore its existing markets and products. Virgin uses the ideology of ‘the corporate parent’ to add structure and guidance to its various business units

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    Virgin Atlantic

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    Virgin Atlantic Airways came from an idea taken to Richard Branson by Randolph Fields in the early 1980’s. Original called British Atlantic Airways‚ VAA first flew from Gatwick to Newark with their single 747 on 22nd June 1984. Branson took the torch from Sir Freddie Laker’s Skytrain operation - which had been the pioneer of discounted transatlantic air travel‚ but suffered at the hands of BA’s price war to eliminate the competition. Virgin too didn’t have an easy ride with BA‚ and won substaintial

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    The Virgin Group.Doc

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    THE VIRGIN GROUP CASE STUDY QUESTION 1: What examples does the case give of links between Branson’s strategy for Virgin and the environment in which it operates? The Virgin Group Ltd is a group of separately run British companies with the Virgin brand under the leadership of English celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel‚ entertainment and lifestyle‚ among others. Richard Branson’s strategy comes from his deepest inner beliefs;

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    Virgin Atlantic

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    Introduction Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) was set up in 1984 to provide a competitive alternative for business and leisure passengers on long-haul routes between the UK and major destinations. It was founded by Virgin group management and in few decades time it became prominent figure in UK airline business. It has grown steadily over past 25 years and now serves 30 destinations in US‚ Africa‚ Asia from Heathrow‚ Gatwick‚ Manchester and Glasgow (Palmer‚ 2012). Currently Virgin Atlantic is managed

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