Virgin Voyages has confirmed the name of its second vessel, a sister-ship to Scarlet Lady, will be Valiant Lady. And she’ll be heading to the Mediterranean for her inaugural summer season, before repositioning to Miami for the Northern Winter period, where she’ll join Scarlet Lady cruising to the Caribbean.

Strong relationships with the trade are viewed as the backbone for success of start-up cruise line, Virgin Voyages, says its Chief Commercial Officer Nirmal Saverimuttu.

Virgin Voyages has officially opened for business with travel partners in Australia, confirming last night [Tuesday 12 November, 2019] that transactions for the new luxury cruise line are available in Australian dollars. The move was exclusively revealed by LATTE two months ago.

Virgin Voyages has revealed a luxurious champagne lounge and caviar bar will debut on its first ship, Scarlet Lady, set to commence operation in April 2020. Aptly named Sip, the decadent lounge has been designed to be enjoyed with a chilled glass of bubbles.

Next month she starts her sea trials, and in less than 200 days Virgin Voyages’ first of four ocean cruise ships, Scarlet Lady, will enter service under the startup cruise line’s “epic sea change”.

The President of Virgin Voyages has slammed the President of the United States, questioning the rationale behind the Trump Administration’s travel ban on Cuba.

Virgin Voyages has previewed some of the designer threads its crew will don when the company begins operation next year. Virgin Voyages enlisted British fashion designer Gareth Pugh to develop the uniform, which Virgin Founder Sir Richard Branson says are “nothing like what you would expect a crew uniform to look like, and all the better for it!”

Virgin Voyages has honed in on the “rebellious-luxe” cruise market, an audience President and CEO Tom McAlpin says are looking for an “alternative” and “new way” to cruise.

Australian cruisers will be waiting until 2023 before they’ll get a taste of Virgin Voyages’ adults-only cruise concept in local waters, the CEO of the start-up company has forecast.

Virgin Voyages’ President and CEO Tom McAlpin announced today that the start-up cruise line is partnering with Travel the World (TTW) as its general sales agent (GSA). The strategy, revealed at Cruise360 Australasia, marks Virgin Voyages’ first step to begin working with travel advisors in Australia.

Virgin Voyages has tasked Geri Horner (nee Halliwell) with testing driving one of the Mega Rockstar suites aboard Scarlet Lady ahead of the products launch in early 2020.

This week, Virgin Voyages enlisted Spice Girl Geri (nee Halliwell) Horner to announce that the start-up cruise line would make a pit-stop in the United Kingdom in late February 2020, prior to the ships positioning to Miami.