Virgin Atlantic Flirts With Jobs Cull

FULL ARTICLE AT Gerson Lehrman Group
2009-07-02 21:24:39
Just weeks after announcing profits, Virgin Atlantic staff finds themselves staring down the shotgun barrel with capacity cuts that mean almost 10% of its workforce could soon be out of a job. So much for profitability!
So what’s gone wrong in just a…

Virgin America may add another U.S. investor

FULL ARTICLE AT San Francisco Business Times
2009-06-24 18:46:44
Virgin America Inc., the Burlingame-based airline being probed by federal regulators over its ownership, expects to add at least one more U.S.-based investor this year.
The airline’s CEO, David Cush, told Bloomberg news service that “Certainly one or…

Virgin America & Google host scavenger hunt at 30,000 feet

FULL ARTICLE AT Gadling
2009-06-23 20:56:33
Some people are scared of flying. Others tolerate it. And people like me find it excruciatingly boring and go to sleep. But what if you could spend your time at cruising altitude competing against other travelers and people on the ground all over the…

Drink Beer, Win a Trip to Space

FULL ARTICLE AT Space.com
2009-07-02 17:02:42
The company
behind the dark Irish beer Guinness will give loyal drinkers a taste of space
along with their stout, but only if they win new contest.
Guinness
has reserved a seat aboard a suborbital Virgin
Galactic spaceliner as one of three experience…

Virgin America And Google Team Up For Online Hunt

FULL ARTICLE AT True/Slant
2009-06-24 16:36:30
Virgin America and Google are pretty cutting edge within their industries when it comes to friendly and innovative PR campaigns. Today the two are teaming up for an online scavenger hunt called the “Day in the Cloud Challenge.” Basically, it’s a…

Convicted Child Molester Gets 155 Years in Virgin Islands

FULL ARTICLE AT FOX News
2009-07-02 13:12:14
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico   A convicted child molester with a knack for eluding authorities was sentenced to 155 years for sexually abusing two boys, including a prepubescent youngster whom he was living with in the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said…

Google and Virgin’s “Day in the Cloud” takes flight with a little turbulence

FULL ARTICLE AT The Industry Standard
2009-06-24 15:21:16
Google and Virgin America just started their joint “Day in the Cloud,” a daylong event to promote both Google Apps (the company’s suite of web services like Gmail and Google Docs) and Virgin’s fleetwide wireless Internet access. To that end, Virgin is…

Virgin America expects new investors, O’Hare service

FULL ARTICLE AT ATWOnline
2009-06-25 02:18:20
Virgin America CEO David Cush told Bloomberg News that \”certainly one or more\” American investors \”will come to fruition before year end. . .These expressions are a lot firmer than they have been in the past. There is more capital available than there…

HOW TO: Use Social Media from 30,000 Feet Up [Videos]

FULL ARTICLE AT Mashable!
2009-06-25 02:48:38
GoogleGoogle loves the cloud. Primarily I’m referring to the Internet and how more and more we access our favorite programs, files, and tools through the web rather than from the desktop. GmailGmail, Google DocsGoogle Docs, YouTubeYouTube,…

Miami reaches for the stars

FULL ARTICLE AT Metro.co.uk
2009-07-03 17:13:56
Saturday morning and a small Collins Avenue boutique is deluged with autograph-hunters waiting for the stars of Keeping Up With The Kardashians to emerge. Across town, a bodyguard-surrounded Beyoncé takes lunch at the plush Bal Harbour Shops. Later in…