Virgin "Mystery Event"

Bringing back Polo Mints in UC???

at last!

Ah sod it, I'll think ridiculously far outside the box! ) It'll be either:

1) VS joining Star
2) VS acquiring BMI - an interesting curve-ball!
3) VS joining Skyteam
4) VS unveiling their new UCS
5) VS being innovative again, and being the first airline to operate non-stop flights to SYD from LHR, MAN, LGW & GLA to compete with Emirates.
6) VS unveiling livery #126
7) VS unveiling their new 747 leisure cabins
8) Etihad acquiring the SQ-held 49% stake in VS
9) VS taking over current TCX long-haul flying

Dunno which of the above has the higher chance of occurring tbh, but heyho! Now, if the secret location is Glasgow, it would be superb if they are to open a GLA base, but I highly doubt it. ii)

Talking of Virgin Money, I must say I love the innovation of their new Banking lounges....

http://www.virgin.com/money/news/first- ... manchester

Let's hope it has the same success as Umpqua bank in the states!

Based on comments from the crew on my flight out here to NRT I'm hedging a bet on the announcement of a new UCS (maybe being announced with the launch of a new financial product too).
DL

Rather strangely, Mr B also received a similar / same invite. 8D

Talking of Virgin Money, I must say I love the innovation of their new Banking lounges....

http://www.virgin.com/money/news/first- ... manchester

Let's hope it has the same success as Umpqua bank in the states!

Personally I'd prefer an additional 1% on my savings....

Is there ment to be a new UCS coming out or something

Ah sod it, I'll think ridiculously far outside the box! ) It'll be either:

1) VS joining Star
2) VS acquiring BMI - an interesting curve-ball!
3) VS joining Skyteam
4) VS unveiling their new UCS
5) VS being innovative again, and being the first airline to operate non-stop flights to SYD from LHR, MAN, LGW & GLA to compete with Emirates.
6) VS unveiling livery #126
7) VS unveiling their new 747 leisure cabins
8) Etihad acquiring the SQ-held 49% stake in VS
9) VS taking over current TCX long-haul flying

Dunno which of the above has the higher chance of occurring tbh, but heyho! Now, if the secret location is Glasgow, it would be superb if they are to open a GLA base, but I highly doubt it. ii)

The Glasgow base would be excellent, a nice A333 based here would be nice. 4 days to Orlando, 2 to Barbados. Make it happen VS

This is a Virgin Money event - I was invited too but couldn't get the time off work to go..

I saw an very short advert on ITV during Jonathan Ross, to tune into ITV1 around 8pm (can't remember the day) and it had the Virgin logo on it and it matched the theme of the new Virgin Money branding. So i think its probably something to do with this mystery event! ?|

Dan

So the "mystery event" day is upon us. What news have we to share?

Its got to be something to do with The Northern Rock takeover?? Not very exciting I guess...LOL

I saw this on TV the other night. I'm guessing anyone hoping for some VS news might be left disappointed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Soi3s98CFA

I'm following and will be awaiting news

The official Youtube video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbCqknwROtw

40 Years of better.

hmmmm. ?|

The silence on Twitter is deafening

I see a first tweet, event starts at 5 pm.

[Pete]

The event starts about 5pm (attendees have been asked to arrive at 4.50pm), so I'm going to head into central London in about an hour.

And it definitely looks like it's a Virgin Money event, as Virgin Group have confirmed Branson is out with them today.

Wonder if there's actually anything new, or the first time they could get hold of Dicky since the announcement of the Northern Rock sale for a PR stunt?

Hmmm...

Pete

They are launching current accounts where you can pay a fee, or not pay a fee.

Will be interesting what they do, but not sure I'll jump ship just yet.

[Pete]

Ok, so an odd event. No announcements. Not really a launch, but rather a screening of an extended version of the 40 year ad projected onto three sides of a courtyard at UCL. Definitely very impressive, although strikes me as a wasted opportunity to announce something. If you're in central London tonight, then you can see the show for yourself just by going to Store Street off Tottenham Court Road. Two more shows, one at 6.15 and finally at 7.15.

Pete

Thanks so much Pete for tweeting and updating - seems like it wasn't a classic SRB publicity event!

So apart from some nice soup a total waste of time?

[Pete]

Here's a 'user' video of the event last night. Bit shaky at the start, but gives you a good idea of what it looked like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75VqEvZ6soY

Virgin Money are releasing an official video shortly (once they've polished and edited...)

[Pete]

And now the official video has been released so you can see the scale of the projection in all its glory...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUYQxSU7Abk

Thanks for posting Pete.

Was anything actually said about the relaunch? What to expect etc?