ATLANTA -- Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation HFE CEO and President Joel Manby announced today three key promotions as the company continues to grow its portfolio and position itself for the future. Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation owns, operates or partners in 23 properties in 10 states. "In recent years, we've...
Virgin Atlantic's president Sir Richard Branson has warned that a treaty liberalising air travel between America and Europe will be "ripped up" unless the US government allows American carriers to be taken over by foreign rivals. "It will depend on whether the American congress is going to go...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Nick Simpson, Antonia Ferrier, or Christ Tucker, all of the Office of House Republican Whip Roy Blunt, +1-202-226-7022 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) spoke today at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. A full transcript of his remarks is...
Byline: By NICK WHITTEN Industrial Reporter TREASURY bosses today revealed new funding plans to help back a private sale of Northern Rock. Shares in the bank sank to new lows last week amid fears the Rock would be nationalised. But a potential private sector deal has been...
Jan 14, 2008 Aerospace shares decline on warning of slowdown in orders. Warnings that orders will slow in 2008 sent shares of aerospace companies tumbling on Monday. Boeing lost 3.5%, while shares of Airbus parent EADS fell 7.5%. Analysts noted the weak dollar is hurting EADS. Jan 8, 2008...
Jan 14, 2008 BAE Systems is to equip American Boeing 767-200s with test antimissile systems. BAE Systems received a $29 million award from the US Dept. of Homeland Security to equip three American Airlines 767-200s with its Jeteye infrared aircraft missile defense systems on a test basis. DHS already...
Jan 14, 2008 Strike off for Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic cabin crew will not strike tomorrow Jan. 9 after the Unite union agreed to a two-year deal of a 4.8% increase on basic pay in year one and then rising with inflation in the second. Both 48h strikes ...
By Karen Attwood Sir Richard Branson is planning to float his Virgin Active fitness centres in a move that could see the 167-strong chain valued at 1bn. Virgin Active, which added 72 sites through its acquisition of Holmes Place a year ago, has begun a beauty...
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico AFP — A dusty launchpad in a remote region of New Mexico could become one of the first gateways to the heavens for private individuals clamoring to be the pioneer generation of space tourists. If British billionaire Richard Branson's vision is realised, by 2010, tourists...
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Richard Branson's Virgin Group is taking a 20 percent stake in Malaysia's AirAsia long-haul carrier, with the British billionaire vowing Friday to pilot the project into profitability. "Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group is our new strategic global investment partner," said Kalimullah Hassan of Fly...
LONDON AFP — Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson wants to buy back Singapore Airlines' 49-percent share of the carrier he founded in 1984, according to a newspaper interview published Tuesday. Branson, who holds 51 percent of the carrier, told London's City A.M. financial daily that he would consider...
PARIS AFP — Richard Branson, head of phone company Virgin Mobile, was quoted Saturday as saying a new French system allowing subscribers to change mobile operators in 10 days was still too lengthy a process. French newspaper Journal du Dimanche quoted the British tycoon as saying he was not...
The chairman of Virgin Atlantic, Sir Richard Branson, one of the launch customers for the new Airbus A380 super jumbo has warned that the aircraft is likely to be a "financial disaster" for its manufacturer. Sir Richard, whose long-haul airline has placed a $2bn ([pound]1bn) order for...
NEW YORK AFP — British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled a mockup of his Virgin Galactic civilian spaceship, vowing to do his part to make space travel a reality for millions of people. SpaceShipTwo, a vehicle being built in California's Mojave Desert, has technology that could also be used in airplanes...
NEW YORK AFP — British tycoon Richard Branson urged the aviation industry to join his Virgin Atlantic airline in an ambitious plan to combat the potential "catastrophe" of global warming. The billionaire founder of the Virgin Group of companies said that airlines around the world had to play their part...
LONDON, EnglandAFP — British businessman Richard Branson made a multi-billion-dollar pledge to fight global warming under pressure from US media mogul Ted Turner and former vice-president Al Gore. He told the Independent on Sunday that global warming was approaching "a tipping point" and Turner and Gore had convinced him it...
SIR Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic crews have gone on emergency diets... because they were worried they were getting too fat. Staff have voted to bin fatty food and sweet treats from their in- flight food. Gone are high-calorie roasts with all the trimmings -...
Byline: Louise Longman Sep 18, 2006 (Travel Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The introduction of Jetstar's low-cost long international flights has been greeted with scepticism by the head of the Virgin Group. Richard Branson does not believe the model being used by...
Downtown Branson is going uptown. A $420 million shopping/dining/entertainment complex called Branson Landing officially opens next weekend, aiming to lure more affluent visitors to this Missouri tour-bus mecca. Branson Landing developers compare the project -- in which the city of Branson is a partner -- to Baltimore's Inner...
'I'm at a PR shoot' NTL TAKES OVER VIRGIN MOBILE, 4 APRIL, 2006 Danny Rogers says: As a photocall it's pretty dreary. Who chose the backdrop of a tower block with a bloke walking past? Mad dogs and Englishmen ...
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