Richard's Blog - 2009

Ask Richard #5

Simone Goodwin asked me: 'What are the latest developments with The Elders?' and the answer's right here in this latest video clip... You can find out more about the Elders by visiting theelders.org Go ahead and ask me anything via the Ask Richard section here on virgin.com: Ask Richard These are my earlier questions and answers: Ask Richard #1 Ask Richard #2 Ask Richard #3 Ask Richard #4 …

Ask Richard #4

Lalita Krishna asked 'With all the depressing news around us, how do you keep that smile on?' Watch this video to find out my answer. You can ask me anything via the Ask Richard section here on virgin.com: Ask Richard Here are some earlier questions and answers: Ask Richard #1 Ask Richard #2 Ask Richard #3    …

Watch the latest PitchTV episode

The latest episode of PitchTV is now showing onboard Virgin Atlantic planes and you can also now watch it online here. This latest episode features a variety of business ideas that are in need of exposure and investment. Aspiring entrepreneurs from around the world have produced 2 minute video pitches and the virgin.com community have voted this batch the best of the latest bunch. These pitches are now being seen by top business professionals flying Virgin Atlantic and hopefully among them is so…

Flying Virgin Galactic at Oshkosh

On Tuesday at the world’s largest private air show, the EAA Airventure 2009 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, I took my first flight in the mothership which will launch Virgin Galactic’s space tourism and science customers into space. The space launch vehicle known as VMS Eve is a unique twin hull all carbon composite aviation vehicle designed to launch SpaceShipTwo above heights of 50,000ft and I was on board to witness first hand the incredible flying qualities of the aircraft pilote…

Welcome to the new virgin.com

This is the online home of the Virgin Group; a portal through which you can visit all of the different Virgin websites from all our Virgin companies around the world.  Every Virgin company is on here, so feel fee to discover – sign up as a fan of your favourite Virgin businesses to keep up to date with them or just find out more about the ones you’re not so familiar with yet…  So please sign up on the site, tell us a bit about yourself and then get stuck in. This s…

Live online Q&A with Archbishop Desmond Tutu

I recently had the chance to spend some time with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other members of The Elders at one of their regular meetings. For those who may not have heard of The Elders before, this is an historic group of respected global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel who are contributing their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world’s toughest problems. With support from my non-profit foundation Virgin…

One afternoon in NYC

On my trip to NYC to celebrate Virgin Atlantic’s 25th birthday, I had a few media appointments that allowed me to share my thoughts on the Virgin brand and our businesses and announce a bit of exciting rock-n-roll news. Here’s a snapshot of an afternoon in the Big Apple. My first visit was with CNN American Morning’s John Roberts, an award winning anchor and genuinely nice guy, with stunning fashion sensibility (ok, we wore identical outfits). We chatted about the Carbon War R…

Virgin Atlantic's 25th Birthday Celebrations at London Heathrow

Virgin Atlantic is 25 years old this week and we have recreated the very first flight to New York that departed on 22 June 1984. We departed Heathrow Airport on Tuesday aboard the appropriately named Boeing 747-400 ‘Birthday Girl’. Kate Moss came along to personally wish us a happy birthday and I was joined by onboard by frequent travellers and lots of special guests including Vivienne Westwood, Ian Botham and Kevin Pietersen. Our Flight Service Manager who actually op…

Sign up and save Sydney FBi!

I've been receiving lots of requests from the supporters of Sydney FBi 94.5FM to help save their community radio station which is in financial trouble in this recession. They've set a goal to raise one million Australian dollars. I'd like to congratulate FBi radio for running a truly inventive and original 'Ask Richard Campaign'. I only realised the full weight of their brilliant campaign when a charming, determined and soaking wet young woman, Georgia, swam two and a half miles from a neighbou…

The Independent interview

Here’s an interview I did recently with Simon Calder from The Independent newspaper in the UK to discuss Virgin Atlantic’s 25 year history. Follow the link to read the interview or listen to the podcast... visit independent.co.uk

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