Virgin's Triple Win: Music, Cruises and Airlines Surge Into 2026
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Virgin's Triple Win: Music, Cruises and Airlines Surge Into 2026
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Virgin Groups Virgin Music Group just scored a major win with the European Commissions approval for its Downtown Music acquisition on February 13 according to Universal Music and Refinitiv reports sealing the deal to supercharge services for independent artists worldwide with distribution royalties and publishing tech now set to close in weeks. CoCEOs Nat Pastor and JT Myers hailed it as a gamechanger for indies while Downtown CEO Pieter van Rijn buzzed about amplifying global impact. Meanwhile Virgin Voyages is riding a scorching wave of growth TravelPulse and Cruise Industry News report record midwave season momentum in January 2026 with bookings up nearly 20 percent yearoveryear gross ticket revenue jumping almost 30 percent and ships at full capacity fueled by the adultonly travel boom plus VV Insider details Scarlet Ladys winter 20272028 Southern Caribbean sailings from San Juan on sale February 19 the retirement of Sip and Savor drink pairings fleetwide a cancelled Resilient Lady Halloween voyage shifted to Scarlet Lady with comps and Brilliant Ladys second Happenings Cast debuting February 12 alongside Sail and Save deals from 99 bucks per person per night and a lingering 80 percent off second sailor promo. Virgin Australia shook up its C suite on February 13 per the Centre for Aviation naming Andrew Cleary exMandarin Oriental and Qantas star as chief customer officer and Velocity CEO from March 23 consolidating loyalty and experience while group exec Nick Rohrlach and strategy chief Alistair Hartley exit by April 30 with strategy now reporting straight to CEO Dave Emerson. On the finance front MarketBeat noted Virgin Group Acquisition Corp II SPAC shares dipped 0.7 percent to 1.48 on February 13 amid light trading still hunting digital consumer or tech merger targets. No fresh Richard Branson sightings or social buzz but these moves signal Virgin doubling down on music cruises airlines and SPACs with the Downtown tieup poised as a biographical blockbuster for the empires indie music push.
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