Sir Richard Branson is in town this week to launch the Australian arm of his cruising business, Virgin Voyages.
His vessel, ‘The Resilient Lady’, has a value of around $1 billion, is adults-only and is one of three ships in the Virgin Voyages fleet.
Controversially, it will be based in Port Melbourne until August next year, despite its competitors, Carnival and Cunard boycotting that location from 2025 because of a 15 per cent hike in port fees.
It’s the first time in more than 20 years that Branson has launched a Virgin company in Australia, not since the airline Virgin Blue, now Virgin Australia launched in 2000.
Branson now owns five per cent of the Australian airline.
Ortenzia Borre sat down with Richard Branson for a one-on-one interview, in which he lashed out at the Australian government for allowing Qantas to uphold an unfair advantage over the airline industry.
The full interview will air on Business Weekend, this Sunday from 11am.
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Is he going to take Obama out for a romantic ride
I bet there's not many left by the end of the voyage….
Cruise ships …you can have my cabin.
Are we supposed to be impressed
🤔 We don't want any more Qatar flights into Australia. People forget that Qatar is the financier of Hamas and even allows Hamas officials to live in 5 Star hotels in Doha. Wake up Sir Richard and start reading the news. There are plenty of other world airlines willing to fly here.
Branson was on epstein Island multiple times….
Ughh! The face that could sink a thousand ships.
How is that Hyperloop coming along, Richard?
Branson, the Epstein island visitor that smiles like a goon, cause he knows his billions and him being a globalist team member protects him from prosecution. He's protected on earth, while alive. Afterwards, not so much. He of course isn't the only one.
branson is a big child