Subsidiaries and Investments
Further information: List of Richard Branson's business ventures- AirAsia X — long-haul budget airline operating from Malaysia (16% owned by Virgin Group)
- Marussia F1 — a Formula One team established in 2010. Formerly called Virgin Racing, Virgin is still a part-owner, despite having sold naming rights to Marussia.
- V Festival — two-day music festival held in two separate locations in the United Kingdom
- V Festival (Australia) — an Australian version of the V Festival
- Virgin Festival — a North American version of the V Festival
- Virgin Active — a health club chain in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, and Italy
- Virgin America — a United States budget airline based at San Francisco International Airport (25% owned by Virgin Group)
- Virgin Atlantic Airways — an international carrier based in Crawley, West Sussex, UK (51% owned by Virgin Group)
- Virgin Australia Holdings Limited
- Virgin Australia — an Australian-based airline
- Virgin Samoa — a Samoan-based airline
- Blue Holidays — The holiday programme of Virgin Australia, now a joint venture between Virgin Australia
- Virgin Balloon Flights — a hot air balloon operator
- Virgin Books — publisher, retailer and distributor of books (10% owned by Virgin Group)
- Virgin Brides — now-defunct bridal wear shop in Manchester, UK
- Virgin Care — provides National Health Services care, formerly Assura Medical
- Virgin Cars — internet automobile retailer
- Virgin Charter — a private jet online marketplace
- Virgin Comics — comic book producer
- Virgin Connect — broadband Internet access and telephony in Russia
- Virgin Digital Help — technical support
- Virgin Drinks — drink manufacturer
- Virgin Cola — carbonated cola soft drink
- Virgin Vodka — alcoholic beverage
- v-Mix - spirit mixers
- Virgin Energy — a former UK energy supplier
- Virgin Earth Challenge — competition to find solutions to global warming
- Virgin Experience Days — corporate and consumer experience events
- Virgin Films - a now-defunct film production company
- Virgin Flowers — Internet florist
- Virgin Galactic — a venture to market and operate commercial space flights, using spacecraft designed by Scaled Composites
- Virgin Games — online casino, online poker, online bingo (previously video games for home computers)
- Virgin Gaming — online gaming add-ons to existing console games
- Virgin Interactive — Defunct video game distribution and publishing company
- Virgin Play — a Spanish publisher of video games, once part of the now defunct Virgin Interactive.
- Virgin Green Fund (originally known as Virgin Fuels) — venture capital firm for investing in petroleum alternatives
- Virgin Health Bank — a business enabling parents to store their baby's stem cells
- Virgin Healthcare provides a selection of healthcare services tailored to local demand
- Virgin HealthMiles
- Virgin Holidays — UK travel agency and tour operator for worldwide destinations served by Virgin Atlantic and its partner companies
- Virgin Holidays Cruises — UK cruise holiday agent
- Travel City Direct - UK Online Travel Agent for holidays to Florida. Acquired from the now defunct XL Leisure Group after it went into administration.
- Travel City Direct Cruises — UK cruise holiday operator for holidays to Florida and the Caribbean
- Bales Worldwide Ltd - Small UK Tour Operator
- Virgin Life Care — fitness group in South Africa
- Virgin Limited Edition — exclusive hotel operator
- Kasbah Tamadot — exclusive Moroccan holiday destination
- Lady B — luxurious Catamaran available for Caribbean charters
- The Lodge — ski lodge
- Natirar — private spa located in Somerset County, New Jersey
- Necker Island — exclusive island in British Virgin Islands for private hire
- The Roof Gardens and Babylon — 1.5 acres (6,100 m2) open air gardens, venue, nightclub and restaurant in Kensington, London
- Ulusaba — exclusive game reserve in South Africa
- Virgin Limobike — passenger bike service in London
- Virgin Limousines — chauffeured limousine service in San Francisco and Northern California
- Virgin Management — Custodians
- Virgin Media — provider of home telephone, cable television, broadband and mobile services to the United Kingdom
- Virgin Megastores — CD, DVD and games retailer chain with high—street and online stores
- Virgin XS — Factory Outlet—orientated format of Virgin Megastores
- Virgin Mobile — brand used by several companies providing mobile phone service around the world
- Virgin Mobile UK — provides mobile phone service in the United Kingdom, now part of Virgin Media
- Virgin Mobile Australia — provider of mobile phone service in Australia - license held by Optus
- Virgin Mobile Canada — provider of mobile phone service in Canada - owned by Bell Mobility with branding from Virgin Group
- Virgin Mobile South Africa — provider of mobile phone service in South Africa - joint venture with Cell C
- Virgin Mobile USA — provider of mobile phone service in the United States - brand rights held by Sprint Nextel
- Virgin Mobile France — provider of mobile phone service in France - Virgin Group owned
- Virgin Mobile India — provider of mobile phone service in India - franchise agreement with Tata Teleservices
- Virgin Mobile Qatar - brand license to Qatar Telecom
- Virgin Mobile Chile - provider of mobile phone service in Chile, uses the Movistar mobile network.
- Virgin Money — providers of financial services
- Virgin Money US — provider of financial services in the United States
- Virgin Credit Card
- Virgin Money Giving — Online fundraising website
- Virgin Oceanic - sea exploration
- Virgin Nigeria — A former subsidiary of Virgin Atlantic Airlines
- Virgin Produced — a film and television development, packaging and production company formed in 2010 and led by Chief Executive Officer Jason Felts and Chief Creative Officer Justin Berfield.
- Virgin Radio — Virgin branded radio stations around the world.
- Virgin Radio Asia — collection of station operating in India and Thailand including Virgin Soft, Hitz, Easy FM and Oui
- 99.9 Virgin Radio FM — a Canadian radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format in Toronto, Ontario.
- Virgin Radio 95.3FM — a Canadian radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Virgin Radio 96 FM — a Canadian radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format in Montreal, Quebec on 95.9 MHz.
- 98.5 Virgin Radio - a Canadian radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format in Calgary, Alberta.
- 104.9 Virgin Radio - a Canadian radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format in Edmonton, Alberta.
- 103.1 Virgin Radio — a Canadian radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Virgin Radio (France) — (Lagardère Active) a rebranding of the "Europe 2" radio station
- Virgin Radio Italia
- Virgin Radio Dubai
- Virgin Radio India
- Virgin Radio Jordan
- Virgin Radio Thailand
- Virgin Radio Turkey
- Virgin Records — record label now owned by EMI
- Virgin Spa — shop chain retailing Virgin Cosmetics product
- Virgin Trains — a railway operator in the United Kingdom
- Virgin Trains ExpressCoach — Intercity bus & coach services
- Virgin Unite — charitable foundation
- Virgin Vacations — U.S. travel agency
- Virgin Video - Defunct video distribution company
- Virgin Music Video - Defunct distributor of music related videos
- Virgin Vie At Home — retailer of body care, cosmetics, homeware and jewellery products through the Internet, direct selling and Virgin Vie stores (Sent into Administration in 2009, having been rebranded 9 months earlier as Effective Cosmetics (However still selling Virgin Vie branded products)
- Virgin Voucher — gift voucher scheme, also functions as a staff reward scheme
- Virgin Ware — clothes brand and retailer
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