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Holiday cruise company
This article is about the cruise division of Virgin Holidays. For the cruise line, see Virgin Cruises.
Virgin Holidays Cruises Limited
Company type
Limited
Industry
Package Cruise Holidays
Founded
Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire (July 9, 2000 (2000-07-09))
Headquarters
Crawley
,
United Kingdom
Owner
Virgin Group
Number of employees
80
Website
www.virginholidayscruises.co.uk
Virgin Holidays Cruises is a company owned by Virgin Group[1] and is part of Virgin Holidays, headquartered in Crawley.[2] The company specialises in package deals with cruises provided by other cruise lines.
The company was established in 2000 as Fast Track Holidays and was acquired by Virgin Holidays for an undisclosed sum in 2007.[3] At the time of the Virgin takeover the company had 80 employees. The company name was officially changed to Virgin Holidays Cruises Limited on 15 June 2009.[4]
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