British football star David Beckham is planning to take his wife Victoria to the very exclusive Necker island for their wedding anniversary.

The two have been married for 10 years now.

“Becks has pulled in a few favours. He bought Victoria a lot of other gifts to mark the occasion but the big surprise is the holiday to Necker.

Virgin Atlantic president Sir Richard Branson celebrated Virgin Atlantic’s 25th birthday this year by launching a new airline V Australia, and throwing an extravagant launch party in Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in LA.

Branson has embarked on an eight-day journey around the world to mark the launch of the newest Virgin airline V Australia.

He started his trip by flying from London to Hong Kong and will travel to Sydney and Los Angeles before eventually returning to London.

Virgin Airlines owner Sir Richard Branson’s famous Necker Island, a 74 acre paradise in the British Virgin Islands, can be rented for $47,000 a night for up to 28 guests. If that sounds a little steep, there are certain times when you can rent rooms in one of the island’s six guest houses starting at $23,500 a week.

Amenities on the island include two freshwater pools and Jacuzzi, tennis courts, water sports, fishing, spa and everything that can be expected on the ultimate idyllic island paradise. (Via luxuryportfolio)

Adding one more feather to his hat, Richard Branson’s Virgin Charter is one of his more intriguing endeavors. But like most of you, I too am wondering that will Virgin Charter make it possible for an average/well-to-do leisure traveler to fly in a private jet without plunging into debt? Yeah! The company is hoping that it can put customers on the return trips that chartered jets must often make empty after they’ve dropped passengers at their destination. The aim is to make booking charter flights as easy as booking commercial flights. Virgin Charter, majority owned by Virgin USA, aims to bring a level of transparency and simplicity to a business that does not exist today. Scott Duffy, Virgin Charter Chief Executive, said the new service is a combination of three of the best ideas on the Internet: the user and seller reviews provided by online auctioneer eBay Inc; Priceline’s ability to let consumers offer their own bids on flights and the simplicity of Expedia Inc and Travelocity. Roll over to know more about how easy its going to be ‘Click, buy and fly’.

Virgin Charter provides an easy way for buyers and sellers to find each other and manage entire transactions online. To purchase a charter trip, buyers can go online, post their specific trip request, locate available aircraft, negotiate pricing, and manage their entire trip over the internet. While sellers make their inventory available to a large international customer base without changing the way they currently do business. Virgin Charter, however, does not own or operate any aircraft or act as a charter broker. Eventually everyone wins! If you’re a buyer, you have more choice, more convenience, and more control. If you’re a seller, you have access to more customers and more control.

Who says the word ‘dream’ only belongs to the dictionary of fools? Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group of companies, visualized a far-fetched dream of space tourism years back, which now with dynamic support of designer Burt Rutan and financier Paul Allen is on the verge of become a reality.

A space-marvel, SpaceShipTwo, will not only open new dimensions for tourism industry but also set new standards for space research and aeronautical engineering. ‘SpaceShipTwo’ won’t take off like other spacecrafts from the ground, however, it’ll initially be lifted by the ‘White Knight Two’ (a carrier plane) to an altitude of 50,000 feet to continue the space voyage on its own.

SpaceShipTwo, an enhanced version of the X-Prize-winning ‘SpaceShipOne’ concept, will only carry eight people, including two pilots and six passengers, in a single voyage into sub-orbit. While the White Knight Two is all set to kick off, whereas, SpaceShipTwo is about 60% complete and will be ready for test flights, which are scheduled to commence in the later half of this year. Space travel by any means is not an ordinary expedition, neither is $200,000 ticket price that the unique tourists will have to pay for the lavish trip.