Virgin Experience Days
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Virgin Experience Days is a company belonging to the Virgin Group
which sells experience day vouchers as gifts and as a means for companies to incentivise customers and staff. Also see Experience gifts
The company was in March 2001 founded by Richard Branson
, chairman and founder of the Virgin Group. In 2003 it merged with Acorne Plc, founded in 1989 and an original player in the experience voucher market, and a firm with which the Virgin Group had had an association since 1995 .
Virgin Experience Days offers a wide range of products, including adventure activities such as skydiving, flying
, motor racing, bungee jumping
and sphering, as well as quieter options such as spa
days and gourmet
experiences.
Virgin Group
Virgin Group Limited is a British branded venture capital conglomerate organisation founded by business tycoon Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding...
which sells experience day vouchers as gifts and as a means for companies to incentivise customers and staff. Also see Experience gifts
Experiential gifts
Experiential gifts also known as gift experiences and experience gifts, pioneered in the UK in the 1990s, now represent one of the faster growing segments of the $253 billion a year gift industry...
The company was in March 2001 founded by Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
, chairman and founder of the Virgin Group. In 2003 it merged with Acorne Plc, founded in 1989 and an original player in the experience voucher market, and a firm with which the Virgin Group had had an association since 1995 .
Virgin Experience Days offers a wide range of products, including adventure activities such as skydiving, flying
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
, motor racing, bungee jumping
Bungee jumping
Bungee jumping is an activity that involves jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord. The tall structure is usually a fixed object, such as a building, bridge or crane; but it is also possible to jump from a movable object, such as a hot-air-balloon or helicopter, that...
and sphering, as well as quieter options such as spa
Spa
The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy. Spa towns or spa resorts typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are...
days and gourmet
Gourmet
Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by elaborate preparations and presentations of large meals of small, often quite rich courses...
experiences.