Virgin Holidays Limited is a company within owned by the Virgin Group that offers holidays worldwide with destinations including the US and Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean and the Far East. In addition, the company has an established ski program and a specialist cruise division called “Virgin Holidays Cruises”. The company was formed in 1985, a year after the successful launch of Virgin Atlantic in June 1984. Initially selling seats on Virgin Atlantic routes to New York City, Miami and Orlando the company has grown to become one of the largest and most successful long-haul scheduled tour operators in the UK.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, it was announced that Virgin Holidays would soon be re-branded as Virgin Atlantic Holidays.