Geri (nee Halliwell) Horner | Image credit: Just Jared
This week, Virgin Voyages enlisted Spice Girl Geri (nee Halliwell) Horner to announce that the start-up cruise line would make a pit-stop in the United Kingdom in late February 2020, prior to the ship’s move to Miami.
Horner broke the news at Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Night held on Tuesday evening in the UK. The event lured some 1,100 travel partners, media and suppliers and featured a set by Academy Award/Grammy/Golden Globe-winning artist, Mark Ronson.
In a statement, Virgin said it was planning to welcome travel advisor partners, dubbed “First Mates”, along with media aboard the adults-only Scarlet Lady in Dover and Liverpool early next year before the first of four Virgin Voyages ships makes its way across the Atlantic, bound for its MiamiPort.
“There is a great awareness of the Virgin brand in the UK but not so much the cruise venture so what better place to debut the Virgin Voyages brand in the UK than the amazing white cliffs of Dover, which will look good with a touch of red, and in Liverpool, which has such a historic association with British music,” McAlpin told Seatrade Cruise News.
Port of Dover’s Head of Cruise, Sonia Limbrick, said the facility was “incredibly excited to be welcoming Scarlet Lady for her first ever preview”.
“Set amongst the wonderful backdrop of the White Cliffs and Dover Castle, the Port will undoubtedly give her the first class welcome she deserves,” Limbrick added.
Virgin Voyages’ will take delivery of its ships in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
