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Virgin Atlantic Continues the British Invasion By Launching Flights From Manchester

April 8, 2010 at 12:07 PM | by juliab | 7 Comments

We heart Manchester and Mancunians, so this is very good news

The British invasion continues apace. Four months after British Airways launched its first direct London-Vegas flights, Virgin Atlantic has announced it’s going one up on them by adding a Manchester-Vegas route. Can we put it down to Matt Goss* storming the Strip?

There’s a while to wait – flights begin April 3 next year – and it’s only going to be twice a week (Thursday and Sunday) as opposed to the daily one from Gatwick, but at least that’ll give us some time to prepare for them. Also, means they think Vegas will still be banging next year, which is always good to hear.

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A Glimpse Into the Very Near Vegas Future: Brits On The Strip

Where: London, UK [map]
October 23, 2009 at 12:18 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Three signs of a good night: you wake up clutching a poker chip in one hand, Elvis Presley’s email address in the other, and your camera seems to have magicked up pictures of you with vodka luges and feather boas that you definitely don’t recall going anywhere near. This was our morning after the BA London-Vegas route launch party at Studio Valbonne in London last night.

Mayor Goodman was guest of honor along with his wife, Carolyn, his showgirls (six of them) and his Elvis impersonator. Two Cirque du Soleil folk were doing acrobatics around the room, Rain DJ Paul Oakenfold was on the decks, and everyone was in the party spirit – including the waitress who was so sozzled that she fell over as she was taking a picture of us with Elvis.

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Mayor Goodman and His Girls Have Landed In London; Mel B Confirmed for the Party

Where: London, UK [map]
October 21, 2009 at 2:08 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

The mayor has landed! Oscar Goodman and his showgirls arrived in London today in preparation for tomorrow’s party celebrating British Airways' direct London-Las Vegas flights which launch on Sunday. Good thing they put them in business class, what with those head-dresses.

And here’s Mayor Goodman looking pretty perky, considering he’s straight off a red-eye (we’re guessing from LA, unless they laid on a special Vegas flight for him. Which we wouldn’t completely disbelieve). The suits are (L-R) Rossi Ralenkotter, CEO of the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, Mayor Goodman, and Richard Tams of British Airways. Loving that black cab – and hoping it was taking him to Buck House to meet the Queen…

In still more happy news, those nice bods at BA listened to our plea to get Mel B along to the bash – she confirmed this afternoon. That’s what we call customer service. Now if they could only abolish their ridiculous seat-booking charges, we’d love ‘em to bits. Any chance of you hearing us on that one, chaps?

Full party report, complete with Mayor Goodman, Peter Andre and the lovely Mel B, to come on Friday.

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British Airways to Fly Nonstop from Heathrow to Vegas

May 18, 2009 at 1:14 PM | by Erika Pope | 0 Comments

Representing the culmination of literally years of negotiations between Las Vegas tourism officials and British Airways, Las Vegas is finally getting nonstop service from Heathrow. Dare we say, “Bloody ‘ell…it’s about time!”

Hundreds of thousands of Vegas-crazy Brits are surely dancing in the streets right about now. In fact, the UK is the #3 provider of foreign tourists to Sin City, behind neighboring countries of Canada and Mexico. Thanks to this new service, we anticipate a precipitous rise in the number of hen-night and stag-party revelers stumbling along Las Vegas Boulevard – all with those charming accents of course – as a direct result of this development.

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