Yellow Sun Thank you, very interesting. So he was one of the 'biggest pile of money wins and ya-boo-sucks' brigade? There are many of them around. As an outsider, it is my perception that Branson is not one of those - but I know he has plenty of detractors who would argue otherwise.
Overall, the collection of Virgin travel comapnies (including the holiday tours ones, hot air balloons and so on) have missed a great opportunity. They could have formed a network that was not a big 'HQ' telling everyone what to do - but a sort of 'Confederation' and retained their local independence.
Too late now.