Virgin Voyages

This article is about the cruise line. For the cruise division of Virgin Atlantic Holidays, see Virgin Holidays Cruises. For the Virgin Voyager trains, see British Rail Class 220.

V Cruises US, LLC[1]
Virgin Voyages
FormerlyVirgin Cruises
Company typeLLC Subsidiary
IndustryTourism
FoundedDecember 4, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-04)
Headquarters
Plantation, Florida
,
U.S.
Key people
  • Tom McAlpin
  • (Chairman)
  • Nirmal Saverimuttu
  • (President & CEO)
ProductsCruises
Parent
Websitevirginvoyages.com

Virgin Voyages is a cruise line headquartered in Plantation, Florida and a joint venture between the Virgin Group and Bain Capital.[2][3]

As of April 2024, Virgin Voyages has three ships in the fleet, with one more on order, all with an expected capacity of approximately 2,700 passengers each. The first ship, Scarlet Lady, began sailing August 6, 2021 from Portsmouth with UK only itineraries. Scarlet Lady began operating from PortMiami in October 2021,[4] sailing mainly four-to-five night cruises in the Caribbean.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Detail by Entity Name". Sunbiz.org. Florida Department of State Division of Corporations. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Sampson, Hannah (June 23, 2015). "Virgin Cruises to base first 2,800-passenger ship in Miami". Miami Herald. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Cox, Martin (June 23, 2015). "Virgin Cruises To Build Three Ships With Fincantieri". Maritime Matters. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Simms, Richard (May 21, 2020). "Virgin Voyages Won't Set Sail Until October 16". Cruise Radio. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Cripps, Karla (January 21, 2019). "Scarlet Lady: Cruise like a rock star aboard Virgin Voyages' first ship". CNN. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Virgin Cruises will now be Virgin Voyages, with promise to shake up cruise industry". Miami Herald. October 18, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  7. ^ "Virgin Voyages Will Sail 4 and 5 Night Cruises to the Caribbean". Cruise Fever. January 31, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.