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| Travel to Hamilton Island In Style With New Business Class Flights |
| January 2012: Virgin Australia has launched a new Business Class on domestic flights to Hamilton Island (www.hamiltonisland.com.au) in Australia from Sydney and Brisbane, enabling travellers to enjoy premium perks on the hop to the Great Barrier Reef for the first time in eight years. |
 The new service will help to enhance Hamilton Island’s world-class status as a regular host to high-profile celebrities and events, whichinclude the Great Barrier Feast culinary weekends, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and the Australian Ballet’s ‘Pas de Deux in Paradise’ performance under the stars at luxury qualia (www.qualia.com.au).
“We applaud Virgin Australia’s new Business Class offering to Hamilton Island. The service complements our recent significant investment in luxury tourism and will be well received by our guests staying at qualia and the Hamilton Island Yacht Club Villas,” said Hamilton Island’s Chief Executive, Glenn Bourke.
Features of the new Business Class include luxury leather seating, gourmet menus, international-style cosmetic amenity kits, priority check-in/boarding and complimentary access to Virgin Australia’s lounges.
Business Class guests travelling from Sydney with carry-on bags only can also take advantage of the Premium Entry and optional valet carparking at Domestic Terminal 2, direct curbside access and direct entry to the lounge via a dedicated security screening point and check-in desk. The Sydney Lounge Premium Entry offers an experience of ease and exclusivity without ever having to enter the main departure hall.
BUSINESS CLASS FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Luxury leather seating with 62” seat pitch on the Airbus A330; and 38” seat pitch on the Boeing 737
- International style amenity kits with Australian organic cosmetics by GROWN
- Coat check-in service with complimentary coat bag
- Newspapers until noon daily
- Gourmet dining experience
- Premium Australian wines, beers, and spirit selection
- Priority security screening, boarding and baggage service where available
- Complimentary access to Virgin Australia airport lounges – at Sydney Airport, optional valet parking and direct curbside access into the lounge via a dedicated security screening point and check-in desk
Once on Hamilton Island, visitors can choose from five resort accommodation choices including the award-winning qualia, the luxury Yacht Club villas, plentiful dining options and over 60 activities. Hamilton Island is easily accessible from major East Coast cities in Australia in less than three hours.
The move is part of Virgin Australia’s domestic roll-out of Business Class, which will be available on most domestic routes operated by Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 aircraft, and on the airline's fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft from 18 January. The design of the new Business Class interiors was lead by renowned Creative Director Hans Hulsbosch, who worked closely with the Virgin Australia team to develop Virgin Australia’s stylish new branding, lounges and interiors. www.virginaustralia.com
Cox & Kings (0207 873 5000 www.coxandkings.co.uk) offers 3 nights in a deluxe Opera House City View room at the Shangri-La Sydney, 4 nights in a Leeward Pavilion at qualia, Hamilton Island, with breakfast, private transfers and return business class flights with Virgin Australia between Sydney and Hamilton Island from £3,295 per person.
Note to Editors:
Hamilton Island is located off the Queensland coast of Australia, within the Whitsunday Islands at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef. Here visitors can experience everything that is great about Australia – natural landscapes, calm turquoise waters, secluded beaches, beautiful weather, fascinating coral reefs, diverse flora and fauna. Hamilton Island offers a wide range of accommodation options, not to mention over 60 activities and all within a short direct flight from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Cairns. There are also great connections from other Australian cities.
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