• Virtuoso adds spaceflight partner to its exclusive global portfolio
• Limited number of remaining seats available to Virtuoso’s global client base

NEW YORK & TUSTIN, Calif. (Virtuoso/Virgin Galactic PR) — Virtuoso®, the leading global network specializing in luxury and experiential travel, and Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE), an aerospace and space travel company, today announced a strategic partnership to make a limited number of seats for Virgin Galactic’s spaceflight experience available to Virtuoso’s global client base.

Video Caption: Virtuoso CEO Matthew Upchurch appears on Australia’s Mornings to discuss the Virgin Galactic space tourism project – what to expect, when to expect it, and why removing yourself from your comfort zone is so important.

Gear down. (Photo: Mark Greenberg)

Virtuoso PR — NEW YORK, March 11, 2011  — The frontrunner and innovator of space tourism, Virgin Galactic, and leading luxury travel network, Virtuoso®, continue to surge ahead in the development of space travel. With an exclusive relationship in the Americas seeking out would-be space travelers and accepting deposits for future suborbital flights, Virtuoso’s ‘Accredited Space Agents’ (ASAs) have already surpassed the incredible accomplishment of $10 million in space sales. Along with continued deposits for the program, significant milestones in 2010 support the evidence that the dream of private space travel is becoming a reality.

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Photo Credit: Sam Coniglio

PRESS RELEASE

Virgin Galactic announced 18 new Virtuoso® travel advisors as ‘Accredited Space Agents’ (ASAs), including Ezana Araya of Andavo Travel, Inc with offices in Denver, Colo., San Francisco, Calif., and Salt Lake City, Utah.

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