Virgin Atlantic to Offer Hypnotherapists
It's the logical evolution, really: after they put iPods in the first class lounges, Virgin Airlines is installing inflight hypnotherapists on the planes themselves. According to their press release of today, hypnosis can make you believe the flight is taking five minutes, or that you're sitting next to Nigella Lawson or Brad Pitt.
Virgin reportedly has further plans to cull their flight attendants from the unemployable wreckage of reality shows. Omarosa will be working the JFK - DC leg beginning next week; Alicia from Survivor 2 will be doing the long flight from Heathrow. Service will reportedly be surly, brusque, and easily insulted.
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From: Elizabeth.Ciresi@fly.virgin.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:41:04 -0400
To: Elizabeth.Ciresi@fly.virgin.com
Subject: LOOK INTO MY SKIES! VIRGIN ATLANTIC INTRODUCES INFLIGHT
HYPNOTHERAPISTS
EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01AM 1 APRIL 2004
CONTACT: WENDY BUCK
203 750 2570
LOOK INTO MY SKIES!
VIRGIN ATLANTIC INTRODUCES INFLIGHT HYPNOTHERAPISTS
(Norwalk, CT) March 31, 2004 Virgin Atlantic is delighted to announce that
it plans to introduce Inflight Hypnotherapists to its flights. Inflight
Hypnotherapists (IFHTs) will be available onboard every flight and will be
able to offer a range of different hypnotic services from making passengers
believe the flight lasts only a few minutes to making passengers believe
they are sitting next to their favorite celebrity.
Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Atlantic commented:
"Virgin Atlantic always aims to be ahead of the game when it
comes to creative thinking and innovation — from pioneering
Inflight Beauty Therapists to the introduction of Inflight
Meditation. We believe that passengers will be entranced with
this new service. Our IFHTs are fully trained hypnotists able
to offer a wide range of hypnotic therapies from making them
believe they have been upgraded to thinking the person sitting
next to them is their favorite celebrity.
"We are delighted to say that we have the support of the
world's best known Hypnotist — Paul McKenna. Paul has been
instrumental in the recruitment and selection of our IFHTs over
the last few months and we are confident that we have an
exceptional team of mesmerists ready to start swinging their
pendulums."
Paul McKenna, the world's best-known Hypnotist, commented:
"I am delighted to have been involved in this project. Virgin
Atlantic is always at the cutting edge of air travel and with
this new service it can offer passengers the most exciting
opportunities for personal enhancement. I am sure that this
will be a positive experience for every passenger that takes
part."
Hypnosis to be offered by the Virgin Atlantic IFHTs include:
Time flies - The IFHTs will hypnotize passengers to make them feel as
if they are travelling at supersonic speed. Passengers
can feel the thrill of breaking through the sound barrier
and sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment as
their journey passes in less than half the time!
Sit next to a star - This hypnotic treatment enables passengers to
believe that they are seated next to their favorite
celebrity for the duration of their flight. They can
pass the time swapping recipes with Nigella Lawson,
gazing adoringly at Brad Pitt or being serenaded by Tom
Jones— the choice is down to them.
Feel the Upgrade - This hypnosis takes part at the gate in the
departure area to make passengers believe that they are
going to be travelling in Upper Class. Passengers can
spend the flight imagining that they are enjoying the
Freedom menu, sitting at the onboard bar, enjoying a
massage from the Inflight Beauty Therapist (IFBT) or
sleeping through the flight in the Snooze Zone. For a
supplement passengers can extend their hypnosis to
believe they are picked up in a limo at the end of their
journey!
For reservations call 1-800-862 ?8621 or log onto www.virginatlantic.com
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