[rferguson]

Ever made a bet that some time later you regret? To cough up or try squirm out of it…….

https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/do-honourable-thing

When DL first invested in VS Willie Walsh claimed that the Virgin brand would disappear within five years. SRB bet him £1m it wouldn’t. Willie Walsh bet ‘a knee in the groin’.

Well, the five years have passed and Virgin Atlantic is still there.

[CathayLoyalist2]

Willie Walsh and honourable are two words I would not expect to see in an article let alone the same sentence.

[capetonianm]

Branson is little better.

[canucklad]

Exactly…..The pair of them should man up, after all what’s a million pounds between friends these day. I’d much prefer to see something akin to this ………

[Swissdiver]

[quote quote=841748]Willie Walsh and honourable are two words I would not expect to see in an article let alone the same sentence.
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Agree. And unfortunately WW will suffer no consequence from his contempt…

[Tom Otley]

Here’s the original thread from 2012 when the bet was made.

I was at the press conference and so also provided some of the background…

“Just to provide a little context to this, since I was there…

This was in a press conference with the media in Seoul.

Walsh had expressed his opinion a couple of days before that if the Delta deal went ahead, he couldn’t see Delta wanting the Virgin brand long term….”

https://www.businesstraveller.com/forums/topic/a-knee-in-the-groin/

We also have a seperate thread on whether the Virgin brand will disappear

Is it goodbye Virgin?!

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