{"id":3319,"date":"2014-09-18T07:50:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2014-09-19T14:01:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T19:01:38","slug":"richard-branson-to-open-first-virgin-hotel-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2014\/09\/richard-branson-to-open-first-virgin-hotel-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Branson to Open First Virgin Hotel in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Branson is at it again with a new entrepreneurial venture. He is starting Virgin Hotels and the first one is set to open in Chicago sometime in Dec 2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/09\/Virgin-Hotels-logo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3322\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/09\/Virgin-Hotels-logo.png\" alt=\"Virgin Hotels logo\" width=\"222\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/09\/Virgin-Hotels-logo.png 222w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/09\/Virgin-Hotels-logo-200x194.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/09\/Virgin-Hotels-logo-150x145.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is taking a historic Chicago building and giving it his Virgin flair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/09\/Chicago-historic-building.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3323\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2014\/09\/Chicago-historic-building.png\" alt=\"Chicago historic building\" width=\"265\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/09\/Chicago-historic-building.png 265w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/09\/Chicago-historic-building-213x300.png 213w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/09\/Chicago-historic-building-200x280.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2014\/09\/Chicago-historic-building-150x210.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Very little is known about the specifics and are left up to the imagination. This gave him the inspiration to do a contest on the<a href=\"http:\/\/virginhotels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Virgin Hotels website for you to create your own #VirginRumor<\/a>s of what you think is incorporated into the hotel. In his video he shares some of these rumors and it even features the most interesting man in the world! Some of these are pretty hilarious. Here are some other peoples&#8217;<a href=\"http:\/\/chicagoinno.streetwise.co\/2014\/09\/02\/robot-butlers-richard-branson-holograms-our-10-favorite-tech-related-virgin-hotel-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\"> hilarious tweets to give you some inspiration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now I wonder if he will have a rewards program? I would love to do a review of this hotel though! Are you curious or interested?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Branson is at it again with a new entrepreneurial venture. 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