{"id":35935,"date":"2018-09-26T10:32:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T09:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=35935"},"modified":"2019-01-23T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T11:04:33","slug":"ryan-reynolds-aviation-gin-mixes-virgin-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/ryan-reynolds-aviation-gin-mixes-virgin-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds&#8217; Aviation Gin mixes with Virgin Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin Atlantic has announced a partnership with Aviation American Gin, owned by Oscar-winning actor, Ryan Reynolds.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As the exclusive UK airline partner, the airline will serve Aviation Gin in Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses and on board.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson said: &#8220;Aviation Gin was born out of a spirit of innovation, so serving it on board Virgin Atlantic flights seemed like the perfect combination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds added: &#8220;We look forward to serving Virgin Atlantic guests for years to come and, on a personal note, Sir Richard has promised to teach me the difference between revenue and profit, so I am beyond excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ryan.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ryan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ryan-300x150.jpg 300w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ryan.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35936 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ryan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ryan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ryan-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the partnership, a selection of passengers on board Virgin Atlantic flights on Sunday September 30 will get a special mixology experience hosted by bartenders from some of the world&#8217;s best bars.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the relationship, Sir Richard Branson and Ryan Reynolds appear in co-branded digital content &#8211; see film below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Virgin Atlantic and Aviation Gin taking off together\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/651HH1OBHxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The pair announced the gin would be available in Virgin&#8217;s clubhouses and on board its aircraft with a comical video. Reynolds jokingly misuses business jargon in the 90-second spot. Other videos alongside Branson are planned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Aviation we&#8217;re totally focused on making the best damn gin on the planet,&#8221; Reynolds says in the ad. &#8220;In order to maximize shareholder value, we are pleased to announce Virgin Atlantic and Aviation are merging.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s quickly corrected by Branson, &#8220;Actually, Ryan, this is more of a partnership announcement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At first,&#8221; Reynolds adds, before suggesting that the two companies will now be called Aviavirgination, prompting Branson to walk off the set.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationgin.com\/\">http:\/\/www.aviationgin.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin Atlantic has announced a partnership with Aviation American Gin, owned by Oscar-winning actor, Ryan Reynolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,1,477,7099,7097],"tags":[6785,6783,6787,6786,6784],"class_list":["post-35935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-aviationgin","tag-cocktailsintheclouds","tag-richardbranson","tag-ryanreynolds","tag-virginatlantic"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}