Cynics thought it was all a publicity stunt by the Virgin Group of companies and its flamboyant British boss, Sir Richard Branson.

怀疑者认为这不过是维珍集团公司及其爱显摆的英国老板理查德·布兰森爵士的作秀罢了。

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Richard Branson is chairman of the Virgin Group of Companies, which owns Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Entertainment and Virgin Cola.

理查德·布兰森是维珍企业集团董事长，名下拥有维珍大西洋航空公司，维珍娱乐公司以及维珍可乐公司。

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Founded in 1970, the Virgin Group has expanded to more than 200 companies, ranging from music, publishing, mobile phones and even space travel.

成立于1970年的维珍集团已经扩张为200多家公司，遍及音乐、出版、手机甚至太空旅行领域。

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It greeted the Virgin group with a walk through its industrial-style offices, strewn with 600 red paper airplanes.

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Former US President Bill Clinton and Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group are also attending the Sustainability Forum this weekend.

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While the Virgin group liked Martin's idea of trying to lower flyers' anxiety by having the airline appear more "caring, " the visit ended awkwardly.

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