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DATE: November 22, 2016
Join us for an uplifting Christmas and New Year at British Airways i360
-Santa Flights
-Shopping Event with up to 70% savings
-Christmas Day Lunch with pod flight
-New Year’s Eve at 450ft
Santa Flights: November 26 – December 24
Father Christmas really does fly! Santa himself will be on board special flights on the British Airways i360 pod in the run-up to Christmas, meeting families andgivingpresents to children.
Flights depart at 2pm and 4pm daily between November 26 and December 23 2016. On Christmas Eve, Santa will be on the 2pm and 3.30pm flights.
Price £10.00 per child (age 4 – 15 years) or £5 per child (under-4) with a 10% discount for tickets booked online three or more days in advance. Resident Member child (age 4 – 15 years) price is £7.50.
Book online at BritishAirwaysi360.com, at the ticket office or by telephone 03337 720360 (surcharge applies).
Christmas Shopping Event: November 26– January 8
Stock up on original and locally made Christmas gifts in the British Airways i360 shop – there’s up to 70% off selected items between November 26 and January 8; plus 10% off full-price items for Resident Members. So pop in for stocking-fillers, cards created by local artists,beautiful china cups, jewellery, homeware and more.
Gift vouchers for flights on British Airways i360 make ideal Christmas gifts and are valid for one year.They can be purchased at BritishAirwaysi360.com now, or in the shop from December 5.
Christmas Day Lunch
Take the hard work out of the festive season and join us for a magical Christmas Day at British Airways i360. Celebrations start with a flight on the British Airways i360 pod at 12.30pm, so toast the day with a glass of sparkling wine at the Nyetimber Sky Bar* before settling down for a sumptuous five-course Christmas Day Lunch in The Belle Vue restaurant.
Main course options include roast turkey with all the trimmings; pan-fried pheasant breast with smoked bacon, sherry and wild mushroom cream; braised venison with whisky and prune stew; Chichester lobster with crushed dill; or root vegetable millefeuille with spiced pumpkin puree and Jerusalem artichokes.
The children’s menu includes favourites such as lemon and thyme roast chicken, pork sausages and mashed potato, and Sussex Charmer macaroni cheese.
Prices £80 per adult, £77.50 per senior or student, £32.50 per child (age 13 – 15 years), £25 per child (4 – 12 years), £6.95 per child (under-4s).
Discounts areavailable for Resident Members.
(*Drinks at the Nyetimber Sky Bar are not included in the Christmas Day Flight + Lunch package price)
New Year’s Eve Party
See in the New Year at 450ftin the British Airways i360 pod with a glass of sparkling wine in your hand.
Join us for an elegant black-tie evening in our beachfront events roomswitha welcome drink and a five-coursemeal, including canapés and coffee. You’ll then be handed a glass of Nyetimber sparkling wine as you board the British Airways i360 pod at 11.45pm, ready to toast the New Year at the top of the observation tower.DJ entertainment continues until 1am.
Prices £125 per person; 10% discount for a table of 10 (note this is the standard table size and smaller groups will share).
Alternatively, for a less formal evening enjoy a three-course meal in The Belle Vue restaurant, with dessert canapés served in the pod earlier in the evening. Prices £85 per person.
Book at BritishAirwaysi360.com or by telephone 03337 720360 (surcharge applies).
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About British Airways i360
British Airways i360 is conceived and designed by Marks Barfield Architects, creators of the London Eye.
With an overall height of 162m, and a glass observation pod that glides up from ground level to 138m above Brighton beach, British Airways i360 is the world’s tallest moving observation tower and the world’s first vertical cable car. Visitors enjoy unprecedented unfolding views across Brighton and Hove, the South Downs and the beautiful Sussex coast. ‘Flights’ carry up to 200 passengers and depart every 30 minutes. While on board, guests can enjoy a drink at the Nyetimber Sky Bar which serves a range of drinks from Sussex including Nyetimber, an award-winning sparkling wine.
At the base of the tower is the British Airways i360 beach building which houses a stylish restaurant, The Belle Vue Brighton, with sea views and a large terrace. Menus have been developed with Steven Edwards, former winner of Masterchef: The Professionals, and feature ingredients sourced from the local area. The beach building also has flexible beachside events spaces which can be hired for private functions and can accommodate between 10 and 1,000 people. British Airways i360 is licensed for weddings and couples carry marry in the pod, saying ‘I do’ at 138m above Sussex.
British Airways i360 has worked with the West Pier Trust to reconstruct two of the original West Pier tollbooths using Victorian building techniques. The reconstructed buildings now grace the entrance to British Airways i360, and house the West Pier Tea Room and the British Airways i360 ticket office.
British Airways i360 holds the Guinness World Record for the World’s Most Slender Tower, with a diameter of just 3.9 meters at its widest point.
The British Airways i360 shop stocks gifts and souvenirs, many of which have been created by local Brighton artists.
Website: BritishAirwaysi360.com
Twitter:@BA_i360
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About Marks Barfield Architects
David Marks and Julia Barfield are the architect-entrepreneurs behind the creation of Brighton i360. They founded the company in 2005 and are its majority shareholders. Previously they performed a similar role creating the London Eye where they remained shareholders and directors until 2006. Together with a tight-knit group of extraordinary individuals, trusted consultants and companies, many of whom worked with David and Julia at the London Eye, they secured the planning permission, partners, land and funding for British Airways i360. Marks Barfield Architects is one of the UK’s most versatile and innovative architecture practices, established in 1989. David chairs the British Airways i360 board.
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About British Airways
British Airways is one of the world’s leading global premium airlines and the UK’s largest international scheduled airline, carrying approximately 35 million passengers worldwide annually, on around 800 daily flights. The airline employs around 40,000 people, the vast majority of these at its sites throughout the UK, and has an annual turnover of £8.5 billion. It employs 2,500 people in Sussex, several hundred of them in Brighton.
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Available spokespeople:
David Marks, managing director of Marks Barfield Architects
Julia Barfield, managing director of Marks Barfield Architects
Eleanor Harris, CEO of British Airways i360