little bit of the bubbly during a staff gathering. But for employees of Sara Blakely's US-based female fashion company, Spanx – which was recently valued at $1.2 billion (£727million) – they were given two first class tickets to anywhere they wanted in the world.And if that wasn't enough, the excited gaggle of staff were told they were getting $10,000 (£7,276) to spend on the trip, too.In emotional scenes posted to Instagram by Ms Blakely, employees can be seen crying and cheering upon hearing the incredible news.In a social media post, which also announced a large investment partnership with investment firm Blackstone, she wrote: "Behind the scenes @spanx telling the employees (some live and some on zoom) about the sale and partnership.
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