John Travolta and Joe Alvarez at the Breitling Store Opening in London
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John Travolta, Joe Alvarez

John Travolta and David Beckham got on very well as they both turned up to support the launch of the new flagship London Breitling store on Thursday night.

The pair were the guests of honour at the bash, -Travolta the official Breitling ambassador- which was held at the store in London’s New Bond Street district. The Hollywood icon and pilot made a grand entrance walking on the street with a ‘squadron’ of flight attendants by his side.

To our horror, when they started walking towards us, organisers turned on smoke machines to give the star a quasi-surreal ‘entrance’. It failed miserably as there was far too much smoke and photographers started shouting “turn it off!” It made photography virtually impossible. We had to wait a couple of minutes for the smoke to dissipate, so we could resume taking pictures.

The Star then cut the ribbon and invited guests and media in store for the party to begin. David -Beckham- arrived half an hour later, and after his photocall joined us for the party. Travolta made a speech, and soon after, we chatted about all things aviation. After our pictures together, –champagne in hand- I was given a tour of the new store and its new collection of timepieces.