Hotelicopter

Viral video

Hotelicopter is an April Fools' Day video produced as a viral marketing campaign in 2009 by Hotelicopter, a hotel meta search site that has since been purchased by RoomKey.[1] It showed a craft based on the Soviet giant Mil V-12 military helicopter,[2] leading millions to believe the world's first luxury hotel/helicopter was a reality. The video and website explained the first commercial flight of Hotelicopter was scheduled to take off on 26 June 2009 from JFK Airport in New York City and reach the UK later that August.[3][4]

In 2010, the Christian Science Monitor named the Hotelicopter as one of its top five online April Fools' pranks.[5] The Times also included the prank in its "10 best travel April fools," rating it as a 10/10.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Lowensohn, Josh (8 April 2009). "Hotelicopter is real, though simply a travel search engine". CNET. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
2. ^ Demerjian, Dave (30 March 2009). "Hotelicopter Hoax Flies Over Bloggers' Heads". Wired. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
3. ^ Alexandru, Safta (6 February 2009). "Hotelicopter – primul hotel zburator de pe Terra". Descoperă.ro. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
4. ^ "Millions of web users fall for 'hotelicopter' April Fool". The Telegraph. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
5. ^ Shaer, Matthew (10 March 2010). "Top five online April Fools' pranks". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
6. ^ Keenan, Steve (1 April 2009). "The 10 best travel April fools". The Times. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

## External links

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* The Hotelicopter on YouTube
* The Hotelicopter Part II on YouTube

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