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Hoax Hotelicopters Edit
Faux Flying Hotel Sends Bloggers Who Don’t Fact Check Into a Frenzy


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Browsing the net looking for a new hot product on the market? Your task as a consumer is to figure out if this site is legitimate or a hoax. Just Google “Hotelicopter” and you will find out that many websites are inviting you to “Elevate your stay with Hotelicopter.”

The most convincing part is the website for this new Hotel—it features a full story and detailed travel schedule. If you refuse to research your info properly in the first place, or even refuse to correct stories properly, the hoax will survive.

The first sign that the Hotelicopter is a hoax is this quote from the Hotelicopter site: “The Hotelicopter is modeled on the Soviet-made Mil V-12, of which there were only two prototypes made.” Unfortunately, the Soviets’ two helicopters couldn’t be purchased by anyone. One of them crashed and the second is at the museum.

Recently my friend got stuck for few hours at the Heathrow Airport and I booked him a room in a Yotel, the hotels located inside airport terminals. Hotelicopter’s interiors are an exact copy of Yotel interiors. After a little investigation I came to find out that the Hotelicopter really is nothing more than a website full of fairy tales.

Two thumbs up for a sweet April Fool’s Day joke.

References:  hotelicopter, blog.wired

Filed In:  hip hotels humor internet multimedia pop culture tech world






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Going Like Sixty on Mar 31, 09  2,882 Trends   1,499 Comments
I wrote the original Hotelicopter and of course I didn't fact check it! I didn't have time to go to London and book a room at the Yotel. If someone works this hard to deceive it will happen. I (and a whole bunch of other major blogs) was duped. This is why I don't like web-based April Fool's pranks, it made a lot of us look stupid.
Going Like Sixty on Mar 31, 09  2,882 Trends   1,499 Comments +1
Nika Kubiak on Mar 31, 09  221 Trends   175 Comments
LOL! No, it doesn't. There is no time to check every single post. I just knew that something like first "hotelicopter" would be blasted all over TV and I didn't hear a thing. FYI...with ur amount of postings, u are allow to make a little ooops :)
Nika Kubiak on Mar 31, 09  221 Trends   175 Comments +1
Jeremy Gutsche on Mar 31, 09  1,655 Trends   2,594 Comments
I don't think the original article was an oops. I knew it wasn't real, it was a concept. So I don't feel duped and would still publish the first article. After all, a giant helicopter would be way too expensive to power... But many of the best articles we cover are concepts: 3D drawings, renderings, photoshopped images, etc... So the concept itself would get published no prob. The fact that it was an intentional hoax is also interesting... so I like both articles. I still think the Hotelicopter is sweet. Also: I want one.
Jeremy Gutsche on Mar 31, 09  1,655 Trends   2,594 Comments +1
Nika Kubiak on Mar 31, 09  221 Trends   175 Comments
"Ooops" is a wrong choice of words, it's 2am on my side of the World, so my brein have very little access to a vocabulary :) And by all means I wasn't referring to Going Like Sixty article.
Nika Kubiak on Mar 31, 09  221 Trends   175 Comments +1
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