Is it a bird? No it's a hotelicopter!

Made you look!

Yes, this was just one of the April fool's jokes making the rounds today. The viral email clip launched by pod-style hotel chain Yotel, appeared to show a Russian-made Mil V-12 used as the first ever flying hotelicopter (see what they did there?)

The flying five-star, alas, was a spoof advertisement posted online by an "expert" calling himself Alvin Farley (aka Yotel's head of marketing).

He claimed to have spent five years modifying the helicopter which was said to have had 18 luxurious rooms, queen sized beds, a mini bar, wireless internet, DVD player, whirlpool bath and room service.

But it later emerged that the interior shots were lifted from pod-style hotel chain Yotel's website.

Spokeswoman Jo Berrington said: "It's a little bit tongue in cheek and we are just having some April Fool's day fun but we are always looking at other options for hotel rooms."

Watch this, er, space.