when i first heard of a flying hotel, i thought the idea was incredibly stupid: 1) helicopters aren’t the most stable rides, 2) they’re not relatively safe, 3) this one looked oddly like the Mil V-12, a twin-rotor heavy-lift Russian concept of the ’60s that, except for a memorable Paris Air Show appareance, rarely flew. Only two prototypes were built, one of which suffered extensive damage from a crash caused by resonance and control system problems. Heavy and plagued by problems stemming from vibrations with the wing bracing, the V-12 was uneconomical to use and Mil decided instead to pursue the Mi-26 for heavy-lift purposes, relegating the surviving V-12 to the Monino Air Force Museum in Moscow. meaning: the planted story that the Hotelicopter’s owners went and bought one of the two prototypes is total bull.
[source: The Aviation Factfile: Helicopters,(c)2005]

then i scrolled down, and smiled, relieved, and a little sad: it would be nice for some of our aviation fantasies to appear, instead of evaporating as hoaxes.