Harry Potter-themed hotel proves a hit in London
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E-mail CNTV, October 30, 2014
There is a Harry Potter-themed hotel in London for die-hard fans. The 163-year-old Georgian House hotel near Victoria Station has introduced replica Hogwarts rooms, as well as personalized wizard packages.
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The Georgian House Hotel is offering room packages with various options, including a night's stay and breakfast in the Wizard Chambers. |
It is a dream come true if you ever wanted to spend the night at Hogwarts, the school of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter book series. The Georgian House Hotel in London is offering guests a magical night.
Serena von der Heyde, partner of the hotel, explains what inspired her to transform the rooms.
"Well, I had three younger children of my own, so we'd kind of grown up reading bed time stories to them and getting through the books anyway. So I had already understood how it fueled young children's imaginations and how the Harry Potter books sort of were all about a different world, and when I heard that the studio tour attraction was a best-selling attraction in London that's when I thought it would really make it even more magical if we could create somewhere special to stay the night before people went on the tour," Heyde said.
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The Georgian House Hotel is offering room packages with various options, including a night's stay and breakfast in the Wizard Chambers. |
The Georgian House Hotel is offering room packages with various options, including a night's stay and breakfast in the Wizard Chambers.
Recent publicity has generated an unprecedented number of inquiries into the rooms.
"We're booked now right up to Christmas and we've even got bookings for Christmas 2015. We had on the first day 40,000 hits on our website and in fact our website crashed because it just wasn't able to cope with the sheer volume of interest so it's just been mind-blowing the interest and really thrilling for us to see just how much people really enjoy them and like them," Heyde said.
The popularity of the Harry Potter books and films has spawned a host of activities, including 'Muggle Walking Tours' of London and Harry Potter bus tours.
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