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Last night VisitEngland hosted suppliers and media for a quintessential English evening with Alice in Wonderland.
It certainly did feel like Wonderland when guests arrived at The Tea Room in the QVB and were treated to a traditional English afternoon tea featuring all the trimmings, including quirky ‘Eat Me’ and ‘Drink Me’ message tags on the food and beverages. Following this, the group proceeded down the rabbit hole, landing themselves at Event Cinemas on George Street to catch a special “underland” 3D preview of Alice in Wonderland, which opens in cinemas today. To celebrate the launch of the much-awaited movie produced by Tim Burton, VisitEngland has created a specialised website – www.visitengland.com/alice, featuring a host of attractions linked with the popular English children’s story, for visitors keen to follow in Alice’s footsteps. One such location is the National Trust’s Antony House in Cornwall, an 18th century mansion which was the main location for the filming of the movie, that is being transformed to include a rabbit hole entrance that leads into a magical garden featuring croquet on the lawn and Mad Hatter tea parties. Selfridges in London has also joined the Alice craze with a magical pop-up shop transformed into a Wonderland, selling Stella McCartney exclusively-designed Alice jewellery and souvenirs. Pictured above at the movie last night is “Tweedledee” Nathan Roxburgh and “Tweedledum” Jon Spring, Etihad Airways; “White Queen” Gaynor Reid, Accor; “Mad Hatter” Rob McFarland; “Alice” Rae White, Visit Britain and “Cheshire Cat” Nick Larkworthy, Virgin Atlantic Airways. new.traveldaily.com.au Taken on Mar. 4th, 2010 at 21:05 |
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At the QVB Tea Room is Rae and Jon with “mum-to-be” Lisa Wolff from Yahoo!7.
new.traveldaily.com.au Taken on Mar. 4th, 2010 at 21:05 |
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