Harry Potter fan trip to the UK in 2004

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'HP Fan Trips' Announces Exclusive Tour of Britain for International 
Harry Potter Fans with Appearance by Chris Rankin, Actor in Harry 
Potter Movies

October 31, 2003 - HP Fan Trips has just announced an exclusive tour 
to Britain in June 2004 for the release of "Harry Potter and the 
Prisoner of Azkaban," the third film adaptation of JK Rowling's 
acclaimed novels. Chris Rankin, who plays Percy Weasley in the movie 
series, will spend an entire weekend with the tour's participants.

The tour will travel to exciting film locations seen in the Harry 
Potter movies, while learning about history and culture of the UK. 
The National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of Team Handball in 
the United States will be developing rules and regulations for a land-
based game of Quidditch and providing UK counterparts to referee the 
games.

Mr. Rankin will greet guests from around the world during an exciting 
treasure hunt in London, host a premiere - and possibly private - 
viewing of the movie "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," and 
meet fans for a discussion after the film. He will also participate 
in a magical Quidditch match, a special Triwizard Tournament, and a 
closing banquet.

Crafted by HP Fan Trips and operated by Beyond Boundaries Travel, 
this "Live the Legend!" tour celebrates the history of wizards, 
fantasy, and magical creatures using world-class storytellers and 
ingenious activities. Developed in cooperation with VisitBritain, the 
official British Tourist Authority, Beyond Boundaries has arranged 
activities for international guests including book and movie 
discussions, and a banquet rivaled only by Hogwarts' own feasts.

Top international Harry Potter fan sites have offered their support 
for this unique experience, including the Harry Potter Automatic News 
Aggregator (http://www.hpana.com), FictionAlley 
(http://www.fictionalley.org), MuggleNet (http://www.mugglenet.com), 
Chris Rankin Online (http://www.chrisrankin.com), UKHarryPotter 
(http://www.ukharrypotter.com), the HP Lexicon (http://www.hp-lexicon.org), Dark Mark (http://www.darkmark.com), Diagon Alley 
community (http://www.diagon.org), Wizard News 
(http://www.wizardnews.com) and others. The web sites for these 
organizations have loyal readers in more than 83 countries with over 
35,000,000 hits per month.

About HP Fan Trips

HP Fan Trips in July 2003 began planning a Harry Potter fan's dream 
vacation, focused around the premiere of the third Harry Potter film. 
Its organizers include Heidi Tandy, an intellectual property lawyer 
and co-founder of fan site FictionAlley.org; Jeff Guillaume, a 23-
year-old programmer and creator of Harry Potter news site HPANA.com; 
Jeannie Barresi of Beyond Boundaries Travel; and Jonathan 
Trachtenberg, designer of the HP Fan Trips web site. Visit 
http://www.hpfantrips.com for more information.

About Beyond Boundaries Travel

Since 1991, Beyond Boundaries Travel has designed special interest 
group travel. It is an international tour company working with The 
History Channel, the World Bank, the United Nations, the National 
Institutes of Health and numerous other clubs and organizations. 
Beyond Boundaries works with actors, authors, film directors, 
princesses and aristocrats, dancers and choreographers and many other 
very special guest presenters on these customized programs. Visit 
their web site at http://www.beyondboundariestravel.com.

CONTACT: Jeannie Barresi
TEL: 800-487-1136
E-MAIL: jeannie at ...
(jeannie@ beyondboundariestravel.com)

CONTACT: Jeff Guillaume
E-MAIL: info at ...
(info@ hpfantrips.com)

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WEBMASTERS AND ORGANIZATIONS:
Special sponsorship opportunity

By supporting and promoting this tour (absolutely free), you are 
eligible to receive an incredible thank-you gift from HP Fan Trips: 
For every 29 paid trip participants that originate from your site or 
organization, you will earn up to one FREE trip to use anyway you 
like.  Give it away on your site or use it yourself!  This is up to a 
$2,000 value just for helping spread the word!  (Actual amount will 
be at least the average price paid by the group of 29. Does not 
include airfare.)

If you would like to be featured on HPFanTrips.com as a supporting 
fan site, please provide a logo or banner via e-mail to 
info at ... (info@ hpfantrips.com) and we will gladly showcase 
it. Please be sure you have prominently linked back to HPFanTrips.com 
using one of our banners or buttons (or one of your own). Visit 
http://www.hpfantrips.com/sponsor.cfm for more information.