PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Airbnb (ABNB.O) is providing an evening for 2 within the Palais Garnier opera home in Paris this summer season, remodeling a field within the theatre into a luxurious bed room with sweeping views of the well-known auditorium.
The “Phantom of the Opera”-themed keep – a nod to the novel by Gaston Leroux and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical – comes as tourism bounces again in Europe after a number of years of pandemic disruptions, with guests from america arriving in France in droves since final summer season.
European capitals are additionally gearing up for the return of Chinese language vacationers, following the lifting of journey restrictions.
Earlier than the pandemic, Airbnb had created different uncommon in a single day stays within the French capital, certainly one of its key markets. These included a shark tank within the metropolis’s aquarium, the skull-lined catacombs, the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the glass pyramid within the Louvre.
The concept is to encourage individuals “to journey and dream on the identical time — and lift numerous feelings round journey,” Emmanuel Marill, Airbnb director of Europe, the Center East and Africa informed Reuters.
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The Palais Garnier keep features a music recital, dinner in an ornate rehearsal room backstage and a behind-the-scenes tour of the flowery nineteenth century constructing, together with its underground pool, the inspiration for the phantom’s lair within the e book and musical.
The Palais Garnier keep will likely be listed on March 1 for 37 euros, additionally the quantity on the field, one of many theatre’s most prestigious, which will likely be decked out with vintage furnishings specifically for the night time.
Will probably be supplied on a first-come-first-serve foundation to an applicant registered on the corporate’s on-line rental platform.
“It is a bit of a fantasy. I feel it is going to be a bit unreal,” mentioned Veronique Dubrulle Leroux, the great-granddaughter of Phantom of the Opera creator Leroux, who will host the guests.
As a part of the challenge, Airbnb may also fund the renovation of the theatre’s nineteenth century containers and assist the Opera de Paris to replace its on-line streaming platform.
Reporting by Mimosa Spencer and Manuel Ausloos. Enhancing by Jane Merriman
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