In the event, the claustrophobia demanded by the narrative matches up well with a house that is more intimate than Mr. Grandage's forthcoming operatic destinations: the director has "Madame Butterfly" and "Don Giovanni" on tap for Houston Grand Opera and New York's Metropolitan Opera, respectively.
"The festival is an opportunity to promote New Haven as a foodie destination," said Anne Worcester, director of the tournament and chief officer for Market New Haven.
Even though Burns is leaving Kingsholm, with Leicester his likely destination, the Gloucester director of rugby, Nigel Davies, believes a player who stood out in the Premiership last season will rise again.
"We consider this a major P.R. event in our effort to market San Francisco as a gay destination," said Peter Gerhäuser, director of sales and marketing at the Renoir Hotel, one of several hotels that seek gay and lesbian customers.
"As Virgin Galactic gets closer to becoming the world's first commercial space line, Playboy is eagerly pondering the creation of the ultimate intergalactic entertainment destination," Playboy editorial director Jimmy Jellinek said in a statement.
Here's the lowdown on making savings to popular destinations: Claire Bentley, managing director of British Airways Holidays (ba.com/holidays), says: "We are already seeing strong bookings to the States, with travellers taking advantage of the exchange rate (£1=$1.56)." For BA's low-price fare finder, see tinyurl.com/BAlowprice.
"It is encouraging to see more Americans planning to travel to visit family, friends and exciting vacation destinations," says Glen MacDonell, director of AAA Travel Services.
"We definitely are finding people want more meaningful travel experiences, and they're finding them in some pretty exotic destinations," says Pamela Lassers, director of media relations at Abercrombie & Kent, a luxury tour operator.
"We've seen a rash of terrorist incidents at resorts, places that are traditionally soft targets and vacation destinations," says Dave Johnson, director of training for The Steele Foundation, a California-based risk-management company.
"It's a phenomenal, fantastic, positive story from a tourism front because Cape Breton is very much, in my opinion, a gem of a tourism destination," said Mary Tulle, executive director of Destination Cape Breton, the office that's helping Calabrese.
