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Terre de Jeux 2024 welcomes French, and French lovers, the world over
With fewer than 1000 days to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Paris 2024 and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs are offering the 2 million French people living abroad the opportunity to join in the wonder of the Games.

Mexican ballet dazzles Expo 2020 in Dubai
Mexico celebrates its Expo National Day today with two spectacular ballet performances from Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández and Elisa Carrillo Cabrero.

K-Pop in the Emirates to take centre stage at Expo 2020
KITE will bring the wildly popular Korean music genre to Expo 2020 on November 12th, with the catchy hooks and sing-along lyrics of boy band Highlight and solo artist Punch.

Two-month long ITB China opens to online guests
The fourth edition of ITB China has launched and will be held as a purely virtual event. The event will offer all participants a digital platform to meet, chat and exchange ideas.

Sabeel Fountains unveiled at Expo 2020 Dubai
A series of almost 40 eye-catching drinking fountains designed to both refresh and wow visitors to the biggest cultural gathering in the world, can now be found across the Expo 2020 site.

WTM London Virtual to return next week
WTM & TF Virtual - the two-day virtual event that takes place on Monday and Tuesday - has finalised its programme of on-demand sessions.

Accor becomes official partner of Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024
Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet and Chairman and CEO of the Accor Group Sébastien Bazin announced a partnership between Paris 2024 and Accor at the Destination France Summit, which took place today in Paris and was attended by the French President Emmanuel Macron.

COP26: Paris 2024 to join UNFCCC’s “Race to Zero” Campaign
The Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 today revealed it will formally join the global “Race to Zero” campaign.

Celebrate Diwali at Dubai Expo 2020
Expo 2020 Dubai has added to its jam-packed Diwali calendar, with more events set to highlight the very best of India’s customs and culture, running until Saturday.

Antigua & Barbuda takes turn to shine at Expo 2020
Antigua & Barbuda has celebrated its Expo 2020 Dubai national day. The event featured a flag-raising ceremony at Al Wasl Plaza and a colourful cultural performance.

Expo 2020 welcomes millions of guests during first month
Expo 2020 Dubai organisers have hailed the first month of the event as a “huge success,” announcing an impressive 2,350,868 visits were made during October.

WTM London 2021: Brits defy government to holiday abroad
One in five people cast aside worries over Covid-19 – and defied repeated warnings from politicians and experts to stay at home – in order to take an overseas holiday in the past year.