News from Top French Cities

WHILE the Top French Cities of Orleans and Tours celebrate the French Renaissance year round, mark your calendars for these upcoming developments:

In late March the city of Saint-Etienne will hold its 11th Design Biennial, curated by American Lisa White.

Starting April 27, 2019 and through early December, the great Northern city of Lille will be effervescent —indoors and out—with contemporary art exhibits, installations and other events. A great open-air kick-off will launch "Eldorado: Lille 3000," a huge citywide fete held every three years.

Lille will also host March 13 to June 11, 2019 a major Giacometti retrospective featuring over 150 works at its Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Sports fans must know by now that France will be hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup from June 7 to July 7 in 9 cities. Six of the 9 host stadiums are in the Top French Cities: Grenoble, Le Havre, Montpellier, Nice, Reims, and Rennes; from which of course the French team will try to match their male counterparts and win. 

Elegant Montpellier will welcome a new contemporary art center in July which will be known as Le MoCo.

Nice will be now be accessible via direct flights from New York on La Compagnie from May through October.


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Game Set and Wax

SERENA Williams is dominating the opening rounds of the 2018 U.S. Open Tennis Championships in style. After the French Open issued a ban on her black catsuit, the tennis great is making an on-court statement by breezing into the Quarterfinals while sporting stylish tennis tutus. She can now be seen at Madame Tussauds San Francisco wearing one of her stylish tutus, proving she is a champion no matter what she wears.

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Expedia Group kicks off

EXPEDIA Group is kicking off an agreement with UEFA to become the Official Travel Partner of the UEFA Champions League. The three-season agreement also includes the UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Youth League Finals and the newly formed UEFA Futsal Champions League Finals until the end of the 2020-2021 season.

Expedia Group's Brand Expedia and Hotels.com will lead the engagement, highlighting the enormous power travel has to connect football fans around the world with Europe's most prestigious club football competition.



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Full steam ahead

THE Talyllyn Railway was the first of the small railways to be rescued by a preservation society, and is now one of the Great Trains of Wales. Race the Train takes place Saturday August 18th, alongside as far as practicable the route taken by the Talyllyn Railway on its journey to Abergynolwyn and back. In order to do this all courses use a mixture of public roads, lanes, un-metalled roads,tracks, agricultural land, and rough grazing pastures. 

A must for all multi - terrain runners many of whom return regularly to try and better their performance or just beat that train while others have run nearly every year since the races started. The challenge of not only racing your fellow competitor’s but also the Train. Having been televised world-wide on several occasions we have attracted many runners from abroad coming from as far away as New Zealand, Australia, America, Hong Kong, Africa etc.

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World's highest football live scoreboard

THE iconic Burj Khalifa by global developer Emaar Properties in #Dubai, which has the world's tallest LED panel installed on its façade, is now the world's highest #Football Live Scoreboard.

With the finals drawing close, visitors and residents can keep up to date with the scorecards of the matches at the world's most popular football championship that are now relayed on to the LED screen of Burj Khalifa.

Featuring the flag of the goal-scoring nation as well, the scoreboard is updated in real-time for football lovers to catch up with the action set against the backdrop of The Dubai Fountain, the world's tallest performing fountain. A true celebration in light, the Football Live Scoreboard has been the centre of attention of all, since the world championship event started in June.



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500,000 FAN ID cards issued ahead of 2018 FIFA World Cup

DEVELOPED by the Russian Federation especially for the 2018 FIFA World Cup FAN ID is a personalized spectator's card. Issued free of charge once for all of the tournament matches, every spectator who has purchased a match ticket must get a FAN ID. In combination with a match ticket, a FAN ID will ensure fast and convenient access to the stadium and also entitles spectators to free travel on additional trains connecting the 2018 FIFA World Cup host cities and on public transportation of the host cities on match days.

Foreign citizens and stateless persons can enter Russia visa-free with a FAN ID during the period starting 10 days before the date of the first match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and ending on the date of the last match. Therefore, entry into Russia with a FAN ID is possible starting from 4 June through 15 July 2018. The FAN ID holders must leave the country no later than 25 July 2018.

Fill in an application form at http://www.fan-id.ru/ or register at one of the FAN ID Distribution Centers located in Russia.

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Pace yourself in paradise

REGISTRATIONS are now open for one of the biggest mainland attractions in the Whitsundays. The Cruise Whitsundays Airlie Beach Running Festival is now in its sixth year and attracts around 2,000 people including runners, their families and friends. The focus of the festival, which is due to take place on Sunday, July 22, has changed slightly this year, with proceeds going towards two vital services in the region – the RACQ CQ Rescue Helicopter and the Ronald McDonald House, in Townsville.

Tourism Whitsundays Sales & Marketing Manager Tash Wheeler said the Airlie Beach Running Festival had become one of the biggest events on the #Whitsundays mainland calendar. 

“The Airlie Beach Running Festival is a great event that sees the sport’s best athletes running along with members of the local community and there is a fantastic atmosphere in town the whole weekend,” she said. “Many entrants add a few days either side of the running festival so they can have a holiday in the wonderful Whitsundays at the same time. What more could you ask for – a sporting event that the whole family can participate in with a stay in paradise as well!”

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A goal for London tourism

TO celebrate the 60th anniversary of the competition, UEFA EURO 2020 will be the first European Championship tournament to be held across multiple countries. Wembley Stadium is one of 12 venues across 12 different cities that will host the 24 nations competing in UEFA EURO 2020.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and The Football Association are now working to deliver a programme of community activity to capitalise on bringing even more fixtures of this global event to #London. The capital will now take centre stage for the duration of the month long tournament and Londoners will be given a variety of opportunities to become involved as this major global sporting event takes place on their doorstep.

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Yorkshire takes it up a gear

#YORKSHIRE has received a huge boost with the news that the Tour de Yorkshire will grow from three to four days in 2018. After its phenomenal success over the last three years cycling’s world governing body the UCI confirmed the four-day Tour de Yorkshire was being included on their 2018 Europe Tour calendar between Thursday 3rd and Sunday 6th May. 

The Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire will also double in size next year, increasing from one to two days on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th May. The news will bring far-reaching benefits to the county and further enhance Yorkshire’s reputation as a world-class cycling destination. 

The Tour de Yorkshire was launched in 2015 following the hugely successful Tour de France Grand Départ 12 months previously, and it has since grown to become one of the sport’s best-supported and most exciting races. This year’s event was broadcast live in 180 countries and a record 2.2 million fans lined the route. The race also generated £64 million for the Yorkshire economy and the Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire remains one of the most lucrative events in the sport.

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Formula 1 Powerboat Racing returns to London in 2018

FORMULA 1 Powerboat racing (F1H20) will return to #London for the first time in over 30 years, with organisers U.I.M announcing a London Grand Prix as part of the 2018 World Championship season.

The 2018 race will see around 24 drivers of the world’s leading F1 Powerboat drivers race around the iconic Royal Victoria Docks site in June next year.

The two-day race weekend (16-17th June) will give spectators the chance to see the lightweight and powerful catamarans race at speeds of up to 140mph. Showcasing the latest powerboat technology and engineering, the race will be part of London Tech Week 2018, Europe’s largest festival of technology and innovation.

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The Czech Republic Celebrates 100 Years in 2018

THE Czech Republic invites tourists from around the world to commemorate the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918 following the end of World War I. To mark the one-hundredth anniversary, hundreds of cultural, social and sporting events will take place throughout the year that highlight the period known as the First Republic, that is, the twenty years between the First and Second World Wars.

Czechoslovakia was founded in the aftermath of World War I as one of the successor states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Central European country then existed (with a brief interlude during World War II) from October 28, 1918 to December 31, 1992, before officially splitting on January 1, 1993 to form the independent Czech and Slovak Republics. 

In 2018, both countries will be celebrating one-hundred years of existence and commemorating all that they have shared with the world together.

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Ayers Rock Resort host the eighth Australian Outback Marathon

VOYAGES Ayers Rock Resort will host the eighth Australian Outback Marathon on 29 July 2017 and this year is set to be the largest to date, with the event selling out two months earlier than last year. With just over seven weeks to go, approximately 600 entrants, including a number of sponsored students from Indigenous communities, are set to pound the red dust with spectacular views of #Uluru and Kata Tjuta. 

Entrants are from 29 countries including #Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. 

Race organiser and sports tour operator, Travelling Fit, has designed the event to be enjoyed by all levels of #running abilities and four different events are available: a full Marathon, Half Marathon and 11km and 6km fun runs. The course is relatively flat with only a few inclines and sand dunes, and is mostly on unsealed roads, bush tracks and soft-sand trails.

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On The Ball

MORE than 20,000 fans and supporters are expected to touch down in New Zealand for the DHL #NewZealand #Lions2017 series next month and Tourism New Zealand has been working to make sure the visitors know what they can expect away from the rugby field.

The world’s best-selling rugby magazine, Rugby World has turned its focus on the tourism highlights fans can enjoy when the Lions Tour begins next month. The current issue features seven pages of travel highlights visitors can experience in the cities hosting matches during the six week tournament.

In a 36 page feature, the UK based Rugby World magazine provides detailed travel guides of the host cities: Auckland, Whangarei, Rotorua, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

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