Category: Paris

Eiffel Tower lit green in honor of Paris climate change deal

The Eiffel Tower lit up in green to mark the success of the Paris Agreement, Friday Nov.4, 2016 in Paris.

The Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force Friday faster than anyone had anticipated, after a year with remarkable success in international efforts to slash man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases. Inscription reads, “Paris Agreement it’s done”.
(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Sting to Perform at Reopening of Bataclan a Year After Paris Attacks

The British musician said he would appear at the inaugural show on Nov. 12, almost 12 months to the day after a terrorist assault at the venue killed 90 people.

Islamic State militants wearing suicide vests opened fire during an Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan on Nov. 13, 2015, an attack that was part of a series in and around the city that night.

“In reopening the Bataclan, we have two important tasks to reconcile,” Sting said in a statement on his website. “First, to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attack a year ago, and second, to celebrate the life and the music that this historic theater represents. In doing so, we hope to respect the memory as well as the life-affirming spirit of those who fell. We shall not forget them.”

Proceeds from the concert will be donated to Life for Paris and 13onze15, organizations that provide support to victims of the attacks and their families.

READ THE FULL STORY: Sting to Perform at Reopening of Bataclan a Year After Paris Attacks – The New York Times

Why We Love Paris

With the Eiffel Tower as our November issue cover star, we celebrate the City of Light—just one of our readers’ favorite places, revealed in the 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards.Nobody does a pastry basket quite like the hotels of Paris—it’s a little thing, to be sure, but when you add up all the little things Paris does well, all the details it has mastered over the centuries, you’ll see why it’s one of the world’s great cities. It consistently lands on our Readers’ Choice Awards list of best international cities—as it did this year, just unveiled today—so we know our readers agree.

And we know that, no matter how golden a city may seem, even the finest face adversity: It was nearly a year ago that Paris suffered its worst attack since World War II, and since then, it has faced the invisible, lingering threat of fear, the kind that troubles locals like a nervous undercurrent, and keeps travelers from visiting.

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Paris tries to woo tourists back with better English skills and a more friendly state of emergemcy

Speaking to Journal du Dimanche, she said: “We are going through an extremely difficult period, marked by terrorist attacks and extreme weather conditions.”But all is not perdu (lost).

After trips to Tokyo, New York and Boston to discuss the city’s malaise with high-level tourism professionals, Pécresse has come up with a six-point plan to woo foreign visitors back to the French capital.The plan will focus on three main areas: hospitality, quality of service and security.

READ FULL STORY at Source: Paris tries to woo tourists back with better English skills and a more friendly state of emergemcy