French food services company Sodexo Live!, which was selected to oversee the catering at the Olympic Village and 14 venues of the Games, says it has created 500 recipes to be offered at a sit-down restaurant in the Village. With seating for up to 3,500 people, it is said to be the “world’s largest restaurant”. … Read more
Perhaps the most glorious mosque to be found in a non-Muslim-majority country, this one is also very welcoming to tourists. The Grand Mosque of Paris’ towering minaret. Photo: Ronan O’Connell The mosque neighbours the Jardin des Plantes botanical garden, in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement, in Paris’ inner-south, and costs €3 (US$3.20) to … Read more
Nike has taken the wraps off a collection of 13 ultra-modern athletic shoes designed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) for elite athletes like Kylian Mbappé ahead of this summer’s Paris Olympics. The recently concluded event at the Palais Brongniart in Paris gave attendees a glimpse into Nike’s prototype shoes. According to Nike, the … Read more
In a video posted on TikTok, former Paralympian and Motivational Speaker Stef Reid criticised Nike for using mannequins with running blades to advertise its products but simultaneously refusing to sell single shoes. In the video, watched over four million times, Reid said that while thrilled to see photos of mannequins in Nike stores with running … Read more
Paris hoteliers were up in arms on Tuesday over a government plan to triple the tax paid by visitors on nights at hotels in 2024 when the capital hosts the Olympic Games. The tourist tax in Paris now varies from €0.25 (US$0.27) a night for the most basic accommodation to €5 a night for luxurious … Read more
