Case Studies & Examples

Camilla Zedendahl on Royal Djurgården’s Sustainable Place Branding Journey

Camilla Zedendahl, CEO of the Royal Djurgården Society, discusses winning the 2025 Place Brand Impact Story Awards, how collaboration drives sustainable place branding, and what’s next for Djurgården.

Marc Meeuwis on Shaping the Brand of Tilburg, the City of Makers

Marc Meeuwis shares insights on Tilburg’s city brand strategy, emphasizing creativity, community, and the city’s identity as a hub for makers and innovation.

The ‘Little Tasmanian’ Initiative: Integrating Literacy with Place Branding

Discover 'Little Tasmanian': A Brand Tasmania initiative bridging literacy enhancement with strategic place branding objectives.

Tasmania

Explore Tasmania's appeal as a place to live and work, spotlighting its sustainability ambitions and its recent Health Attraction campaign.

A City Brand Assessment of Warsaw, Poland

In this guest contribution, Michał Basiński of Synergia Lublin shares insights into the company's analysis of Warsaw's strengths and weaknesses as a city brand: the first step of any successful place brand management strategy.

AMAALA Destination Case Study: Reinventing Luxury Through Sustainability in Saudi Arabia

AMAALA: Luc Speisser of Landor & Fitch illustrates the process of developing the destination logo and visual identity, based on luxury and sustainability.

How International House Tampere Attracts Talent to Southern Finland: In Conversation with Nuppu Suvanto

Nuppu Suvanto of International House Tampere in Finland on how the organization helps the city to attract talent - students, skilled workers and entrepreneurs.

Onur Eryüce on How City Diplomacy is Helping Izmir Build its Global Influence and Soft Power

Onur Eryüce on how Izmir in Turkey is practicing city diplomacy, and the benefits of open data and collaboration among cities for strengthening urban sustainable development.

Why Switzerland? Patrik Wermelinger on Investment Promotion and How the Country Became World’s Leading Innovation Location

Why Switzerland? Patrik Wermelinger shares how Switzerland Global Enterprise promotes the country as a vibrant hub for innovative businesses and what makes Switzerland so successful as innovation location.

Why Fribourg? Jerry Krattiger on the Region’s Business Resiliency and Focus on Bioeconomy and Industry 4.0

Jerry Krattiger of Fribourg Development Agency explains why Fribourg is a world-class destination for business investment, and how it is expanding its focus on bioeconomy and Industry 4.0.

Why Schwyz? Urs Durrer on the Canton’s Strengths and Vision as Business Location

Schwyz is well-known in Switzerland and abroad as a tax friendly location to do business and invest in. But there is more to it, as Urs Durrer shares in this interview.

Why Western Switzerland? Thomas Bohn on the Greater Geneva Bern Area as Business Location

Thomas Bohn illustrates the strengths of the Greater Geneva Bern area (Western Switzerland) as a favorable business location in the heart of Europe.

Why Baselland? Thomas Kuebler on How Switzerland’s Business Region Attracts Investors and Talent

What makes Baselland in Switzerland attractive as a business location? Thomas Kuebler illustrates the region's brand strengths and appeal as place to live and invest in.

Daniel Valverde on Costa Rica’s Country Branding Strategy

Daniel Valverde Bagnarello on Costa Rica's country branding strategy and how the nation is successfully linking its brand proposition with values of sustainability and climate emergency mitigation.

Why Greater Zurich Area? Sonja Wollkopf Walt on How the Region Attracts Investors and Talent

Sonja Wollkopf Walt discusses how the Greater Zurich Area attracts investors and why the leading European high-tech hub continues to appeal to talent.

Moa Björnson on How to Attract Talent to a Remote Archipelago: Example Træna in Norway

Moa Björnson shares how the archipelago of Træna in Norway is attracting entrepreneurs and talent - and a good deal of attention - through its innovative place branding initiatives.