Our interviews with place brand experts provide unique insights into the thinking and experience of leading researchers and professionals in the fields of city branding, destination branding and -marketing, economic development, nation branding and public diplomacy. Interviews are by invitation only and based on peer-nominations to ensure highest quality and relevance.
Sophie Souyet of Amatista Travels in this interview shares why astrotourism is a great opportunity for the development of Coquimbo region in Northern Chile. She also gives useful advice on how to succeed as start-up tour operator.
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Lucía Pinto is the Indendente of Coquimbo region and as such its highest authority. In this interview she tells us why Coquimbo is predestined as the place in the world to go to for a glimpse at the stars and the universe.
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In this interview Anna Gissler, Acting CEO of Stockholm Business Region (with the two subsidiaries Visit Stockholm and Invest Stockholm) shares her thoughts on success factors, challenges and trends in city branding – which, as she says, really isn’t about logos or slogans.
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Mia Kemppaala, founder of Polar Bear Pitching in the city of Oulu in Finland’s north, tells us how the event came all about, why Polar Bear Pitching has become so important for the city and why it is important to sometimes take a jump into the cold water, embracing the unknown.
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Helena Renström, marketing manager of Skellefteå municipality in Sweden in this interview tells us how this small Swedish community managed to attract the country’s largest battery plant. She also reflects on why place branding has to be linked to place development, and which pitfalls city brand managers should avoid.
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