city marketing
City marketing can be a tough job in a globalized world where major cities compete with each other for visitors, investment, MICE. The purpose of this collection of research insights, best practice examples and expert advice is to help city marketers stay up to date on latest developments.
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Consol Vancells Casanovas on Barcelona City Branding, Co-Creation and Storytelling
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Consol Vancells Casanova shares how the image and identity of Barcelona have changed over the years, and why co-creation and storytelling are especially important for city branding, following the COVID-pandemic.
Ank Hendriks on How Utrecht Uses City Branding to Promote Healthy Urban Living
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Ank Hendriks, city marketing manager for Utrecht in the Netherlands, in this interview shares her experience of establishing a place branding strategy, the challenges and trends likely to affect city branding in the near future.
Calin Hertioga on Brands and How to Build a Future-Oriented Branding Strategy
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Calin Hertioga of Interbrand consultancy explains the meaning of brands and how place branding can lead to successful, sustainable destinations.
Peter Kjeldbjerg on How Struer Became The City of Sound
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Peter Kjeldbjerg shares how Struer became the City of Sound: a talent attraction and city branding example from Denmark.
Hong Fan on City Branding in China, Image Research and Public Diplomacy
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Hong Fan, professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Director of the National Image Research Center, in this interviews shares her research insights into city branding in China and her observations on what works and what doesn’t in place branding, in the Chinese context.
Piotr Lutek on Place Branding in Poland: Challenges, Success Strategies and Trends
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Piotr Lutek of Synergia in Lublin in this interview discusses the current state of place marketing and branding in Poland and Eastern Europe, and shares his thoughts on city branding trends, challenges and success strategies.