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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Future of DMOs: Why and How City Destination Marketing Organizations Should Reinvent Themselves
How city destination marketing organizations (DMOs) reinvent themselves, and why, is the focus of this guest post by Peter Jordan of Toposophy consultancy.
Dominic Medway on City Marketing and the Future of Town Centres in the UK
Dominic Medway of Manchester Business School discusses the role of city marketing and place branding in the repositioning of town centres in the UK.
Gordon Innes on City Branding, Placemaking and Economic Development
Gordon Innes in this interview shares his thoughts on city branding, economic development challenges and the benefits of integrated place management.
Irina Shafranskaya on City Happiness and Place Branding in Russia
Irina Shafranskaya shares her thoughts on city branding practice in Russia, current place branding trends, city happiness and sustainable urban development.
How Hamburg Moved from Traditional Destination Marketing to Strategic City Branding
How Hamburg moved from traditional destination marketing to strategic city branding. Thorsten Kausch reflects on the challenges and lessons learned.
Gregory Pomerantsev on Aviation, Travel and Place Branding
Gregory Pomerantsev on city brands, airBaltic, Belarus country branding and the role of aviation and airlines in place branding