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Brand and identity
Words matter: Helping your residents understand brand
We’ve noticed that the word brand makes some people uncomfortable. Has brand become a bad word? Most people don’t...
Not exactly utopia: Byron Bay grapples with a place brand crisis
If its projected image doesn’t match its Place DNA®, your tourism destination risks a fierce backlash from residents....
Master your destination brand with DMO Matters: Rebrand Edition
Discuss “brand” with a room full of your tourism stakeholders, and you might bring up a bundle of baggage bigger than...
The ultimate place brand reading list for destination marketers
No matter the scope of your destination branding project or your specific role, there’s a treasure trove of brand...
Get the white paper: 4 RFP questions your destination brand agency must answer
Is it time to update or rebuild your destination brand? This work is not for the faint of heart. A place branding...
Place brands that lack substance are doomed to disappoint
Like many industries, place marketing has weathered some notorious brand disasters. This 2010 brand video for Downtown...
Why 70% of destinations say involving stakeholders is a major branding challenge
We asked our readers to tell us their destination’s biggest branding challenge. (The poll has since closed.) About 70%...
Place brand manager roles are expanding: here’s why and what to do next
“The wider any culture spreads, the thinner it gets.” -Stanley Edgar Hyman, literary critic This maxim - known as The...
What tourism businesses need to know about destination branding
Michael Eisner, ex-CEO of Disney, once said, “A brand is a living entity – and it is enriched or undermined...
Case study: How Campbell River rebranded itself from the inside out
Successful destination branding stems from the identity of the people who make a place what it is. Over time, people...
Place DNA® airs resident viewpoints to aid tourism planning in Big Sky, Montana
Can you define your destination’s community identity? Do you know your residents’ greatest hopes and fears about...
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