No matter the scope of your destination branding project or your specific role, there’s a treasure trove of brand...
Topic: Place DNA®
What the destination marketing world can learn from Destination Campbell River
DMO communication in uncertain times: Responses to COVID-19
Not exactly utopia: Byron Bay grapples with a place brand crisis
Place brands that lack substance are doomed to disappoint
Dec 7, 2018 | Brand and identity, Topic: Place DNA®
Like many industries, place marketing has weathered some notorious brand disasters. This 2010 brand video for Downtown...
Why 70% of destinations said involving stakeholders is a major branding challenge
Sep 7, 2018 | Brand and identity, Topic: Place DNA®
We asked our readers to tell us their destination’s biggest branding challenge. (The poll has since closed.) About 70%...
Place DNA® airs resident viewpoints to aid tourism planning in Big Sky, Montana
Jan 19, 2018
Can you define your destination’s community identity? Do you know your residents’ greatest hopes and fears about...
Fight your DMO’s identity crisis with Place DNA®
Nov 3, 2017
Who do you think you are and why does it matter? In the contemporary destination marketing landscape, the best...
RTO4’s unique destination marketing approach
Oct 9, 2017
Back in 2014, Destination Think worked closely with Regional Tourism Organization Four Inc. for the Province of...
What is Place DNA®? Here’s your essential reading list
Dec 20, 2016
Destination marketers need to understand the different types of value that a place can offer. This understanding...
3 essential elements of the place brand formula
Nov 3, 2016
How does the rest of the world see your destination? Shift perceptions in your favour by defining and communicating...
Need better visitor stories? Improve your place product
Aug 26, 2016
"How was your trip?” The answers to this question are the stories your destination’s visitors and residents tell....
Gold Coast Tourism rebrands by unearthing its Place DNA®
Aug 11, 2016
In an extremely competitive and ever-changing travel industry, destination marketers know the importance of developing...
Use Place DNA® to define your destination’s core identity
Jun 21, 2016
Place DNA® is at the core of the three layers of place branding that help destination marketers understand how...
Why destination marketers need to understand Place DNA®
May 30, 2016
What is the DNA of a place and why is it important? Why is a destination’s DNA relevant to place making, place...
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