City Nation Place Americas 2026

Celebrating the 10th City Nation Place Americas conference

Presents for places

City Nation Place Americas has been bringing place leadership teams together for ten years to share ideas and build best practice in place branding and marketing. City Nation Place is for the people and stories behind places, and so we’re delighted to come together with our wonderful expert partners to offer a fantastic range of opportunities to benefit from strategic consultancy, AI-powered data access, bespoke research insights, and professional development workshops.

Every place delegate at City Nation Place Global will have the opportunity to enter the prize draw for each offer – with the opportunity to win for your organization. Winners will be announced at the end of the conference.

Presents from City Nation Place…

A complimentary place on the City Nation Place Accelerator Training course

A complimentary enterprise subscription to the Place Brand Portfolio, the searchable directory of best practice case studies in place branding and marketing

A complimentary conference ticket to be used at any CNP event before 31st December 2027

Presents from CNP Americas 26 Partners…

Azira Logo

Get complimentary access to Azira Insights. Powered by AI, this product uses LLMs to let travel and tourism brands and agencies interact directly with global location data sets and reports. Tourism brands can perform advanced analytics, uncover deep insights on their destination, specific points-of-interest, travelers, etc - all by simply asking questions. Instantly generate clear, data-rich answers, along with charts and visualizations to bring your insights to life.

Brandkit Logo

Win one year’s free access to a Brandkit place brand or destination brand toolkit subscription (worth up to US$20,000)
Not applicable for existing customers.

OR

Win one year’s free Brandkit place brand or destination brand adviser AI chatbot (worth up to US$6,000)
Suitable for existing customers.

Bloom Consulting Logo

Complimentary one-hour consultation with Bloom Consulting to get an expert’s view or feedback on any of the following topics for your current or future strategy:


Foundations for a successful city brand strategy


Implementing a city brand strategy


The common risks for a city brand strategy


City Brand KPIs


How to measure your digital identity


How to quantify the economic impact of your city brand in your economy

CivicBrand Logo

Receive 10 copies of ‘The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place,’ by Ryan Short, plus a complimentary one-hour zoom conversation with the author for your team.

This leadership bundle gives your organization a shared framework for thinking about city-building, tourism, economic development, and community engagement, challenging conventional approaches to place branding.

CrowdRiff Logo

Win a three-month trial of CrowdRiff’s Content Planner, plus a CrowdRiff Creators shoot - a hands-on, professionally produced content session to bring your destination's story to life.

DCI Logo

Win a custom analysis from DCI’s industry-leading ‘Talent Wars’ research, tailored to your destination. You’ll receive targeted data on talent attraction opportunities for your region, plus perception insights across live/work, visit, and investment audiences - everything you need to sharpen your place brand strategy with real data.

Gravity Global Logo

An exclusive, application-based workshop designed for place leaders seeking to strengthen their competitive positioning in an increasingly crowded global landscape.

Following the workshop, you’ll receive a tailored competitive audit analyzing five competitors, highlighting differentiation opportunities, narrative gaps, and areas where brand experience can better align with economic and community objectives.

Miles Partnership Logo

Unlock an exclusive look at the future of tourism with The Navigator. This customized annual review delivered by Miles Partnership shares cutting-edge insights into the trends, research, and technologies transforming the traveller experience.

With two-hours of dedicated consulting time, this package allows you to explore the insights in depth, ask questions, and translate ideas into actionable next steps.

Propulso Logo

Win 1 x Garmin watch (valued at $439 before tax)

OR

One of 5 CAD$1000 Propulso credits to be applied towards geomarketing campaigns or Geoindicator reports.

Resonance Logo

Win a custom place performance snapshot. Resonance will apply their proprietary Place Power™ data to create a tailored benchmarking brief for your city, destination, or region, showing how your place compares with key peers across reputation, appeal, and competitive positioning.

This package includes strategic recommendations, and a one-hour debrief with the Resonance team.

Tiki Logo

Tiki is contributing a 10,000-click Envoy conversational media campaign. This isn’t just a digital media campaign, this is an AI-powered destination storytelling experience designed to help place brands connect with travellers earlier in the decision journey.

Delivered across Tiki’s global, travel-only publisher network, Envoy meets high-intent audiences while they’re actively planning trips, not passively scrolling. Using real-time first party travel signals, the campaign gives both meaningful exposure and actionable insight into what travelers actually want to know when choosing where to go next.

The Travel Foundation Logo

A free year’s membership (worth $2600) to TF Connect, the Travel Foundation’s global community for forward-thinking destinations.

Membership includes bi-monthly expert convenings, access to research and case studies, visibility as a sponsor in their annual Destination Resilience report, and priority access to pilots, training, and collaboration opportunities with travel businesses and destinations worldwide.

Veneto Collaboratory Logo

A one-hour complimentary virtual ideation session for a DMO organization on destination development and experience design to brainstorm immersive initiatives and unique-to-you activations that will deliver a must-visit narrative for your destination.
Must be used by December 2026.