Amadeus powers travel experiences that feel personal, authentic, and connected. We connect data, technology, and people with hotels, destinations, and travel sellers to anticipate demand, exceed expectations, and deliver seamless, personalized journeys that build lasting relationships.

Azira LLC, a global consumer insights platform, helps marketing and operational leaders improve their effectiveness with actionable intelligence to drive business results. Its mission is to create a more relevant world where brands are empowered to reach and build relationships with consumers. With a commitment to partnership, trust, and transparency, combined with decades of exp

Bloom Consulting is a company 100% specialised in Nation and City Branding headquartered in Madrid, with offices in London, Lisbon, Paris, and Riyadh. The specialisation in Place Branding makes Bloom Consulting one of the most advanced and globally renowned companies in the sector with more than 100 projects implemented across 5 continents.

Bloom Consulting publishes its own Country Brand Ranking, with the aim of analysing the Brand performance of 180 Countries. Bloom Consulting introduced the first-ever study on the impact of Nation Brands and City Brands on local and global economies.

Nation Brand Builders, Bloom Consulting's latest book is available on Amazon.

Brand Finance is the world’s leading brand evaluation and strategy consultancy. We help place brands measure their marketing activities and develop successful strategies. Headquartered in the City of London, we are present in 25 countries worldwide.

We have published the Brand Finance Nation Brands study into the strength and value of the world’s top nation brands for 20 years. In 2020, we launched the Global Soft Power Index – the world’s most comprehensive research study on perceptions of nation brands, surveying opinions of 150,000+ respondents in 100+ markets and ranking all 193 member states of the United Nations. Our Brand Finance City Index – published for the first time in 2023 will be extended in the coming years to cover more city brands in regional rankings across all continents.

Brandkit® is a leading brand management platform built for Destination Marketing, Place Branding Organisations, and Economic Development Agencies.

Our platform combines digital asset management, media centre, CMS, customisable Brand Portal, File Transfer, Content Distribution, and Stakeholder Collaboration tools that enable brands and their marketing teams to find, manage, curate, share and deploy images, video, brand assets, brand guidelines, infographics, pdfs, design files, press releases, blog posts, story ideas, links to earned media, and more, at scale, all in one unified content library.

Brandkit® is headquartered in New Zealand and works with a number of DMO’s, Place Brands, Economic Development Agencies, and other businesses globally. Including Tourism New Zealand, VisitScotland, Brand Estonia, and Brand Tasmania.

C Studios is the marketing communications agency for places, with expertise in investment promotion, talent attraction and trade promotion. We enable destinations to thrive on the global stage by developing strategies and campaigns that attract investment, draw top talent and boost trade. In short, we position your location where decision-makers can't ignore it. Based in Amsterdam and with offices across London, Paris, and Frankfurt, we help cities, regions, countries, real estate developments, science parks and trade zones become more lovable, credible and findable in the eyes of decisions-makers.

Granicus Destinations is the dedicated destination marketing business segment within Granicus, serving more than 1,000 destination marketing organizations (DMOs) globally. Built on the heritage of Simpleview, the industry’s leading DMO platform for more than 25 years, Granicus Destinations provides the technology, data and services that destination organizations use to drive demand, win meetings, engage their communities and prove economic impact. For more information visit:  https://www.simpleviewinc.com/.

Gravity Global is the world’s most awarded, fully integrated marketing agency, built to help organizations earn attention and accelerate growth. We propel brands upward and outward with cohesive strategies that inspire action and deliver measurable impact. 

With deep expertise in place branding, we’ve partnered with Middlesex County (NJ), Fiji Islands, Fulton County (GA), City of Detroit (MI), City of Calgary (Canada), the Toledo Region (OH), Cathedral City (CA), and Virginia Horse Industry Board—alongside global leaders in technology, entertainment, and beyond. Wherever the challenge, Gravity brings global reach, unified expertise, and independent spirit to drive transformative growth for places and organizations alike. 

Between the twin pressures to be ‘unique’ and ‘the best’, many places are lost as to what actually sets them apart from the others. INSTID advises on your place’s natural strengths to build on and tell the world about.

Our Place Compass, grounded in behavioral science, assures a smooth transition from brand identity to strategy and the creative. This means a surgical precision to your communication across both rational and emotional planes.

INSTID is a choice of clients who want to go beyond cliches and produce meaningful, pioneering place branding and marketing.

Miles Partnership is a strategic marketing consultancy focused exclusively on travel and tourism. Our mission is to enrich lives through travel by positively impacting communities and travelers with audience-focused, results-driven solutions. Our team is skilled in every aspect of travel and tourism, from marketing and communications to destination management and sustainability.

Today we work with more than 150 destinations, hospitality businesses and other travel industry clients worldwide to develop marketing and management strategies that amplify local experiences, boost visitation, improve community relations and increase overall economic impact.

MMGY Global is the world’s leading integrated marketing firm specializing in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. With operating brands across the world, the award-winning organization maintains a global communications practice in all marketing channels, serving many of the world’s premier travel and tourism brands. MMGY Global strives to create a connected, inclusive and peaceful world by promoting travel as a cultural bridge of understanding. For more information, visit mmgyglobal.com.

Reputation Lab is a firm specialised in the management of corporate reputation and other intangible assets of companies, organisations and countries. Its partners are pioneers in reputation analysis and management. Reputation Lab helps companies and institutions to create sustainable competitive advantages through the integrated management of two of their main assets: brand and reputation. Reputation Lab has adapted the most advanced methodology for measuring and managing the reputation of companies to the reputation of countries (RepCore® Nations).

Resonance partners with visionary places that seek bolder ideas and better futures to create transformative strategies, brands and campaigns that attract talent, investment, residents and visitors.

Our diverse, multidisciplinary team of designers, planners, strategists, creatives, storytellers, and account leaders has completed more than 100 visioning, strategy, marketing and branding projects for communities, cities, destinations and countries around the world.

Across every project, we strive to foster community, preserve cultural heritage, create vibrancy and generate economic benefits by making places more livable, lovable and prosperous for all.

Our Best Cities reports are covered by thousands of media outlets around the world and used by companies and government agencies to help design, develop and promote places large and small globally. Our proprietary Place Power™ Score benchmarks the performance of cities – from data we collect on 500 urban regions around the world – and gives us unique insights on their performance, and how they can best leverage their strengths to attract residents, visitors, talent and investment.

The Sojern Travel Marketing Platform helps destination marketers reach and inspire travellers throughout their planning journey across digital channels. With unmatched visibility into travel demand and market insights, we build audiences to find the right travellers for your destination. The platform is flexible to meet the needs of destinations and their stakeholders and gives visibility and into the economic impact of your marketing efforts.

Part of the Almawave / Almaviva Group since 2022, The Data Appeal Company (Data
Appeal) is a global leader in AI-powered data intelligence for the travel and tourism industry.
Together with Mabrian Technologies, the company delivers Data Appeal Mabrian, the
company’s travel intelligence solution, an integrated ecosystem that transforms Big Data
from more than 130 sources into predictive insights and strategic recommendations for
destinations, tourism boards, and travel industry professionals worldwide. By combining
proprietary AI, advanced analytics, and specialized tourism advisory expertise, Data Appeal
helps travel & tourism organizations make smarter decisions, optimise marketing strategies,
improve visitor experiences, and foster sustainable destination growth and long-term
competitiveness. Data Appeal’s portfolio also includes Coach, a digital reputation
optimization platform, and Location, a spatial intelligence solution that supports strategic
territorial planning and destination development

Tiki is an AI-powered advertising platform that helps Destinations connect with over 100 million active travel intenders every month. 

Through our direct travel 200+ publisher private exchange, we’ve created the first conversational marketing ad platform for DMOs, serving as a destination brand ambassador to engage travellers safely and effectively before they reach your website.  

Our mission is to inspire both travellers and the places they visit, fostering meaningful experiences that make the world a richer, more connected place.