For years, Boston has had a reputation as America’s ‘most racist city’. However, renewed efforts from both city government and place marketing organisations are challenging those perceptions, and laying the foundations for a more inclusive Boston.

Stefan Hawes, VP of Global Marketing for Destination Vancouver, explores how destinations should be responding to the emergence of Generative AI technologies and the importance of being more innovative in your place marketing.

One year after the invasion began, Brand Ukraine launched a new campaign - #WhatWeAreFightingFor – which gave Ukrainian citizens the opportunity to share the reasons they kept fighting for their homeland. We reached out to Maria Lypiatska, Head of Brand Ukraine, to discover how the team are leveraging strong, authentic communication in the face of adversity, and how they’re giving a voice to more than 40 million Ukrainians.

Destinations around the world are leaning into the power of place branding to unite their stakeholders behind a single vision for their place. Place leaders from the USA & Canada shared their practical advice they had for organisations looking to engage their stakeholders and ensure that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet.

Discover how neighbouring cities, regions, or countries could join forces to enhance the overall appeal of their respective places.

No destination will be spared from the impacts of climate change, but every destination has the potential and the responsibility to be part of the solution. Here are ten tips to get you started.

Resonance's Chris Fair looks at why aligned civic identity is more important to attracting talent, businesses and visitors than ever before.

Cities and towns using art and technology to transform their public spaces into places of convergence and human connection. Creos' Alexandre Lemieux explores how the adoption of art in urban planning is a strategic move towards creating immersive experiences that foster community engagement and stimulate local economies.

What impact does sustainability have on the reputation of your nation brand? Natalia Arenzana and Fernando Prado of Reputation Lab share learnings from the 2023 RepCore^® Nations study.

Addressing an ‘always-on’ style of working that left people burnt out, this campaign invited people to have a distraction-free holiday in Iceland and used horses to write their out of office email for them.

Learn about Iceland's Award entry for Best Communication Strategy: Tourism

The place branding strategy of Eindhoven is a long term project: to serve the community of Eindhoven and to raise self-esteem of the inhabitants as well as creating economic value and make local society future proof. But how have they achieved this?

Houston needed a brand that would be inclusive of all industries - and it needed to reflect the community's sentiment too. Discover how Houston's brand unification project ensured that all stakeholders are working in alignment and towards a common goal – to further enhance Quality of Place.