Americas

Micro-adventures with major impact: Crafting a visual story for the Seattle Southside region

Explore Seattle Southside’s new visual identity is a testament to the power that a creative design can have in shaping perceptions of your place. Bringing together three distinct cities under one brand narrative, this new strategy celebrates micro-adventures and the quirkiness you can find under the surface of the most unexpected of places. To understand what the secret was to Seattle Southside’s success, we sat down with CEO Mark Everton to find out how they breathed new life into the region’s tourism marketing.

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Destination placemaking Engineering experiences through collaboration with multicultural communities

Today’s experience junkie travellers are searching for the richness, flavours and textures of destinations, which many times are embodied in the communities and cultures of a place. Joe Veneto, Veneto Collaboratory, explores how the stories and people of a place provide the ingredients to design and develop unforgettable experiences for travellers.

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Destination organizations, stakeholders and residents Creating a shared vision for a successful future

As destination organisations globally are increasingly looking inward at stakeholders and residents, they’re addressing what organisational changes are needed to support a shared “social licence” for tourism. Simpleview's David Peacock talks about the importance of having a local voice in destination marketing, and answers your burning questions about community engagement and resident sentiment.

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Putting residents at the centre of your place marketing

Cleveland, Ohio, has the same challenge as many places – they want more people to love Cleveland the way that their residents do. Before she joins us as a judge at the CNP Awards this year, Hannah Belsito, Chief Experience Officer for Destination Cleveland, caught us up on how they’re providing residents with a platform to showcase their passion for Cleveland.

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From place brand campaign to true place brand strategy

So often the focus of a place branding project is on communicating the brand's central idea externally, and the most important part of a place – its built environment – can be forgotten or overshadowed. CivicBrand's Brisa Byford and Layne Ferguson explore how you can infuse your brand's story into the built environment - told through the lens of a place branding project in High Point, North Carolina.

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