At City Nation Place UK 2023, it was wonderful to hear how many places are finding new ways to work with their stakeholders, their citizens, and their neighbouring cities and regions. Discover how UK cities, regions, and nations are re-inventing their strategies as we explore the key takeaways from this year's conference.

In a world where there is so much competition for attention, what do you need to be doing to stand out and attract the attention of your target audience? Here's a guide on how to ensure your place brand strategy stands out from the crowd.

When you represent arguably the most famous city in the world, launching a rebrand can be a daunting task. Nancy Mammana, Chief Marketing Officer for the newly re-named New York City Tourism + Conventions, talked us through how they’ve developed their strategy and what they’re doing to engage their stakeholders along the way.

Supporting Indigenous businesses can have a positive ripple effect on the local economy. Learn how Indigenous tourism operators and destination marketers are collaborating on product development and capacity building as Alphabet's Cathy Kirkpatrick shares expertise from three tourism stakeholders moving the needle on Indigenous tourism growth.

A place is its people – and engaging your community is essential to ensuring that your residents see themselves reflected in your strategy. Here are eight top tips to help you adopt a more strategic and integrated approach to citizen engagement.

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. But it’s not Australia’s most famous city. To tackle misconceptions about the city, the team at Canberra are unearthing the city’s DNA to position the city in a way that reflects their everyday reality and showcases Canberra’s strengths to a domestic and international audience. Isaac Mizrachi, Senior Director – Marketing for VisitCanberra, caught up with us to outline the strategy and vision for the city, as well as his top tip for other destinations looking to grow awareness of their place.  

In today’s digital world, sentiment analysis and online listening have become powerful tools for tourism boards to gain deeper insights into travellers’ opinions and experiences. Trove's Charlotte Slater outlines why tourism boards should move away from surveys and gives you all the information you need to start integrating social listening and sentiment analysis into your strategic planning.

Each year, we reach out to our community of place brand and marketing leaders to benchmark how the industry is developing and to take stock of emerging challenges and opportunities. With the continued global uncertainty, it once again seemed particularly pertinent to understand how strategies were evolving. Here are just a few of our key takeaways from the research to help inform your own strategies…

Even as the pandemic restrictions lifted, many workers who could work from home chose not to return to commuting to Washington DC. The challenge: How to encourage people to return to their DC office, and return to participating in all the aspects of city life they used to love in DC?

How can you prove the long-lasting impact of your strategy when you’re advocating for the value of your work to your key stakeholders? Ten of our expert partners shared their thoughts on how place brand and marketing organisations can re-think their approaches to the Key Performance Indicators [KPIs] that they use and how you can make sure you’re measuring impact in the areas that will make a difference for your organisation.

Today’s traveller is focused on planning more personalised and meaningful travel experiences than ever before. For Destination Management Organisations, this presents an opportunity to grow their demand in this area by utilising comprehensive, timely and regular insights to better understand the needs and dynamics of their visitors and to get a sense of how their destination is doing in relation to their competitive set.