The new challenge for place brand and marketing teams is this: How do you make sure that the information surfaced about your place by AI is accurate and on brand? Here are the areas you should be prioritising to adapt to the new era of Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO).

Over the past five years, the world has seen an unprecedented acceleration of geopolitical tension, technological disruption, and societal transformation. Bloom Consulting’s Jose Torres looks ahead to 2030 to identify how place brand teams can effectively shape how nations and cities are perceived in the new world order.

After Enterprise Estonia blew away the CNP Awards jury this year with their creative approach, we caught up with Kata Varblane, Estonia’s Director of Country Promotion, to understand what underpins Estonia’s winning formula, and what advice she has for other nation brand leaders.

Like many rural areas in Europe, Idanha-a-Nova faced a dramatic demographic decline. But by investing in a strategic place brand vision, the region has turned around negative perceptions and charted a path to economic revitalisation. Here's how.

Dive in to discover the global conditions and trends that have affected and will continue to influence nation and place branding, and three possible future scenarios place branders could be facing in the next decade.

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.

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.

The City of Helsinki took home our 2020 Award for Best Citizen Engagement for their creative approach that invited citizens to enjoy the May Day celebrations from home by joining a virtual concert. A year on - and with another virtual concert planned for this year's May Day celebrations - we wanted to throw back to the original campaign that wowed our judges last November.

Creating a nation branding strategy is no small challenge. To be successful, it needs to be grounded in the everyday reality of that country, and to achieve that, you need data. Eglė Kudzmanienė, Chief Advisor at Brand Lithuania Unit, detailed how the nation created a data-centric approach to country branding that allowed them to react rapidly to changing perceptions of Lithuania.

Nation Branding architects face great adversity in getting the ball rolling and even more so as they fight an uphill battle. It is our hope that this guide will be used as a supportive reference for brand builders throughout the long and arduous process of strategizing a resilient nation brand.

What does digital transformation actually look like in the destination marketing and investment promotion space? Emma Håkansson, Head of Destination Development for the City of Helsingborg, Sweden, explained how they transitioned from tourist information centres to a digital-first approach.