In just three weeks’ time, we’ll be welcoming 200 place leaders from across the USA and Canada to New Orleans for the seventh annual City Nation Place Americas conference. Here's just a sneak preview of the discussions you’ll be able to join in order to get you excited ahead of the conference on June 7-8^th!

Discover how Prague is leveraging city diplomacy to take an active role in global challenges where the national government is unable to react as rapidly, and how cities can collaborate together for a more sustainable, resilient future.

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.

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.

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 new Anholt-Ipsos Mid-Tier US City Brand Index examines fifty smaller but recognizable cities across the USA to understand what's driving domestic awareness and perceptions. Discover the top-ten here.

How do placeshaping, product development, and residential quality of life intersect? Discover the answer and learn how to leverage these factors to support the long-term resilience of your community as speakers for City Nation Place Americas 2023 share their expertise.

To talk about cities is first and foremost to talk about people and how people interact within public places. Bloom Consulting's Caio Esteves explores the intersection between place branding and placemaking and dives into the shift brought about by the pandemic.

Lithuania’s capital could easily employ at least 8,000 more IT specialists to sustain the ecosystem’s growth and similar numbers across Fintech, Biotechnology, and Lasers. International House Vilnius was set up to accommodate this need and make the city increasingly attractive for foreign talent.

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?