Trends & Insights

Blog posts bringing together takeaways from events, interviews, and our conversations with place branding practitioners around the world that suggest important trends, or provide inspiring ideas.

Trends & Ideas

The Millennial Mindset

Millennials have been identified as a key audience for talent attraction, tourism and economic development. But what defines the millennials’ sense of place? What makes your city, state or nation attractive as a place to live, work and play? Learn from new research into this elusive audience and from the experience of others.

Panellists:
Chris Fair, CEO,  Resonance Consultancy
Jeff Miller,  President & CEO, Travel Portland
Ray Hoyt,  President, Visit Tulsa

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Trends & Ideas

Defining Conventions as Urban Innovation and Economic Accelerators

Although the services provided by the meetings industry often go unnoticed, they are a catalyst for economic growth. They have the power to influence how a city is shaped, including who lives there, who works there and who visits year-to-year. What’s more, conferences can determine what other industries flock to the region and ultimately whether long-term investment opportunities will succeed or fail.

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