Successful community-based tourism (CBT) marketing campaigns rely on the collaboration of the agency with local communities and trade partners. Trove's Hallie Milstein shares insights from their practised methodology for establishing working relationships, because tourism marketing entails building trust and the application of stakeholder groups.

What are the elements that make or break a placeshaping project? We reached out to our expert partners to discover what they’ve learned from their own projects to understand what every place brand or marketing organisation should know before embarking on their own placeshaping initiative.

When you’re taking something as complex and multifaceted as a place, how do you identify who you are and the values that are at the core of your DNA? Place brand and marketing leaders share what they consider the essential tenets of delivering a strategy that is firmly rooted in the authentic values of your community.

There’s a saying in marketing: “The riches are in the niches.” It suggests there’s more worth in marketing a specific product or service to a specific audience. Not one size fits all—fit just for them. It’s about resonance. Alphabet's Cathy Kirkpatrick looks into how this applies to place marketing.

Nurturing reputation and coming across as an influential player are both essential objectives for building soft power. But how should nation brands go about growing reputation and influence? Drivers analysis conducted by Brand Finance experts on the Global Soft Power Index data provides the answers.

Prioritising growth in terms of visitor numbers alone means that local residents are likely to lose out. The Travel Foundation's Kelly Galaski explores how destinations can embrace a holistic approach to planning that includes a broader range of key performance indicators to ensure you can make informed decisions for residents and visitors alike.

A place brand is far more than a logo. But at the same time, having a clear, consistent visual identity is a key component to unifying the different facets of our place as one voice. However, it’s also very easy to get wrong. After all, how do you capture something as multidimensionally complex as a city or nation on paper without being reductive? And what can you do to avoid your community critiquing the cost of the re-design?

What can places do to ensure their business attraction strategy strengthens their place brand proposition and delivers longer-tail benefits that extend beyond the event dates themselves? Five of our expert place branding partners shared their insights to help you refine your strategy.

It’s 2023, and those net-zero targets are starting to look quite near-term. The UK has committed to cutting emissions by 68% by 2030; with just seven years to go, we need every city and region to be playing their part. So, what role do place brand and marketing organisations play in driving positive climate action?

Here's the ultimate guide to help unpack the methodologies of different place rankings and indexes and what you need to know to identify those that are most relevant to your goals and ambitions.