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by | 08/02/2012 · 15:49

Holland Art Cities: cooperation as competitive advantage

Holland Art Cities - UK media exposure

by Hans Pul

Especially since the Place Branding Conference of last month, the concepts competition and cooperation have been the theme of some recent posts on this blog*. In this post I will follow-up on this topic and discuss some aspects of the Holland Art Cities project (2009-2010). This project was a cooperation between 10 museums in 4 Dutch cities, aimed at attracting foreign visitors. Holland Art Cities was initiated and organised by the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions (NBTC).

I will finish this post arguing that cooperation can be seen as a strategy within a competitive context.

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by | 30/01/2012 · 18:53

Leaving Utrecht Behind, Thinking About Manchester

Your Research Interest from PhDcomics.com

Your Research Interest from PhDcomics.com

By Efe Sevin

We had a great conference over a week ago in Utrecht. Once again I would like to thank Ares and his colleagues for creating another opportunity for interested parties to meet.

Ever since I returned back to DC, I have been thinking about my research and state of the field. I, indeed, saw some developments in the field since Bogota – we definitely had more of a common understanding in main concepts (-We still had different conceptualizations but we understood each other), Despite Gregory Ashworth’s advise against trying to predict to future, I want to throw a couple of ideas about the future of research in the field based on my observations in Utrecht.

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by | 27/01/2012 · 10:00

Some Impressions from the Place Branding Conference

Utrecht. Photo by Marinda Scaramanga

by Valentin Schipfer

What does Place Branding actually mean? Is the theoretic fundament clear or is it questionable? Can already more clarity be provided in its definitions and methods? Is there some progress made in this field by the scientific community? Into which directions has this field developed? Are there any new influences to this interdisciplinary discourse? All these self-reflecting questions were asked by the community during the International Place Branding Conference Special Edition in Utrecht from 20th to 21st of January 2012. Of course not all of them could be answered at once. Continue reading →

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by | 23/01/2012 · 11:19

After the conference: First impressions from Utrecht

From left to right: Jan Brown, Greg Ashworth, Robert Govers, Martin Boisen, Keith Dinnie, Ares Kalandides

by Ares Kalandides

With my impressions on the Special Edition on the Place Branding still fresh, both exhausted and enthusiastic after two days of intensive work, I will try to sum up my thoughts from the event, more or less as I presented them in the closing panel:

There were two issues that came up during the conference, one to be expected the other rather a surprise. The first was about the nature of Place Branding – and by extension of place itself. Are we dealing with the real place or with perceptions of place? And could we call the former place identity and the latter place image? Now the ones who follow my research will know that I have written repeatedly about place identity (1) and that I am still intrigued by the many different ways the term is used. Continue reading →

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by | 09/12/2011 · 14:56

Utrecht Update | Final Programme Now Online

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce that the finalized programme is now online for the International Place Branding Conference «Roots – Politics – Methods» to be held in Utrecht, Netherlands, between 20th and 21st January 2012.

Please visit the official conference website (http://de.amiando.com/FNFBVAT.html?page=594081) and click on the “programme tab”. Also, please note that papers written by multiple authors will be presented by the author with a “*” appearing next to their name.

If you have any questions about the programme, do not hesitate to contact Verena Röber at (conference@inprojectis.com)

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by | 27/10/2011 · 18:39

Second Call for Papers | Mediterranean Tourism Conference in Antalya April 2012

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in:polis | urbanism in cooperation with the School of Tourism and Hotel Management (Akdeniz University Antalya) are happy to announce the Second Call for Papers for the Conference “Destination Management and Branding in the Mediterranean Region” to be held in Antalya in April 2012.

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by | 05/10/2011 · 17:18

Update: Registration is Now Online | Special Edition of the International Place Branding Conference – Utrecht 2012

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce that the registration for the International Place Branding Conference «Roots – Politics – Methods» to be held in Utrecht, Netherlands, between 20th and 21st January 2012, is now open.

You can find the official conference registration tool here: http://de.amiando.com/FNFBVAT.html.

Please check the conference website around October 15th for further information regarding travel and accommodation.

Registration for authors presenting their paper at  the conference ends 20th October 2011.

Registration for conference attendants (non-presenters) ends January 5th, 2012.

Please feel free to forward this information to anyone who might be interested in attending the conference.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the conference secretariat Verena Röber.

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by | 16/09/2011 · 11:09

Update: Special Edition of the International Place Branding Conference in Utrecht (January 2012)

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In:polis | urbanism in cooperation with the Department of Human Geography & Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University are happy to announce that the official conference website for the special edition of the International Place Branding Conference (20th/21st January in Utrecht, Netherlands) will go on-line the last week of September.

The organisers have received more than 70 abstracts for the conference and are currently restructuring the programme in order to allow more authors to present their papers at the conference. Thus, authors will be informed the last week of September if their abstract was accepted by the scientific committee.

Likewise, the registration for the conference will start the last week of September. Authors presenting a paper at the conference will have to register until October 20, 2011.

You can find more information about the conference on this blog (here).

For organisational issues please contact Verena Röber at conference@inprojectis.com.

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by | 08/08/2011 · 12:04

Second Call for Papers for the Special Edition of the International Place Branding Conference in Utrecht January 2012

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in:polis | urbanism in cooperation with the Department of Human Geography & Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University are happy to announce that the second Call for Papers for the special edition of the International Place Branding Conference from 20th to 21st January in Utrecht, Netherlands, has been issued.

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by | 02/08/2011 · 12:02

Place Branding Conference – Announcement: Special Issue by the Journal of Place Management and Development

In:polis | urbanism in cooperation with the Department of Human Geography & Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University are happy to announce that the Journal of Place Management and Development will be publishing a special issue with a selection of papers presented at the International Place Branding Conference (Utrecht, January 2012) with Ares Kalandides and Mihalis Kavaratzis as guest editors. This issue (Volume 5, Issue 1) will be published in March 2012.

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