The topic of place branding is moving from infancy to adolescence. Many cities, and nations have already established their place brand and this well documented new book brings the fundamentals of place branding together in an academic format but is at the same time useful for practice.

Autorentext
ROBERT GOVERS is currently serving as Adjunct Associate Professor, holding the Visit Flanders Chair in Tourism Management of the Consortium University of Leuven, Belgium, where he was also Project Manager at the Flemish Center for Tourism Policy Studies. Besides this he is a visiting faculty with The Hotel School The Hague, Rotterdam School of Management, IULM University in Milan, the University of Turin and several institutes in Dubai. He co-authored many publications in the field of place branding and image, tourism, hospitality and quality management. As a project manager, Govers has been involved in many consultancy projects for reputable organizations such as IATA, the European Commission, the Flemish Government and various Dutch ministries and tourism promotion boards, and has taught courses on place branding, marketing, services marketing, strategic services management, and research methods.
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FRANK GO is Professor and Director of the Centre for Tourism Management at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University. Prior to his present post he served within business faculties at universities in Canada and Hong Kong. His research focus is on marketing strategy, destination images& brand identity, ICT and innovation, sustainable business development. He serves as Academic Director of the MSc program - a joint program of RSM/Hotel School The Hague - and is a visiting professor at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan and the Open University Business School, U.K. Go has also (co) authored more than 125 articles, official reports and book chapters in which most of his writing has focused on the need to integrate technological, market and organizational change in travel, destination and hospitality contexts to improve the effectiveness of organizations.

Inhalt
List of Figures List of Tables Preface PART I: TOWARDS PLACE BRANDING Introduction The Origins of Place Branding Immediate Discipline Summary of Part I PART II: PLACE BRAND STRATEGY Strategic Place Branding Elements Signature Case Dubai: Brand Strategy Case Zeeland (The Netherlands): Place Identity Research Case Flanders (Belgium): Place Identity Research Summary of Part II PART III: PLACE BRAND PERFORMANCE Place Brand Performance Elements Signature Case Dubai: Projected Image Research Mini Case Zeeland (The Netherlands): Place Experience Summary of Part III PART IV: PLACE BRAND SATISFACTION Place Brand Satisfaction Elements Case The Netherlands: Perceived Image Research Signature Case Dubai: Perceived Image Research Summary of Part IV PART V: CONCLUSION The 3-gap Place Branding Model Signature Case Dubai: Research Conclusions How to Build Strong Place Brands that Bridge Gaps Appendix I: Suggested reading Appendix II: Survey Content Analysis Procedure Dubai Canary Islands Flanders Florida Morocco Singapore Wales References