Branding conference to be held in Belgrade

The 7th International Brand Conference “Branding regions and cities – foreign direct investments, export growth and tourism development” is going to be held on 10 June 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. This year’s edition is particularly interesting to Nation-Branding’s audience since the Fair has a particular focus on place branding. With the program of highest quality…

Simon Anholt on Brand Bulgaria

As we reported last Wednesday, a Branding Bulgaria conference was held in Sofia on March 1. The day before, Simon Anholt, one of the participants at the conference, had given a half-day Masterclass to a number of government ministers and business leaders. After his participation in the conference, Mr. Anholt was interviewed by several Bulgarian…

Brand Bulgaria conference held

Bulgaria is one of those countries that emerged to the world after the fall of the Iron Curtain, but that hasn’t made itself an identifiable image yet. The country is now thinking about what’s Bulgaria image now, how it has changed since 1989 and how the country can prompt it to go to the desired…

Branding Bulgaria conference

We’ve featured Bulgaria’s efforts to re-brand itself in the past, as when Bulgaria looked for its nation brand symbols back in 2008. Now, a nation-branding conference is to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, next Tuesday March 1st. The event will circulate around issues such as Bulgaria’s image, how it can be improved, what role is…

Place branding conference in Lisbon

Yesterday a seminar on place branding took place in Lisbon, Portugal.The speakers were David Gertner (Pace University, Lubin School of Business), Joao Freire (Brandia Central), Bill Baker (Total Destination Management), Peggy Bendel (Development Counsellors International), Keith Dinnie (Brand Horizons) and Miguel Otero (Leading Brands of Spain Forum). The seminar was organised by Lisbon-based company Brandia…