You've got me going on the subject of nicknames - as a possible added-value strategy for destination brand names generally, and those struck down with an alpha-bout of initialitis specifically - where a name change is politically sensitive.
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"Ed, glad you liked the vid.
Sadly, the alpha-contagion has spread to other destinations who think because it's OK for the big brands such as USA, UK and LA, it's OK for them to use initials, forgetting that the big brands have the constant attention…"
"Paul, thanks for raising the issue of branding tourist routes - mega opportunties for the future of destinations - at trans-local, trans-regional and trans-national level.
I would love to see private-sector led projects with the support of the…"
Land of the Vamps soo much better than Surprising Romania. Does this mean Brand Romania is ready to leave ADjectiveland: Home of 7 Super-Duper Blandtrashtic County Slogans?"
Great point about Sporting Spain.
But first BrandSpain has to drop small brand ideas such as campaigns based on 'Smile' and 'Need'. Likewise its capital city - Madrid - with nonsensical campaigns such as 'Madrid Only Happens in Madrid'.
Thanks for starting a new and exciting discussion on State Branding USA:
Michigan
The branding issue here is: Should Michigan have moved from a narrow-focused 'The Great Lakes State' to a wider-focused 'Pure Michigan'? Will…"
To develop Jose's point about 'Shakespeare Country', here's how a single-minded big brand idea transfoms itself into a powerful future-focused story-telling extravaganza on multiple-media channels - from offline to online to mobile…"
"Hello Fellow-Tripatinos. Daphne and Manolis, thanks for joining in.
Here's my take on Cool Britannia - a great brand concept which played on the phrase: Rule Britannia but didn't get long-term traction because it was in truth London-centric and not…"
Thank you for your interesting and valuable comments.
Let's now try and move the discussion a notch up the destination hierarchy to country brand level using Brand Britain as our example. Politically-speaking, however,…"
Thanks for your continued interest in what is one of the most important tourism branding issues - Should a destination have a single-focus strategy or a multiple-focus strategy?
1. You're both right re background to video. It's just my experiment to demo that background is just as important as foreground. Both have to be 'on-code'. So just for you, I've remixed the vid this time with a…"
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To get the most out of Tripatini, we recommend you take a moment to join several of our many groups which you may find of particular use, such as Travel Marketers/Publicists, Tourism Branding, Hotels/Motels, Resorts Corner, Business Travel, Online Corner, Tourism/Hospitality Technology, Eco/Sustainable Tourism, Eating/Drinking the World, Luxury Travel, Budget Travel, United Kingdom, and plenty of others covering many other topics and most destinations across the globe.
FYI, on your profile you'll see a green bar marked "Text Box," which you can turn into a box containing not just text but also photos and even videos about yourself, your travels, your business, and more.
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