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Snippets from the RGS 2016 Conference on Nexus Thinking

By Renard Teipelke Each year the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers holds its Annual International Conference. For this year, they chose “Nexus Thinking” as the conference theme. And as always, there was no lack of critical inputs and new … Continue reading

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Is the Greek Tourism Image in the German Market in Crisis? (Part 2)

By Jonas Rehmet (part 1 is here) When I was a little boy (a long time ago) my parents used to take me to Naxos, an island of unrivaled beauty – at least that is how I always used to … Continue reading

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Is the Greek Tourism Image in the German Market in Crisis? (Part 1)

by Jonas Rehmet In the past few years, the Greek tourism industry was sent on a rollercoaster ride. While since 2007 numbers of international arrivals decreased, numbers unexpectedly rocketed up in 2011, went down in 2012 and up again this … Continue reading

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Academics versus Practitioners: Bridging an Artificial Divide

by Ares Kalandides There is something very symbolic about the way that the two Humboldt brothers perch in front of the main University building that bears their name in Berlin. Academia sits on a pedestal as a “grand seigneur”. This … Continue reading

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Nation Brands Index 2011, U-S-A!

Guest Article by Efe Sevin Today, I went to the press conference organized by the Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index (NBI) to unveil their latest survey, NBI 2011. With the United States being at the top of the list third … Continue reading

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Research Methods 101: Robust Design

Guest Article by Efe Sevin I ended my last post with a cliffhanger. I argued how taking ‘brand’ as a whole is an unforgivable mistake. You cannot measure the brand of a country, give it a number, and rank them. … Continue reading

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Announcement: Lecture on City Branding & Creative Cities

By Renard Teipelke On the upcoming Saturday, May 28th, four experts for creative cities and industries are going to give lectures at the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies / Humboldt University in Berlin (7pm-11pm; Unter den Linden 6, 10117 … Continue reading

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