City Destinations Alliance
The alliance of Tourist Boards, Convention Bureaux and City Marketing Organisations in Europe
We are the knowledge sharing alliance for cities and urban regions. While working on the DNA of our cities, we are committed to a sustainable, inclusive and responsible visitor economy that benefits people, planet and prosperity.
We are much more than a network. We want to publicly advocate for our common goals while still learning from each other.
Our vision is for all cities in Europe to flourish as great places to live, work, meet and explore. As a community of DMO professionals, our promise to each other is to always be curious and forward-thinking, share our inspiration and never stop learning.
Highlights
The reference for Leisure, Meetings Industry and City Marketing in Europe.
Call for Speakers: Reality Check!
CityDNA International Conference, April 24-27, 2024
Every day, as we open our news feeds, seek advice, look for inspiration, we are challenged to distinguish truth from fiction and noise. Our ability to recognise what is real has shifted, and we are left with questioning both the impact and authenticity of our experiences. In an age of blurred realities and constant scrutiny of information, the time has come for a deep reality check on urban tourism!
This is a Call for Speakers to help us perform a collaborative reality check on urban tourism, as we convene for the City Destinations Alliance International Conference & General Assembly from April 24 – 27, 2024 in Bologna.
CEO Meeting in Brussels
January 29-30, 2024
The Annual Meeting of CEOs is a compact lunch-to-lunch event that will provide you with an opportunity for open, peer-group discussion of current prospects, issues and concerns relating to city tourism. Combining two highly relevant topics for DMO leaders, the forthcoming Meeting of CityDNA CEOs promises to be an inspiring and informative event, designed to help peers build their knowledge and support each other.
Featured Events
#CityDNA events provide members with information, contacts and business leads they cannot afford to miss out on.
Members know best…
CityDNA Live
[EUROPE'S TRAVEL LEADERS 🧳] The seventh episode of the Destination Think Europe's Travel Leaders series is a conversation with Mikkel Aarø-Hansen, CEO of Visit Copenhagen.
Copenhagen is often considered the most sustainable city in the world. But they didn’t earn that title by ...accident. Denmark’s capital and its leaders have been working for decades to lead a transformation through shifts in government policy and culture.
Mikkel Aarø-Hansen shares why it’s important that travel and tourism connects people to ideas that can inspire us all to tackle the sustainability challenges we’re currently facing.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What exactly it means to be a “temporary local.”
- Why Copenhagen believes it has a responsibility to educate visitors before they return home.
- Advancements in sustainability that are changing the way the city operates.
Listen to the podcast: https://buff.ly/48563ty
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[FESTIVE FUN AT THE HEAD OFFICE ✨]
Today marked our Christmas tree🎄 decorating extravaganza😉 at the #CityDNA Head Office! 🎉✨ While it didn't consume the entire day (because, priorities!), the festive spirit sure took over. 🌟 How about you? Have you sprinkled a bit of ...holiday magic at your space?
Share your festive vibes! 🎁🏡
#HolidayJoy #CityDNAmagic
[PRESS RELEASE 📣] /// Joint urban tourism and sustainable travel events, CityDNA Autumn Conference & GDS-Forum, to be held in Visit Bruges in 2024 ///
City Destinations Alliance and the Global Destination Sustainability Movement announced that their two back-to-back events in urban ...tourism and sustainable travel, #CityDNA Autumn Conference & #GDSForum will be hosted in Bruges on October 15-19, 2024.
Read the press release: https://buff.ly/4a8ayoS
[IBTM2023] That’s a wrap !
We are happy after a successful and intense week in Barcelona, in the frame of #IBTM trade show:
- Active role in the #JMIC Meeting to fooster dialogue and advocate on our sector
- Full room for our CVB café, gathering our Convention Bureaux members for an ...interactive and productive discussion, lots of takeaways to come home with and this is sure, conversations are already going on between members. We love our family and community spirit!
- We announced #Bruges as hosting city of the GDS Forum combined with our Autumn conference, on October 15-19, 2024
- We had our part on the stage with our President Petra Stušek and ICCAWorld CEO Senthil Gopinath through an impactful session on #advocacy
- Fruitful conversations with members and we have a bunch of future members lined up to join us in 2024 and new possible partnerships in mind!
In the meantime, see you at CityDNA #CEO meeting in #Brussels on January 29-30 or at our International conference and General Assembly on April 24-27, 2024 in #Bologna!
#CityDNA #eventprofs #meetingsindustry
[CALL FOR SPEAKERS 📣] 🌍✨ Exciting News! City Destinations Alliance invites you to be a part of our International Conference in Bologna Welcome, April 24-27, 2024.
🗣️ The CALL FOR SPEAKERS is now OPEN! https://buff.ly/47EvwKs
Share your expertise on urban tourism, AI, ...sustainability, and more.
Submit your proposals to nao@groupnao.com before December 30, 2023.
Let's perform a collaborative reality check together! 🌐🔍
#CityDNA #CallForSpeakers #UrbanTourism #RealityCheck #Bologna #InnovationInTourism #ConferenceSpeaker
[EUROPE'S TRAVEL LEADERS 🧳] The sixth episode of the Destination Think Europe's Travel Leaders series is a conversation with Miguel Angel Perez, Brand & Markets Director at Visit València -Spain.
Valencia became the first city to measure and certify its carbon footprint, and ...was recently named a European Capital of Smart Tourism, and followed that up with becoming a World Design Capital. Next year, it becomes the newest Green Capital as selected by The European Commission. A combination of brilliant data gathering, initiatives to improve liveability, and policies supporting sustainability are making a huge positive impact on residents and visitors alike.
In this episode Miguel Angel shares the wins, challenges and landscape that allows Valencia to make such an ambitious change.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How Valencia’s small steps in sustainability have added up make big impacts.
- What Valencia learned about where the city’s carbon emissions come from.
- How Visit Valencia’s mandate has changed over the past few years.
- Advice on how to get momentum behind ambitious changes.
- What the way of life in Valencia can teach visitors.
Listen to the podcast: https://buff.ly/47vYR9Y
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[CITYDNA AUTUMN CONFERENCE & GDS-FORUM 🌍] We are delighted to announce that CityDNA Autumn Conference and GDS-Forum will take place in #Bruges next year!
Save the date on October 15-19 for a full week of #sustainability and #impact strategies combined with best practices and latest ...challenges for destinations.
Thanks to Global Destination Sustainability Movement (GDS-Movement), Visit Bruges, Visit Bruges Convention Bureau
#eventprofs #CityDNA #GDSForum
[CITYDNA CVB CAFE ☕] Full room for our CVB Café gathering our CityDNA family ; Convention Bureaux from all Europe exchanging on burning topics in their daily jobs and sharing key takeaways.
This event is prior to IBTM where #CityDNA will also be present during the next two days!
...#cvbcafé #Benchmarking #powerofcommunity #eventprofs #IBTMWorld