June 3, 2016

Long haul travels in 1st quarter 2016: high resilience of Europe despite terrorist attacks

The latest results from the Air Travellers’ Traffic Barometer* produced by European Cities Marketing and ForwardKeys reveal that in Q1 2016, International trips were down by […]
March 18, 2016

Visitors need authentiCITY!

City branding is the process of image communication to a target market. During last European Cities Marketing meeting in Madrid, European cities investigated the state of […]
March 9, 2016

Long haul travels at the end of 2015: Europe keeps its competitive edge after Paris attacks

The latest results from the Air Travellers’ Traffic Barometer1 produced by European Cities Marketing* and ForwardKeys** reveal that, during Q4 2015, all international arrivals maintained their […]
March 7, 2016

European cities continued to attract growing numbers of tourists despite a troubled year in Europe: bednights up 4.2% in 2015

European Cities Marketing announces 4.2% growth in city tourism in 2015. London, Paris and Rome take top slots: China grows by 32%, Italy and Russia struggle […]
January 18, 2016

City branding is not just for tourists

European Cities Marketing investigates the state of city branding in 2016 and the important role CTOs, CVBs and CMOs have to play in branding and marketing […]
November 30, 2015

European Cities Marketing and MKG confirm the good health of the hotel industry in Europe since the beginning of 2015

The results from the latest ECM-MKG European Destinations Observatory report* are in.  With an occupancy rate of 71% throughout the European Union at the end of […]
November 17, 2015

International arrivals growth in Europe from all subcontinents during Q3 2015

The latest results from the Air Travellers’ Traffic Barometer* produced by European Cities Marketing and ForwardKeys bring to light that Europe is feeling better: after more […]
July 15, 2015

Growth returns in the long run to European cities’ hotel industry

The new results from the ECM-MKG European Destinations Observatory report* highlight that long-term growth has returned to Europe’s hotel industry with new performances improvement in the […]
July 3, 2015

ECM Benchmarking Report 2015 confirms the emergence of a strong positive city tourism trend

A strong positive trend in percentage growth rate for ECM report cities has emerged again this year, achieving a rate of 5.7% in total bednights and […]