The paper points out the importance of evaluating the image of a destination. The author clearly emphasises the role of identity in management branding and treats the process of image evaluation as a self-analysis process leading towards building a strong destination brand. This process is even...

Branding seems to be an important issue among all companies, also among newly established and young companies with high growth potential or so-called startups. This was also confirmed in our empirical research, conducted among 195 Slovenian startups. Startup founders/CEOs see branding as the...

The focus of entities nowadays is not only on financial results but also on ecological and social impacts of their businesses. This focus should be applied to all marketing principles. Unlike research on contributions, which emphasizes its general importance for entities' operation in the...

Brand revitalization is a process, which is closely connected to recovering a brand, whose offer of products, as well as the consumer's attention in its competitive market are in vain. Even so, the core of a brand needs to be clearly defined, in order for brand revitalization to be successfully...

The paper presents the modern approach to brand conceptualisation and interprets its complexity by presenting different themes on branding, its evolving process as well as its characteristics in comparison to products. According to the modern approach the brand should be treated as a complex...

In the past, branding was generally related to large companies, even multinationals. Today's fierce environment in combination with endless use of information and communication technology has significantly changed the rules in the area of branding. Branding has become an important issue among...

One of the biggest challenges in place branding lies in the ability to include stakeholders in brand building process. This is presented in the case of Slovenia, where country brand building was approached from an identity perspective. A three-step approach was employed in order to target three...

The paper explores the complex nature of the destination image concept and investigates the image of Slovenia as a tourism destination perceived by the tourism representatives. Specifically it investigates the differences in proposed components of Slovenia's image perceptions between respondents...

The paper points out the image of a destination as a possible source of competitive advantage of the destination. A review of the literature is included showing the rising importance of the image of a destination. Slovenia's image as a tourist destination perceived by foreign tourist experts is...