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Thursday, April 9 • 3:15pm - 4:40pm
TH3.15.17 Tourism and city Branding and their impact on economic development

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Moderator: Heather Khan, Eastern Michigan University

Place Branding as Policy in Puerto Rico: An American or Latin American Example?
Carlos Suárez Carrasquillo, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

From Promotion of Place to Construction of Place: Reconsidering Place Branding’s Role in Local Economic Development
Evan Cleave, University of Western Ontario; Godwin Arku, University of Western Ontario

Local Tourism Initiatives as Strategies for Economic Development: Examining the Catalytic Role of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs)
Heather Khan, Eastern Michigan University; Dawn Pearcy, Eastern Michigan University; Kelly Victor-Burke, Eastern Michigan University; Jenna Levin, Eastern Michigan University

Policy “tourism” or transformative knowledge exchange: lessons from “First Stop Portland” about how cities learn
Sarah Iannarone, First Stop Portland, Portland State University
Presenters
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Heather Khan

Eastern Michigan University
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Evan Cleave, University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario
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Carlos Suárez-Carrasquillo

Lecturer, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
I have examined how city marketing has been used as a tool by the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico to attract residents of a higher socioeconomic class, resulting in an increase in gated communities and a more gentrified Guaynabo. I'm currently following up this work by comparing... Read More →
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Sarah Iannarone, Portland State University

First Stop Portland, Portland State University

Moderators
HK

Heather Khan

Eastern Michigan University
Thursday April 9, 2015 3:15pm - 4:40pm EDT
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