not meet wikipedia s general notability guideline . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources bloom consulting news newspapers books scholar jstor free images september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the neutrality of this article is disputed . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message bloom consulting type private industry strategy consulting founded 2003 headquarters madrid spain key people jos filipe torres ceo website www.bloom consulting.com bloom consulting is a madrid based strategy consulting firm specialized in nation branding . it was founded in 2003 by jos filipe torres . the company s work focuses mainly on city region and nation branding projects the development of research tools for of tourism and investment destinations and the organization of workshops and conferences . 1 contents 1 about 2 methodology 3 the bloom country branding ranking 4 media coverage and presentations 5 organization and administration 6 external links 7 references about edit bloom consulting was founded in 2003 by the portuguese entrepreneur jos filipe torres in madrid spain . 2 the company is currently represented in 3 countries spain portugal and brazil . 3 every year bloom consulting launches the bloom consulting country brand ranking in two separate versions tourism 4 5 6 and trade . 7 8 in addition to the yearly releases of the two global rankings bloom consulting released the us state brand ranking in 2012 9 10 and the portugal city brand ranking in 2014 . 11 12 13 among bloom consulting s list of clients are the governments of germany sweden poland spain bulgaria and bulgaria the region authorities of algarve herzegovina and madrid as well as the cities of helsinki brussels and miami . 14 15 methodology edit 16 the result of collaboration of poland and bloom is a project named polska power which is being used by the ministry of economy in poland . 17 the company tries to meet their clients halfway by the annual country branding rankings . 18 the bloom country branding ranking edit annually bloom consulting publishes the bloom consulting country brand ranking . the ranking determines the position of a country has according to its economic performance based on previous economic history . 19 the first ranking was made in summer 2011 examining 144 and 157 countries in trade and tourism field respectively . the ranking uses dozens of variables in order to position the countries by facts and mathematical algorithms instead of pure opinions like other country branding rankings do . 19 the methodology measures the coherency between the external messages of a country and its actual economic performance . the higher a country is on the list the better they are compared to their competitors in positioning themselves to attract either foreign direct investment or tourists . media coverage and presentations edit bloom consulting has been covered in economic newspapers and magazines such as forbes 20 and the economist 21 whereby jose filipe torres has been ranked as expert in the field of strategic development of countries and nation branding . organization and administration edit bloom consulting sl . is a spain based company . it works with a country office system meaning that offices are established in countries under a new legal structure with bloom consulting sl . as a stakeholder allowing individuals to join bloom as a partner and opening a new country office after being trained by the bloom headquarters . 22 external links edit official website jose filipe torres references edit http www.bloom consulting.com services http placesbrands.com expert chat jose torres on city brand fundamentals http www.bloom consulting.com contact http bloom consulting.com pdf rankings bloom consulting country brand ranking tourism.pdf u.s. tourism has an edge in branding that other countries don t . skift . 17 december 2014 . united states the best tourism brand . cnn . 19 december 2012 . http www.bloom consulting.com pdf rankings bloom consulting country brand ranking trade 2013.pdf the 2012 country brand ranking by bloom consulting . morethanbranding . 6 may 2013 . http www.bloom consulting.com pdf rankings bloom consulting us state brand ranking tourism 2012.pdf http www.bloom consulting.com pdf rankings bloom consulting us state brand ranking trade 2012.pdf http www.bloom consulting.com pdf rankings bloom consulting city brand ranking 2014 portugal.pdf lisboa a melhor cidade do pa s para viver investir e visitar . publico . 11 february 2014 . mapa saiba em que lugar est a sua c mara no ranking dos melhores munic pios . jornal de neg cios . 18 february 2014 . http www.bloom consulting.com clients http www.bloom consulting.com pdf en d2 bc digital demand tourism.pdf a new sort of beauty contest . the economist . 9 november 2006 . http www.mg.gov.pl fundusze ue poig marka polskiej gospodarki o marce polskiej gospodarki http nation branding.info 2009 03 18 country branding consultant jose filipe torres branding serbia a b http www.bloom consulting.com en country brands ranking sherman lauren . world s most well liked countries . forbes . a new sort of beauty contest . the economist . 11 november 2006 . bloom consulting our strength is your opportunity 2012 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bloom consulting & oldid 741252475 categories companies established in 2003companies of spainbranding companieshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from september 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilitynpov disputes from september 2016all npov 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