Destinations that are certified as Culinary Capitals enjoy the following benefits over a 12-month period:
BRAND BUILDING
Official certification logo for your use
Culinary Capitals website listing with direct links to your own website (boosts your SEO)
Official press release
Regular social media posts to journalists and influencers
Newsletter announcement
YEAR-LONG OPPORTUNITIES
Invitations for your local stakeholders to appear in our webinars and town hall meetings, Business of Food Travel podcast, and FoodTreX Summits
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OVER TIME
Annual updated performance report (updated application required)
Time-based metrics
Quantitative comparisons with other Culinary Capitals (your data is confidential and used for analysis in aggregate only)
At the highest level, Culinary Capitals is a lead generation and marketing platform for emerging food and drink destinations. We market new destinations, new dishes, and new ideas to consumers and inspire them to choose your destination for their next trip. We do this with an informative website that focuses on our Culinary Capitals, your new dishes, your culinary rockstars and your news articles. As a lead magnet, consider offering a downloadable brochure about your destination's culinary offerings (the website visitor completes the form and receives a link to download the brochure in their email inbox - you need to provide the PDF). There is no extra cost for us to set this up for you. We fulfill brochure requests and keep their opt-in contact information safe in our leads database. We manage the customer's data according to our GDPR policy. As long as we continue to have their permission, we can continue to send them information about our new destinations. And if we have their permission, we can share their contact details with you too.