José Filipe Torres

	José Filipe Torres José Filipe Torres (born 13 April 1976) is a Portuguese entrepreneur, spokesperson, one of to 3 international experts on country branding and nation branding consultant. Biography Studied in Parson, New York City and Central St Martins, London. He is the CEO and Founder of Bloom Consulting, a company he set up in 2003. He was quoted by ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...'' about nation branding, cautioning that, "Good brand positioning doesn't always mean more tourism, economic development and foreign investment". In 2011, Torres initiated a new research project which investigated 144 countries trade performance and 157 countries tourism performance, with analysis on dozens of variables. The report was given the name Bloom Consulting Country Brand Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jose Filipe Torres Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. Given name Mishnaic and Talmudic periods * Jose ben Abin Jose ben Akabya Jose the Galilean Jose ben Halafta Jose ben Jochanan Jose ben Joezer of Zeredah Jose ben Saul Male Jose (actor), Indian actor Jose Balagtas, Filipino film director Jose Baxter (born 1992), English footballer Jose Davis (born 1978), American football player Jose Glover (died 1638), English minister and pioneer of the printing press in the New World Jose Kattukkaran (born 1950), Indian politician Jose Kurushinkal, Indian cricket umpire Jose Kusugak (1950–2011), Inuk politician Jose Lambert (born 1941), Belgian professor Jose K. Mani (born 1965), Indian politician Jose Mugrabi (born 1939), Israeli businessman Jose Nandhikkara (born 1964), Indian author Jose Pellissery (1950–2004), Indian film actor Jose Chacko Periappuram (born 1958), Indian surgeon J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bloom Consulting Bloom Consulting is a consulting firm, specialised in Nation Branding. It was founded in 2003 by José Filipe Torres. Bloom Consulting is currently represented in Spain, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and France. The company's work focuses mainly Nation branding, City Branding and Placemaking projects, including research for Tourism, Foreign Direct Investment and Public Diplomacy. Media coverage and presentations Bloom Consulting has been covered in economic newspapers and magazines such as ''Forbes'' and ''The Economist.'' The Bloom Consulting Country Brand Ranking Annually Bloom Consulting publishes the Bloom Consulting Country Brand Ranking, in two separate versions: Tourism and Trade. The Ranking determines the position of a country has according to its economic performance based on previous economic history. 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 posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	People Of Portugal The Portuguese people ( – masculine – or ''Portuguesas'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country that occupies the west side of the Iberian Peninsula in south-west Europe, who share culture, ancestry and language. The Portuguese state began with the founding of the County of Portugal in 868. Following the Battle of São Mamede (1128), Portugal gained international recognition as a kingdom through the Treaty of Zamora and the papal bull Manifestis Probatum. This Portuguese state paved the way for the Portuguese people to unite as a nation. The Portuguese explored distant lands previously unknown to Europeans—in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania (southwest Pacific Ocean). In 1415, with the conquest of Ceuta, the Portuguese took a significant role in the Age of Discovery, which culminated in a colonial empire. It was one of the first global empires and one of the world's major economic, political and military powers in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]