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Since 1968, Time Out has curated and created the best of the city to inspire and enable people to discover cities around the world — today in over 350 cities globally. In 2016, the brand set out to create an annual global research project to find out which are the world’s best cities, neighbourhoods, etc. — based on global survey data and the editorial curation Time Out has always been known for. The goal: the project should fuel everything from editorial, to global PR and brand campaigns — with responses that are as useful as they are scroll-stopping.

During the almost ten years of this project it has consistently become better and now, Time Out wanted to once again further evolve it — but instead of using standard surveys, the team built something that felt more alive and authentic: a global community of locals, sharing thoughts, stories, and honest opinions in their own words, across 60 countries and 45 languages — combined with AI tools, video responses, and Rival's smart chat-based market research platform.

Speakers:

  • Anna Norfolk, Global Insights Manager, Time Out

  • Jennifer Reid, Co-CEO and Chief Methodologist, Rival Group (Parent Company of Rival Technologies and Reach3 Insights)

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