How a confident brand can transform perception

In November 2013, Hull was named UK City of Culture 2017. Many people including locals and the media raised their eyebrows. Once voted one of the worst places to live in the UK, Hull was not a city immediately associated with the word ‘culture’.
But in January this year, this downtrodden city with a bit of an image problem took 12th spot in Lastminute.com’s recommended destinations for 2017. Just above Montreal, Croatia and Japan, was Hull. At number eight in leading travel pu