Industry was rarely mentioned by respondents in discussing these towns and cities images there were significant differences amongst the respondents reactions to the images of the six towns and cities however indeed we might tentatively suggest that the possession of a strong industrial image in the past may actually be advantage in some circumstances in the post-industrial period this is certainly the case when compared to the case of towns and cities with no strongly perceived image An historical image associated squarely with industry appears to act as a marker against which people perceive or measure change in those towns and cities that have undergone extensive redevelopment in the post-industrial period Our survey suggested that towns and cities with weak images in the past still tend to have weak images ,whereas cities with strong industrial images in the past. That have undergone extensive regeneration, have strong rejuvenated images.
Finally our survey suggested that image is important in the location decision making processes of in this case , meetings organizers’ However, it is not as important as a number of other factors, This finding is significant in that it informs on-going academic debates about place promotion and the significance of urban image. Much of this debate has examined image in isolation, neither situating it within the location decision-making processes of key economic actors, nor amongst the other attributes that are significant to these decisions. This paper has demonstrated that a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between place promotion, urban image and urban development can be achieved if this omission is rectified.