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In his seminal paper on the urban land market, Alonso notes that when a purchaser acquires land, he acquires two goods (land and location) in one transaction, and a single payment is made for the combination. Thus it is possible to trade off a quantity of land against location, the principle underlying Alonso's bid-rent analysis. It is argued that the Alonso model of bid-rent analysis is still applicable to those types of economic activity which display a hierarchy of use in terms of distance from the city centre. The concern here is with hotel location, and we develop a model of the Alonso type which casts light upon the intraurban location decisions of hotels.

The quality-accreditation process known as ISO 9000, a longtime standard for manufacturers in over 90 countries, is gradually being adopted by hospitality companies. A survey of 34 ISO 9000-certified hospitality operators in the UK found mixed opinions regarding the benefits stemming from that accreditation. Studies in other industries suggest that certification should help a company improve operations, strengthen marketing, and boost staff morale. Although this survey also found that accredited hospitality organizations likely will gain operational benefits, the hoteliers reported a lesser likelihood of gaining marketing and human-resources benefits. Since ISO 9000 is based on formalizing operating processes, it makes sense that documenting those processes will return operational benefits. Benefits in human resources, however, can be achieved only if employees participate in the documentation process. It is likely that an increasing number of hospitality companies will choose ISO accreditation. This study indicates, however, that the ISO certification does not confer automatic marketing advantages to the companies that earn it.

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The purpose of this research is to analyse the relationship of person-organization fit in hotels through organizational identification, job performance, production deviance behavior, and the intention to remain. To achieve this, first the literature was consulted to provide a conceptual model. Through conducting a face-to-face interview, a total of 582 questionnaires were collected from employees who were full-time employees of the five-star hotels operating within the Mugla region of Turkey. The data obtained from the survey was analysed via the statistics program; within this explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed within the framework of Structural Equation Modelling. The study concluded and identified, that external factors, namely “person-organization fit”, have an effect on internal factors such as “organizational identification”, “job performance”, “production deviance” and the “intention to remain”. The empirical results indicate that person-organization fit has a significant and positive influence on organizational identification, job performance and intention to remain, while has a significant and negative influence on production deviance behavior. The results also indicate that the organizational identification has an important effect on job performance, intention to remain and production deviance behavior.