TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - The aim of the paper is to understand evolutionary changes of hotel intra-urban location policy during the period of the economic transition. Thus, the theoretical model of polycentric intra-urban development of hotel facilities is introduced in this research. Polycentric development is defined as the result of two ongoing and contrary tendencies: (1) spatial sprawl of hotel facilities resulting from new hotel investments, and (2) concentration of hotel enterprises, which is the effect of demand-based and production-based agglomeration processes of hotel facilities in particular locations. To examine this theoretical concept, the changes of spatial distribution of hotel entities in Budapest since 1982 were investigated. Kernel density estimation was applied to identify the number, location, and area of clusters of hotel services. Empirical evidence confirms the proposed theoretical model of polycentric intra-urban development of hotels, although significant hotel clusters are only formed in the central districts of Budapest. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/87776/PDF/WA51_113443_r2019-t92-no4_G-Polonica-Napierala.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Geographia Polonica Vol. 92 No. 4 (2019) PY - 2019 IS - 4 EP - 442 KW - hotels KW - policentricity KW - city KW - Budapest KW - evolutionary economic geography A1 - NapieraƂa, Tomasz. Autor PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 92 CY - Warszawa SP - 429 T1 - Polycentric intra-urban development of hotels: Evidence from Budapest UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/87776 ER -