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The Incentive Metrics That Backfire in Hospitality Management Contracts

The Incentive Metrics That Backfire in Hospitality Management Contracts

An incentive metric reads like a measurement, but inside the operator's organization it works as an instruction: find the cheapest route to this number. The cheapest-route test for every common metric — and the owner over-corrections that backfire too.

October 20266 min read
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