No overstaffing, no girlfriends on the payroll as 'sales secretaries' or 'reservations managers, ' no letting your salaried g.m. use it as a jobs program for her relatives or 'professional colleagues, ' no overloading the hotel with extra salaried management-level employees so we'll have bench strength waiting in the wings if we sign another hotel.

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