Benchmarking operation and maintenance costs of luxury hotels

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-289

  Lai, Joseph H K ^a   Yik, Francis W H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Costs; Facilities; Hong Kong; Hotels; Maintenance; Operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649728076     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725960810908145     Document Type: Article

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