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Three Hard Truths from NYU IHIF 2026

This article is a recap of a recent LinkedIn post by hospitality entrepreneur and industry commentator Bashar Wali. We are republishing the key takeaways here and encourage readers to view the original post for the full context and discussion (and charts). According to Bashar Wali, hoteliers and investors attending this year’s NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum may have heard dozens of presentations, but the industry’s outlook can largely be distilled into three key…

Innovation

Disconnected systems cost US hoteliers over 40 working days a year in “toggle tax”

HOUSTON, TEXAS, 2 June, 2026 — US hoteliers are losing the equivalent of 42 days each year to the daily “toggle tax” of disconnected systems, as teams switch between platforms, duplicate tasks, and manually combine data across the business. The latest research from Access Hospitality, the hospitality technology division of The Access Group, across 400 US hospitality businesses, finds that hotels operate across an average of five systems, with managers…

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