Operations
Event readiness, seasonal hiring, and shift coverage.
2026 Industry Report · Venues & Hospitality Networks
Shift-based networks win when workers can get paid tonight.
Hospitality and on-demand networks diverge from the baseline on gig-worker mix, banking setup pain, and seasonal hiring posture. The report shows what operators need to fix before the next surge.
Wingspan Survey of 500+ leaders
Venues & Hospitality Networks
87%
are invested, evaluating, or planning 2026 investment.
Most shift-based networks are already in some buying posture.
What's inside
- 01 Where shift-based networks diverge from the cross-industry baseline.
- 02 How speed of pay, banking setup, and seasonal hiring shape contractor experience.
- 03 What leading hospitality networks are doing differently.
- Shift-based respondents
- 217
- Total sample
- 500+
- Company size
- ~50% have 500-4,999 employees
- Source
- 2026 Future of Flexible Work Report
Who this is for
For teams running 1099 shift-worker networks.
Built for event staffing agencies, hospitality talent networks, and venue operators.
Finance
Same-day pay, batch approvals, and reconciliation.
Talent teams
Worker experience, banking setup, and callback rates.
Compliance
Classification, onboarding records, and 1099 filing.
Full report
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From page 1
Shift-based networks diverge where hospitality feels the cracks.
The first data page shows the strongest gaps: gig-heavy workforce mix, payment setup, seasonal scaling, and high buying intent.
69%
say speed of payment is contractors' top complaint.
A stable signal across the FOFW dataset.
59%
flag banking and payment setup as the top onboarding pain.
+11 pts above the cross-industry baseline.
88%
hire mostly on-demand gig workers.
+31 pts above the cross-industry baseline.
The takeaway
A hospitality 1099 platform has to cover same-night pay, pre-event onboarding, and classification in one workflow.
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