GuestReady’s acquisition of Lightbooking lifts Spanish portfolio by 200+ units, taking global total beyond 4,000

GuestReady, a Swiss temporary rental monitoring firm, is broadening right into the Canary Islands with the procurement of Lightbooking, a Spanish holiday rental monitoring and circulation drivers.

This calculated procurement will certainly include greater than 200 devices to GuestReady’s Spanish profile and brings the team’s total profile to over 4,000 devices internationally, developing its setting in the European friendliness market.

“ This procurement notes a vital action in GuestReady’s European trip. Increasing right into the Canary Islands reinforces our setting amongst Europe’s leading specialist friendliness drivers. Under Gustavo’s management, Lightbooking has actually developed a really market leading system in the Canary Islands, with deep neighborhood know-how and a solid track record with both proprietors and visitors. We’re honored to invite such a solid group and profile right into GuestReady,” states Alexander Limpert, chief executive officer and founder of GuestReady and guest author for EU-Startups.

In the broader European temporary leasing, friendliness and home monitoring landscape, current task from 2025– 2026 programs proceeded resources moving right into technology-led drivers beside GuestReady’s design.

In Switzerland, Azuro increased EUR5 million to establish a user-owned profile of wise villa, mirroring expanding passion in alternate possession and properly handled vacation lodging. In Germany, Berlin-based Buena protected EUR49 million to digitise and automate house monitoring process utilizing AI. At the bigger end of the marketplace, Dutch friendliness software program service provider Mews increased EUR255 million in January 2026 to broaden its automation and settlements system for resorts and serviced holiday accommodation.

While none of these statements connect straight to a Spanish temporary leasing driver, with each other they suggest around EUR309 million spent right into friendliness and PropTech systems throughout Europe over the duration.

Versus this background, GuestReady’s procurement of Lightbooking shows up regular with a wider change in the direction of range, debt consolidation and technology-driven procedures in the European temporary rental ecological community.

“ What thrilled us most around GuestReady was the expertise of their operating design and the toughness of their modern technology system. RentalReady is absolutely best-in-class, and we see a solid chance to scale our profile under a unified monitoring method while supplying superior worth to both proprietors and visitors,” includes Gustavo Guevara, Chief Executive Officer of Lightbooking.

Established In 2016 and 2015 specifically, GuestReady and Lightbooking run in carefully lined up markets with common purposes, making the procurement an all-natural calculated fit within the temporary rental ecological community.

Currently running in vital Spanish metropolitan markets such as Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia, GuestReady supplies a totally incorporated holiday rental monitoring service and presently runs in 7 nations throughout Europe and the Center East, handling greater than 4,000 homes in over 50 cities with an ordinary tenancy price of 78%.

Lightbooking enhances this impact with a solid existence in Southern Europe, especially the Canary Islands and Andalucía, offering end-to-end solutions varying from multi-platform listings and vibrant prices to visitor interaction, check-in procedures and home upkeep, all focused on increasing returns for proprietors while making certain a smooth scheduling experience for visitors.

This procurement is GuestReady’s 12th considering that the firm was started, and the 3rd finished over the last twelve month– it additionally stands for a significant turning point for GuestReady, virtually increasing the firm’s existence in Spain. GuestReady currently handles around 400 energetic homes across the country.

The firm currently runs near to:

• 170 homes in the Canary Islands
• Around 50 homes in Andalusia

In the Canary island chain, the profile is spread out throughout Grandmother Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Palma, El Hierro, and La Gomera. In Andalusia, GuestReady runs in vital cities and locations consisting of Seville, Cádiz, Málaga, Granada, Huelva, and Córdoba.

In regards to property mix, around 70% of the profile includes whole structures, while 30% is possessed by specific property managers.

“ In the short-term, our emphasis gets on incorporating groups and constructing a common society, as both organisations originate from various histories. In the tool term, our objective is to enhance sources, expand sustainably, and come to be a leading recommendation for specialist home monitoring in the Canary Islands, while supplying a regular, top quality solution to both proprietors and visitors,” shares Lorenzo Ritella, Nation Supervisor, GuestReady.

As numerous proprietors discover choices to typical scenic tour driver versions, which frequently decrease adaptability and limitation success, GuestReady wants to use an expert and versatile method.

GuestReady will certainly bring its technical system and scalable procedures, consisting of:

• The AI driven Short-term Rental PMS, RentalReady
• Automation devices and AI-driven services
• Standard functional treatments developed to optimize efficiency and raise
  visitor experience

Looking in advance, GuestReady intends to get to 600 energetic homes in Spain by 2026, incorporating natural development, profile growth, and calculated deals such as the procurement of Lightbooking.

The Canary Islands are anticipated to play a main duty in this approach, especially with the monitoring of whole structures and bungalow-style facilities, which enable a lot more reliable and lasting scaling.

EU-Startups has actually complied with GuestReady over a number of years with content payments, occasion engagement and protection of vital development turning points.

In 2025, GuestReady’s chief executive officer and founder Alexander Limpert looked like a visitor author on EU-Startups with 3 thorough point of view and understanding short articles:

• Stoic CEO: What ancient philosophy taught me about leading through crisis
• Lessons from the buy side: How startups can use M&A to accelerate growth without losing focus
• How to build a cross-border team without losing speed

The firm has actually additionally been a repeating existence at the EU-Startups Top, very first taking part in a 2020 panel conversation on the future of Airbnb monitoring and temporary services (panel announcement), and later on including once more when Limpert was revealed as an audio speaker for the 2025 version of the Top (speaker announcement).

From a company-building point of view, EU-Startups has actually additionally reported on GuestReady’s funding and growth, including its €700k funding round in 2016, its $3 million raise alongside the acquisition of Easy Rental Services in 2017, and its 2018 acquisitions of Oporto City Flats and We Stay In Paris.

Past the EU-Startups brand name, Limpert has actually additionally taken part as an audio speaker at the 2025 FutureTravel Top (speaker profile), the previous sibling brand name of EU-Startups.

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