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Pierre & Vacances adds 216-Room Hotel Sun Palace to Costa Blanca portfolio
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Pierre & Vacances Centre Park Group has added Hotel Sun Palaceto its portfolio as the group’s sixth property in Costa Blanca.
Malaga expands restrictions on new tourist accommodation developments
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Malaga City Council has approved further planning restrictions on tourist accommodation, requiring all new hotels, hostels, tourist apartments and short-term rentals proposed on residential land to undergo a full planning modification process.
Airbnb’s request for suspension of €64m penalty rejected by Spanish court
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: The High Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) has denied Airbnb’s request to suspend a €64 million penalty imposed in December 2025 for improper listings.
Spanish government orders over 80,000 short-term rentals to be removed from market
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Spain’s housing ministry (MIVAV) is directing short-term rental platforms to take down 86,275 illegal listings across the country under a new registration law.
GuestReady expands Spanish presence with acquisition of Lightbooking
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Short-term rental company GuestReady acquired Lightbooking this week, increasing its portfolio on the Canary Islands.
How digital monitoring is reshaping short-term rental enforcement in Europe
Reading Time: 4 minutesShortTermRentalz interviewed Francesc Serrano, CEO and founder of Talk&Code, to understand how digital monitoring tools are being used by public authorities to identify potentially non-compliant listings at scale.
STRZ wrapped 2025: 12 stories that defined the year
Reading Time: 9 minutesWorldwide: Short Term Rentalz News reflects on 12 stories that shaped the short-term rental sector in 2025. January: OpenAI unveils AI agent Operator to book travel US: OpenAI has officially unveiled one of its first AI agents called Operator, a system that can use its own browser to make travel reservations, fill out forms, order […]
Spain fines Airbnb €64 million over unlicensed short-term rental listings
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Spain’s government has fined Airbnb €64 million (£56m) for advertising unlicensed short-term rental properties, as authorities continue to intensify enforcement amid ongoing concerns over housing availability and affordability. The fine, issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, relates to more than 65,000 Airbnb listings found to be in breach of consumer protection and housing […]
Nido Living partners with eviivo to power flex-living strategy in Iberia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Student accommodation operator Nido Living has partnered with PMS provider eviivo to expand its ‘flex living’ model across Iberia, adapting student housing for short-stay guests during peak holiday seasons. The collaboration follows Nido’s €1.2 billion acquisition of Brookfield Asset Management’s Iberian student housing portfolio, Livensa Living, in June. Since the partnership began in late […]
Spanish STR density starts to drop as legislation bites
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Half of Spain’s provinces have seen a reduction in the density of short-term rental properties, in the last year, according to Mabrian Data Intelligence.