London-based Lighthouse, a commercial platform for the travel and hospitality industry, announced that it has acquired Barcelona-based The Hotels Network.
The announcement follows five months after achieving unicorn status, having secured €351.83M in Series C growth funding.
The acquisition will combine Lighthouse’s commercial intelligence platform with AI-driven marketing technology from The Hotels Network.
The UK company is growing its commercial platform by investing in technologies for top hotels around the world.
With the acquisition of The Hotels Network, the Lighthouse platform now offers features like pricing intelligence, business intelligence, benchmarking, and parity management to help hospitality teams.
The Hotels Network
Personalising offers and marketing messages for travellers is now essential for hotels as they look to improve the guest experience and boost direct revenue.
Founded in 2015 by Juanjo Rodriguez, The Hotels Network offers a cloud-based platform that combines pricing data, personalised marketing, and cross-channel capabilities in one solution.
By using real-time user behaviour, predictive algorithms, and special AI agents like KITT, the Spanish company helps hotels attract, engage, and convert guests right from their first interaction.
Currently, the company works with over 20,000 hotels in more than 100 countries, including well-known brands like Minor Hotels, One&Only Resorts, H World International, and Preferred Hotels & Resorts.
The company has a strong track record, helping hotels increase their direct bookings by an average of 32 per cent.
“Joining Lighthouse accelerates our mission of helping hotels worldwide to maximise their direct channel potential,” says Juanjo Rodriguez, founder and CEO of The Hotels Network. “Our combined AI capabilities and commercial intelligence will give hoteliers a powerful edge to elevate their direct booking strategies to capture more revenue.”
Lighthouse: Transforming commercial strategy in travel & hospitality
Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight) is a commercial platform for the travel and hospitality industry that provides market insights, business intelligence, and pricing tools to help businesses maximise revenue growth.
Trusted by over 70,000 hotels in 185 countries, Lighthouse offers real-time hotel and short-term rental data on a single platform.
Its suite of products helps revenue managers, commercial leaders, and accommodation owners streamline operations and improve customer experience.
With over 400 terabytes of data processed daily and AI-driven insights, Lighthouse supports decision-making and operational efficiency. The company has over 700 employees globally.
“The Hotels Network team has built exceptional technology that helps hotels drive direct bookings through personalised marketing and conversion optimisation,” says Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of Lighthouse.
“By integrating the marketing capabilities from The Hotels Network with the existing market demand and pricing data in the Lighthouse platform, we’re enabling hotels to transform market intelligence into personalised guest booking experiences that grow revenue through direct channels,” adds Fitzpatrick.
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