Overview
- Booking eliminated 4,093 listings flagged for missing or false license numbers and undisclosed landlord status.
- Most removals occurred in the Canary Islands, with additional listings cut in Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Navarra, La Rioja and Castilla-La Mancha.
- The Ministry of Consumption under Pablo Bustinduy praised Booking’s cooperation after issuing its first formal compliance request on June 26.
- This step follows a Madrid high court ruling that upheld government demands for Airbnb to remove more than 65,000 unlicensed ads.
- Spain’s National Short-Term Rental Registry, set to launch on July 1, will centralize listing data to strengthen oversight and address housing shortages in tourist areas.