Lighthouse Acquires The Hotels Network to Add Hospitality Marketing Capabilities to Its Commercial Platform

London, U.K. - Lighthouse, the leading commercial platform for the travel and hospitality industry, today announced the acquisition of The Hotels Network, the leader in marketing personalization technology that drives direct channel growth for hotels. The acquisition will combine Lighthouse's commercial intelligence platform with AI-driven marketing technology from The Hotels Network.

The Hotels Network team has built exceptional technology that helps hotels drive direct bookings through personalized marketing and conversion optimization. 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 personalized guest booking experiences that grow revenue through direct channels. Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of Lighthouse

Founded in 2015, The Hotels Network serves over 20,000 hotels across more than 100 countries, including celebrated brands such as Minor Hotels, One&Only Resorts, H World International and Preferred Hotels & Resorts. The Hotels Network has a proven track record, delivering an average 32% uplift in direct bookings for its hotel partners.

The ability to deliver personalized offers and marketing messages to travelers has become a key piece of the commercial strategy technology stack, as hoteliers seek to enhance the digital guest experience and boost direct revenue. The Hotels Network is the only platform in the market that combines integrated pricing data, predictive personalization, and cross-channel marketing capabilities in a single cloud-based solution.

By leveraging real-time user behavior, predictive algorithms, and proprietary AI agents like KITT; The Hotels Network allows hoteliers to attract, engage, and convert guests from their very first interaction.

Joining Lighthouse accelerates our mission of helping hotels worldwide to maximize their direct channel potential. Our combined AI capabilities and commercial intelligence will give hoteliers a powerful edge to elevate their direct booking strategies to capture more revenue. Juanjo Rodriguez, founder and CEO of The Hotels Network

Lighthouse continues to expand its commercial platform through investment in technologies that serve the commercial needs of leading hotels throughout the world. The acquisition of The Hotels Network adds another capability to the Lighthouse platform, which has grown to include pricing intelligence, business intelligence, benchmarking, parity management, and other capabilities designed to serve the needs of hospitality commercial teams.

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About Lighthouse

Lighthouse is the leading commercial platform for the travel & hospitality industry.

We transform complexity into confidence by providing actionable market insights, business intelligence, and pricing tools that maximize revenue growth.

We continually innovate to deliver the best platform for hospitality professionals to price more effectively, measure performance more efficiently, and understand the market in new ways.

Trusted by over 70,000 hotels in 185 countries, Lighthouse is the only solution that provides real-time hotel and short-term rental data in a single platform. We strive to deliver the best possible experience with unmatched customer service. We consider our clients as true partners—their success is our success. 

For more information about Lighthouse, please visit: https://www.mylighthouse.com.

Adam Swart
Global Head of Brand

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