Why SCALE España is the most important conference of the year if you're operating in the EU.

In 23 days, EU Regulation 2024/1028 takes effect.Every short-term rental in the European Union needs a registration number. Platforms have to verify them, share booking data monthly, and pull listings that don't comply.There are only two major short-term rental events left in Europe before the deadline. Both are in Spain.📍 SCALE España Madrid, 28–29 April📍 VITUR Summit Málaga, 13–14 MaySCALE España is the one that still gives you time to act on what you hear. VITUR is six days out that's a debrief, not a runway.And it's happening in the country already living it:🇪🇸 Spain — Número de Registro Único (Unique Rental Registration Number) mandatory since July 2025. Airbnb fined €64m in December. 65,000 listings pulled.🇫🇷 France — Declaloc portal goes fully live on 20 May. Listings without a registration number get suspended. Fines up to €50,000.🇮🇹 Italy — Codice Identificativo Nazionale (National Identification Code) mandatory since January 2025. Already enforcing.🇩🇪 Germany & Central Europe — still building the digital infrastructure.🇵🇱 Poland — first parliamentary reading was 17 April. Less than a month and the registration system isn't built.This isn't one deadline. It's 27 different enforcement curves landing on the same date.If you're managing units in the European Union and you're still treating 20 May as a "deal with it later" problem Spain is the cautionary tale.I'll be in Madrid both days. Posting what I hear.