TravelShark

TravelShark’s mission is to inspire discovery and empower travelers by creating the most personal recommendations in the world. It can be painful to find new places to eat while traveling. Reviews are increasingly important to consumers, but they are cumbersome to read and often untrustworthy. To solve this, we leverage data science and machine learning technologies to create “Essences,” which display the most frequently used and most unique phrases about a place based on user generated content from around the web. We believe personalization is a scale that starts with suggestions and improves with active learning, which is why we use Essences as our signal for discovery -- instead of determining results based on what your friends like (which can be flawed), we determine results based on what kinds of places YOU like. As you interact with our mobile and web products, TravelShark learns what you like and delivers increasingly personal recommendations -- whether you’re in your home city or traveling abroad. For online travel agencies, hotels, airlines, and other travel services, TravelShark is a platform that builds loyalty into existing mobile offerings, enhances the booking experience for customers, and empowers your business to better understand your customers’ preferences. To see what TravelShark is up to, stay tuned to this page or you can sign up for our beta at http://www.travelshark.com.