Airbnb Is Quietly Building the Smartest Travel Agent of All Time
Airbnb overhauled its logo, its website, and its mobile app this morning. But there’s something deeper going on with the sharing economy’s most popular travel site.
Under the covers, Airbnb has quietly begun an ambitious effort to painstakingly mine the treasure trove of data contained in the site’s customer reviews and host descriptions to create a smarter way of traveling. It turns outs Airbnb is more than a travel website—it’s a stealth big data company.
Tags:
Read more: Airbnb Is Quietly Building the Smartest Travel Agent of All Time
Story added 17. July 2014, content source with full text you can find at link above.