LikeMe.Net’s Celebrity guest recommendations let you discover the world through the eyes of your favorite celebrity

Jun 29, 09 | 1:55 am

When you travel to a new city, you want to get recommendations from people just like you. Why should celebrities be any different? Those who travel the most - professionals in entertainment, team and action sports, and the media - now have a new resource in LikeMe.Net, the lifestyle social recommendation engine and community that offers personalized suggestions for the best places to eat, sleep, drink, dance and explore around the country.

LikeMe.Net uses a cutting edge algorithm to match you with people who have similar tastes and deliver you their best recommendations. LikeMe's Guest Recommender program introduces your favorite celebrities into the network that powers your search results. It allows you to discover new places to see and things to do -- whether in your own city or some place you've never been before - through their eyes. Each of their recommendations comes with their inside scoop on why they like a place and tips on how to get the most out of an experience there.

Do want to know the best places to hit up in Philadelphia according to Philadelphia Phillies' World Series MVP Cole Hamels? Say you're into NASCAR and want to know where NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne kicks it when he's racing in Las Vegas. Or perhaps you're more interested in singer/actress Katharine McPhee's favorite hotels in NYC, or the ones that the NFL Network's Rich Eisen loves. It's all there, along with the personal recommendations from more than 50 other well-traveled, fun-loving celebrities, including New York Mets David Wright and Johan Santana, the New York Jets' number one draft pick Mark Sanchez, Philadelphia Phillies Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins, New York Yankees Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada, Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher, and popular sports media personalities Colin Cowherd, Chris Myers and Michael Wilbon.

Guest Recommenders also include local tastemakers, like chefs and DJs, who are always in the know about the latest in their areas of expertise.

Since the Guest Recommenders are integrated into the LikeMe community, you'll naturally come across their recommendations as part of your search results. But you can also become a fan of your favorite celebrities so you can keep up on the new recommendations they add in your news feed. And the site's similarity algorithm will tell you how much you're "like" each Guest Recommender, so you can find out with which celebrities you share the same taste.

Beyond the profiles that appear on LikeMe, you can also see select Guest Recommenders dish about their favorites on video at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLikeMeNetwork.


About LikeMe.Net:

Founded in 2008, LikeMe.Net (http://www.likeme.net) is a lifestyle recommendation engine that harnesses social networking to power personally relevant search results and discovery. Based in Denver, Colorado, LikeMe.Net is in partnership with the Village Voice Media Company. Check out celebrity Guest Recommender videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLikeMeNetwork.