Shota Teliashvili

Background & education

Shota's academic path was international. He studied at the University of Georgia (UG) in Tbilisi, spent time at the University of Łódź in Poland, and also studied in the Czech Republic. Living and studying across three countries gave him something he still uses in every product he builds — an understanding of different cultures, markets and the way travelers actually behave.

As a student, Shota also stood out through an active public life — back in 2015 he founded a student NGO, Free Students Society, a social and educational initiative, and in 2018 he served as president of the student self-government at Sukhishvili University. This experience revealed his leadership and organisational skills early on.

Travelling and living in Europe showed him first-hand how big the difference is between finding tickets, accommodation and visas the cheap, correct way and overpaying simply because the right information was missing. That experience became the foundation of his businesses: he turned the things he once struggled with into simple tools for Georgian travelers.

Career journey

Shota's entrepreneurial path began early. Back in 2013 he opened the Goletiani representation service centre in Akhaltsikhe — the official representative of Samsung and Nokia, servicing phones under warranty. It was his first serious business experience, teaching him to work with customers and manage a service operation.

He soon moved into the digital world. From 2015 he worked on monetising web traffic through Google AdSense, and between 2020 and 2023 on Facebook Instant Articles monetisation. It was during these years that his deep knowledge of SEO, content and digital marketing took shape.

His interests also extended to financial technology: in 2017-2018 he was involved in cryptocurrency mining, running his own miners, and between 2021 and 2023 he traded cryptocurrencies and stocks on the exchanges.

In 2025 Shota founded the coworking space aviaspace.ge — a space for entrepreneurs and teams, which once again reflects his drive to build real, tangible products.

avia.ge — the flagship

Shota's best-known project is avia.ge — a flight-search platform that has served the Georgian market since 2018. The system brings together offers from more than 720 airlines in one place, letting users compare fares to any destination in seconds.

avia.ge runs as both a website and an iOS app, helping travelers find cheap flights, track a price calendar and book with minimal hassle. Shota is the founder and owner of avia.ge — the project that became the core of his entire travel ecosystem.

The mission of avia.ge is straightforward: make airfare transparent and easy to understand, so Georgian travelers know when and how to buy a ticket at the lowest price, without extra fees or hidden costs.

A wider travel ecosystem

avia.ge was only the beginning. Shota has built a connected network of products that covers almost every stage of a trip. aviatours.ge offers ready-made tour packages from Georgia to destinations worldwide — from Rome and Istanbul to Dubai and the Maldives.

AviaeSIM (aviaesim.com) solves one of the most common problems abroad — staying connected: with an eSIM, travelers are online the moment they land, up to 90% cheaper than roaming, across more than 190 countries. flyhelp.com — which Shota founded and directs — helps passengers claim compensation for cancelled or delayed flights under EU261, on a no-win-no-fee basis, while frenebi.com.ge and aviabileti.ge focus on finding cheap tickets.

The ecosystem also includes several more flight and tour platforms — flygeorgia.com (flight search across 700+ airlines), aviatravel.ge (a travel agency) and turebi.info (a tours portal) — plus the weather portals amindia.ge and amindi.info, which help travelers plan around the forecast at their destination. Travel365 ties it all together into one editorial space — with guides, tips and living, fact-checked content.

AdSocial — digital marketing

Alongside his travel products, Shota leads the digital marketing agency AdSocial (adsocial.ge), which has more than eight years of experience. The agency works across content marketing, SEO, social media and brand visibility.

It is exactly this expertise — an understanding of search engines, content and user behaviour — that shapes how Shota's products are built: focused on the real questions people type into Google, and answered in a way that is genuinely useful.

Silent Disco — events

Beyond the digital world, Shota brought an innovative product to the Georgian market — Silent Disco (silentdisco.ge), which he created and has run since 2017. It is a wireless-headphone rental service that makes any event special, giving each guest a personal music experience without the noise. At the time the format was almost unknown in Georgia, making Silent Disco one of the local pioneers of the concept.

Silent Disco serves weddings, corporate events, fitness and yoga sessions, open-air cinema and birthday parties. This venture reflects Shota's approach to business in general — find a practical need, and give people a simple, high-quality solution.

Solar energy — mzispanelebi.ge

Shota's business interests go well beyond travel. mzispanelebi.ge is his green-energy venture — a full-service solar-panel company in Georgia, covering everything from design and installation to technical support, for both homeowners and businesses.

This venture rests on the same philosophy as his other products — giving people long-term, practical benefit: in this case, lower energy bills and a more sustainable, independent power supply.

Specialisation — digital marketing, SEO & AI

By profession, Shota is a digital marketer. His core specialism is SEO — growing visibility in search engines — and it is exactly this expertise that sits inside all of his products: content is built around the real questions people search for on Google. At the same time he is a keen enthusiast of artificial intelligence (AI), actively bringing AI tools into content creation, analytics and the automation of business processes.

His second strength is business management — Shota personally runs this entire portfolio, from travel platforms to solar energy and events. Managing several industries at once gives him a rare, 360-degree perspective: the ability to see marketing, technology, operations and customer needs all at the same time.

What he writes about on Travel365

On Travel365, Shota and his team write about what a Georgian traveler actually needs: how to find a cheap flight, when to buy it, how to choose a fare class and a baggage tariff, and what to know about airports, transit and minimum connection times.

Visas and documents have their own place, alongside destination guides (Tbilisi to Paris, London, Dubai, Istanbul and more) and practical advice — from flying with children to handling a lost passport abroad.

The goal is always the same: an article should never be generic filler, but a concrete, step-by-step guide that truly helps the reader make a decision.

Editorial principles

Shota's editorial approach rests on three things: accuracy, practicality and respect for the reader. Prices, rules and requirements change, so content is constantly checked and updated, so readers never rely on outdated information.

He works to explain complex topics — fare classes, visa regulations, compensation rules — in plain, human language. In the end, Travel365 has a single purpose: to help Georgian travelers pay less, worry less and enjoy the journey more.

Experience & expertise

Over a decade of work in the travel and digital industries has given Shota a rare perspective — he sees travel at once through the eyes of a customer, an entrepreneur and a technologist. He works every day with airline fare systems, pricing data, search algorithms and the real questions passengers ask, which turns theory into practice for him.

It is this daily contact with the market that sets his content apart: articles are based not only on research, but on live data and the behaviour of the thousands of users that avia.ge and his other platforms serve. When Shota writes about when it is best to buy a ticket or which route offers the best value, it is a conclusion grounded in real numbers.

Team & process

Shota does not work alone — behind him stands an experienced team of developers, SEO specialists, content writers and marketers who build and maintain the platforms together. This team approach means content is not just well written, but technically correct and fact-checked.

The workflow follows a simple logic: first the reader's real question, then a data-backed answer, and finally clear, simplified language. That is why Travel365 articles are equally useful for the seasoned traveler and for someone flying for the very first time.

Why Georgian travelers trust him

Author trust is central to Travel365. Shota is not an anonymous byline — he is a real person who built one of the most recognisable brands in Georgian travel and who still stands behind the quality of the information published. Every article tied to this page is written with exactly that responsibility.

His goal is not simply to produce text, but to earn trust. If a reader saves money and time even once thanks to Travel365's advice, that trust comes back — and that trust is the real foundation of the entire ecosystem.

Vision & what comes next

Shota's vision is simple and ambitious: to give Georgian travelers the same quality of digital tools and information that European or American users take for granted — from comparing fares to getting online with an eSIM and claiming flight compensation, all in Georgian and tuned to local reality.

That is why his projects keep evolving — new features, destinations and content are added all the time. Travel365 has become the editorial heart of that vision: a place where experience, data and practical advice come together to make travel less complicated and more enjoyable.

Hobbies & interests

Away from work, Shota is an active, adrenaline-loving person. His hobbies include sport shooting, flying FPV drones and enduro motorcycle riding — pursuits that demand precision, focus and a bit of courage.

These interests reflect his character well — a curiosity about new technology (whether a drone or artificial intelligence), an eye for detail and a love of a challenge, all of which show up clearly in his approach to business too.

Contact & collaboration

Shota is open to collaboration — whether with media, tourism businesses, airlines, or a reader with a specific travel question. The social channels of avia.ge and Travel365 are the best way to reach him and the team, suggest an idea or share feedback.

If you ever spot an outdated price, a changed rule or an inaccuracy in an article, letting us know helps make Travel365 even more accurate and useful for every Georgian traveler.