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AI Hotel Landscape
How leading AI assistants recommend hotels: 616 prompts across 56 destinations, a monthly edition checked before it is published.
Data is directional. Some prompts retry due to upstream variance, so absolute counts can shift ±5% between editions.
Week of May 18, 2026
A frozen snapshot. 1 of 6 AI assistants returned data in this edition.
HOTEL OF THE WEEK
Each AI's top pick
Most-mentioned hotel per AI assistant, aggregated across the 616 prompts for the week.
| Assistant | Top hotel | City | Chain | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | no data | — | — | 0 |
| Gemini | no data | — | — | 0 |
| Perplexity(paused) | no data | — | — | 0 |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | — | 0 |
| Copilot(paused) | no data | — | — | 0 |
| Google AI Mode | Peridot Grand Luxury Boutique Hotel | Ha Noi | — | 9 |
BRANDS
Parent group mentions
Top 10 chains × 6 AI assistants for the week of May 18, 2026. Highest cell per chain bolded in purple.
| Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity(paused) | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot(paused) | Google AI Mode | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marriott | 303 | 234 | 257 | 255 | 247 | 270 | 1566 |
| Accor | 169 | 128 | 77 | 149 | 121 | 115 | 759 |
| Hilton | 97 | 55 | 141 | 92 | 88 | 100 | 573 |
| Hyatt | 118 | 76 | 87 | 93 | 85 | 96 | 555 |
| Four Seasons | 89 | 85 | 54 | 122 | 87 | 88 | 525 |
| IHG | 77 | 57 | 90 | 64 | 54 | 70 | 412 |
| Mandarin Oriental | 48 | 42 | 26 | 44 | 41 | 38 | 239 |
| Shangri-La | 43 | 27 | 16 | 35 | 27 | 24 | 172 |
| Minor | 34 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 35 | 145 |
| Kempinski | 27 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 28 | 18 | 144 |
SOURCES
What each AI cited
Source category mix per platform — OTA / Editorial / Independent / Chain / Encyclopedia / etc.
| Assistant | Mix | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Social 22%Editorial 17%Other 17%Community 13%Review 10%OTA 7% | 1,296 |
| Gemini | Editorial 25%Other 17%Independent 16%OTA 14%Community 9%Chain 9% | 4,314 |
| Perplexity(paused) | OTA 23%Independent 21%Review 15%Chain 12%Other 10%Editorial 6% | 8,766 |
| Grok(discontinued) | OTA 25%Editorial 15%Independent 12%Review 11%Other 10%Chain 9% | 49,525 |
| Copilot(paused) | Independent 46%Chain 36%Other 8%Review 3%Editorial 3%OTA 2% | 3,669 |
| Google AI Mode | Search engine 38%OTA 13%Other 13%Editorial 9%Social 6%Independent 6% | 9,994 |
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