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Weekly until 19 Oct 2026, monthly from November 2026November 2026 edition
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 October 19, 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 | The Standard Spa, Miami Beach | Miami Beach | Standard | 7 |
BRANDS
Parent group mentions
Top 10 chains × 6 AI assistants for the week of October 19, 2026. Highest cell per chain bolded in purple.
| Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity(paused) | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot(paused) | Google AI Mode | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marriott | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 1585 |
| Accor | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 826 |
| Hilton | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | 504 |
| Hyatt | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 486 |
| Four Seasons | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 401 |
| IHG | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 384 |
| Mandarin Oriental | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | 22 | 141 |
| Kempinski | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | 125 |
| Shangri-La | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 20 | 117 |
| Langham | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 | 117 |
SOURCES
What each AI cited
Source category mix per platform — OTA / Editorial / Independent / Chain / Encyclopedia / etc.
| Assistant | Mix | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Other 29%Review 19%Editorial 12%OTA 12%Independent 7%Community 6% | 16,222 |
| Gemini | no citations captured | 0 |
| Perplexity(paused) | no citations captured | 0 |
| Grok(discontinued) | no citations captured | 0 |
| Copilot(paused) | no citations captured | 0 |
| Google AI Mode | Search engine 80%Independent 7%Chain 5%OTA 3%Editorial 2%Review 2% | 4,233 |
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