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Live · refreshed weeklyUpdated August 3, 2026
AI Hotel Landscape
How leading AI assistants recommend hotels — 616 prompts across 56 destinations, refreshed every Monday.
Data is directional. Some prompts retry due to upstream variance, so absolute counts can shift ±5% week to week.
DESTINATION
Hotels in Cancún
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Cancún, MX. 11 prompts asked, week of August 3, 2026.
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Distinct hotels
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n = mentions this week
5/6
AIs with data
Single-city numbers are directional. With ~11 prompts × 6 AIs (≤66 captures max), city-level mention counts can shift ±15–25% week-to-week from upstream variance alone. The 3-wk avg column in the matrix below is more reliable than any single-week read.
Where AIs send users for Cancún
187 hotel links across 59 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 66%OTA 13%Other 20%
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COMPARE MODELS
Which hotels does each AI recommend in Cancún?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Cancún. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Cancún
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Live Aqua Cancún | — | 5 | MX deep dive → |
| Gemini | Live Aqua Cancún | — | 4 | MX deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Renaissance Cancun Resort & Marina | Marriott | 6 | MX deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | MX deep dive → |
| Copilot | Paradisus Cancún | Meliá | 2 | MX deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | NIZUC Resort & Spa | — | 4 | MX deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Cancún
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyatt Ziva Cancun | Hyatt | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15.0(3w) |
| Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancun | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11.0(3w) |
| NIZUC Resort & Spa | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11.3(3w) |
| Live Aqua Cancún | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9.3(3w) |
| Secrets The Vine Cancun | Hyatt | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6.0(3w) |
| Grand Fiesta Americana Coral Beach Cancún All Inclusive Spa & Resort | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7.3(3w) |
| Playa Mujeres | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 7.0(3w) |
| Renaissance Cancun Resort & Marina | Marriott | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | 6.0(3w) |
| Kempinski Hotel Cancún | Kempinski | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6.3(3w) |
| JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa | Marriott | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7.7(3w) |
| Fiesta Inn Cancún Las Américas | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 5.7(3w) |
| Iberostar Selection Cancún | Iberostar | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4.0(3w) |
| Hotel Cancún | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3.7(3w) |
| Paradisus Cancún | Meliá | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 5.0(2w) |
| Mayan Monkey Cancún | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.7(3w) |
Hyatt Ziva Cancun has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 5 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Cancún
Same 11 question patterns ask about every destination — persona (couples, families, solo, business), budget (luxury, mid, budget), and zoom (city-wide, neighborhood, landmark).
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