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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 Chicago
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Chicago, US. 11 prompts asked, week of August 3, 2026.
24
Distinct hotels
119
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 Chicago
119 hotel links across 24 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 84%OTA 3%Other 13%
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COMPARE MODELS
Which hotels does each AI recommend in Chicago?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Chicago. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Chicago
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Kinzie Hotel | — | 4 | US deep dive → |
| Gemini | The Langham, Chicago | Langham | 5 | US deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Sable at Navy Pier Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton | Hilton | 4 | US deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | US deep dive → |
| Copilot | LondonHouse Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton | Hilton | 4 | US deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | LondonHouse Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton | Hilton | 4 | US deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Chicago
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Langham, Chicago | Langham | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 15 | 20.0(3w) |
| LondonHouse Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton | Hilton | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9.7(3w) |
| The Peninsula Chicago | Peninsula | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14.3(3w) |
| Nobu Hotel Chicago | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5.7(3w) |
| Waldorf Astoria Chicago | Hilton | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7.0(3w) |
| Sable at Navy Pier Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton | Hilton | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8.0(1w) |
| Four Seasons Hotel Chicago | Four Seasons | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 7 | 6.7(3w) |
| Kinzie Hotel | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4.0(3w) |
| The St. Regis Chicago | Marriott | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3.0(2w) |
| Pendry Chicago | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3.0(3w) |
| Swissotel Chicago | Accor | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 4.0(1w) |
| Freehand Chicago | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4.3(3w) |
| Viceroy Chicago | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3.7(3w) |
| Palmer House a Hilton Hotel | Hilton | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2.0(2w) |
| The Hoxton, Chicago | The Hoxton | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2.0(2w) |
The Langham, Chicago has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 4 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Chicago
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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budget: luxuryzoom: wide
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persona: solo_leisurezoom: wide
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zoom: near
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zoom: near
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persona: solo_businesszoom: wide
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zoom: wide
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persona: familieszoom: wide
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persona: coupleszoom: wide
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zoom: near