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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 Kyoto
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Kyoto, JP. 11 prompts asked, week of August 3, 2026.
75
Distinct hotels
213
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 Kyoto
213 hotel links across 75 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 63%OTA 21%Other 16%
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COMPARE MODELS
Which hotels does each AI recommend in Kyoto?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Kyoto. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Kyoto
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Shiraume | — | 5 | JP deep dive → |
| Gemini | Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto | Four Seasons | 4 | JP deep dive → |
| Perplexity | HOTEL GRAN Ms KYOTO | — | 4 | JP deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | JP deep dive → |
| Copilot | Hotel Granvia Kyoto | — | 2 | JP deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | Cross Hotel Kyoto | — | 3 | JP deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Kyoto
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto | Four Seasons | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14.0(3w) |
| Cross Hotel Kyoto | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7.7(3w) |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto | Marriott | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8.7(3w) |
| Park Hyatt Kyoto | Hyatt | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 10.0(3w) |
| The Celestine Hotel Gion | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 9 | 9.3(3w) |
| HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Spa | Marriott | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 8.0(3w) |
| Hilton Kyoto | Hilton | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7.0(3w) |
| Ace Hotel Kyoto | Ace Hotel | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4.3(3w) |
| The Shinmonzen | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6.0(3w) |
| Hotel Granvia Kyoto | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7.0(3w) |
| Luxury hotel SOWAKA | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6.7(3w) |
| Shiraume | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4.3(3w) |
| HOTEL GRAN Ms KYOTO | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2.7(3w) |
| MIRU KYOTO GION | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 4.0(3w) |
| The Millennials Kyoto | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3.5(2w) |
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 5 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Kyoto
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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persona: solo_businesszoom: wide
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budget: budgetzoom: 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: coupleszoom: wide
family friendly hotels in Kyoto
persona: familieszoom: wide
boutique hotels in Gion, Kyoto
zoom: near
hotels in Kyoto with rooftop pool
zoom: wide
luxury hotels in Kyoto
budget: luxuryzoom: wide