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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 Queenstown
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Queenstown, NZ. 11 prompts asked, week of August 3, 2026.
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Distinct hotels
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n = mentions this week
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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 Queenstown
249 hotel links across 44 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 82%OTA 8%Other 10%
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Which hotels does each AI recommend in Queenstown?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Queenstown. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Queenstown
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Eichardt's Private Hotel | — | 7 | NZ deep dive → |
| Gemini | The Rees Hotel, Luxury Apartments & Lakeside Residences | — | 5 | NZ deep dive → |
| Perplexity | The Rees Hotel, Luxury Apartments & Lakeside Residences | — | 7 | NZ deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | NZ deep dive → |
| Copilot | Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa | Hilton | 5 | NZ deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | The Rees Hotel, Luxury Apartments & Lakeside Residences | — | 5 | NZ deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Queenstown
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rees Hotel, Luxury Apartments & Lakeside Residences | — | 6 | 5 | 7 | — | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23.7(3w) |
| Sofitel Queenstown Hotel and Spa | Accor | 6 | 4 | 7 | — | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18.0(3w) |
| Eichardt's Private Hotel | — | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17.3(3w) |
| QT Queenstown | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | 5 | 2 | 16 | 18.7(3w) |
| Kamana Lakehouse | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14.7(3w) |
| Crowne Plaza Queenstown by IHG | IHG | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9.3(3w) |
| Novotel Queenstown Lakeside | Accor | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12.7(3w) |
| Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa | Hilton | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10.3(3w) |
| Rosewood Matakauri | Rosewood | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.3(3w) |
| Queenstown Park Boutique Hotel | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14.0(3w) |
| The Spire Hotel Queenstown | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8.3(3w) |
| Hotel St Moritz Queenstown - MGallery Collection | Accor | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 10 | 11.0(3w) |
| Azur Lodge | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7.3(3w) |
| Hulbert House: Award Winning Queenstown Luxury Boutique Lodge | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 8.7(3w) |
| Ramada Queenstown Central | Wyndham | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | 5.5(2w) |
The Rees Hotel, Luxury Apartments & Lakeside Residences has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 5 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Queenstown
Same 11 question patterns ask about every destination — persona (couples, families, solo, business), budget (luxury, mid, budget), and zoom (city-wide, neighborhood, landmark).
luxury hotels in Queenstown
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hotels in Queenstown with rooftop pool
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hotels near Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown
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boutique hotels in Town Centre, Queenstown
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best hotels in Queenstown for couples
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best hotels in Queenstown for solo travelers
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best hotels in Town Centre, Queenstown
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affordable hotels in Queenstown under $200
budget: budgetzoom: wide
best hotels in Queenstown for business travelers
persona: solo_businesszoom: wide
family friendly hotels in Queenstown
persona: familieszoom: wide
best hotels in Queenstown
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