AI Hotel Landscape
How leading AI assistants recommend hotels: 616 prompts across 56 destinations, a monthly edition checked before it is published.
The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square
How 6 AI assistants recommend this property. Week of November 2, 2026. Tracked for 12 weeks.
Where this hotel showed up
Each prompt below resolved to The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square at least once. The "reason" is the AI's own one-line explanation when it returned the hotel in structured form.
“best hotels in Union Square, San Francisco”San Francisco, US6 of 6 AIs27 weeks88 quotes
“family friendly hotels in San Francisco”San Francisco, US4 of 6 AIs10 weeks12 quotes
“best hotels in San Francisco”San Francisco, US4 of 6 AIs8 weeks8 quotes
“best hotels in San Francisco for business travelers”San Francisco, US3 of 6 AIs10 weeks10 quotes
“best hotels in San Francisco for couples”San Francisco, US3 of 6 AIs5 weeks7 quotes
“luxury hotels in San Francisco”San Francisco, US2 of 6 AIs2 weeks2 quotes
“hotels in San Francisco with rooftop pool”San Francisco, US1 of 6 AIs3 weeks3 quotes
Mentions per AI assistant, by edition
One line per AI. Each point is the number of times the assistant named this property across the 11 prompt templates for its city, that week.
Weekly until 19 Oct 2026, monthly from November 2026
| Week | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok | Copilot | Google AI Mode | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| October 5, 2026 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| September 14, 2026 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| September 7, 2026 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| August 24, 2026 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| August 17, 2026 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| August 10, 2026 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| July 13, 2026 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| June 8, 2026 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| May 18, 2026 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| May 11, 2026 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| April 27, 2026 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 |
Where AIs send users for this hotel
When the AI links the hotel, where does it point — the hotel's own site (direct), an OTA like Booking.com, a chain page like Marriott.com, or something else?