AI Hotel Landscape
How leading AI assistants recommend hotels: 616 prompts across 56 destinations, a monthly edition checked before it is published.
The Royal Sonesta Chicago River North
How 6 AI assistants recommend this property. Week of September 7, 2026. Tracked for 16 weeks.
Where this hotel showed up
Each prompt below resolved to The Royal Sonesta Chicago River North at least once. The "reason" is the AI's own one-line explanation when it returned the hotel in structured form.
“best hotels in River North, Chicago”Chicago, US5 of 6 AIs24 weeks55 quotes
“boutique hotels in River North, Chicago”Chicago, US5 of 6 AIs22 weeks48 quotes
“hotels in Chicago with rooftop pool”Chicago, US4 of 6 AIs11 weeks16 quotes
“best hotels in Chicago for solo travelers”Chicago, US1 of 6 AIs2 weeks2 quotes
“best hotels in Chicago for couples”Chicago, US1 of 6 AIs3 weeks3 quotes
“hotels near Millennium Park, Chicago”Chicago, US1 of 6 AIs1 week1 quote
“best hotels in Chicago for business travelers”Chicago, US1 of 6 AIs1 week1 quote
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2026 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| August 31, 2026 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | 6 |
| August 24, 2026 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| August 17, 2026 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 7 |
| August 10, 2026 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| August 3, 2026 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| July 20, 2026 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| July 13, 2026 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| July 6, 2026 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| June 29, 2026 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| June 22, 2026 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| June 15, 2026 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| June 8, 2026 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| June 1, 2026 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| May 4, 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| April 27, 2026 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 6 |
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?