AI Hotel Landscape
How leading AI assistants recommend hotels: 616 prompts across 56 destinations, a monthly edition checked before it is published.
Holiday Inn Express Shanghai On The Bund By Ihg
How 6 AI assistants recommend this property. Week of October 12, 2026. Tracked for 15 weeks.
Where this hotel showed up
Each prompt below resolved to Holiday Inn Express Shanghai On The Bund By Ihg at least once. The "reason" is the AI's own one-line explanation when it returned the hotel in structured form.
“affordable hotels in Shanghai under $200”Shanghai, US5 of 6 AIs12 weeks14 quotes
“hotels in Shanghai with rooftop pool”Shanghai, US3 of 6 AIs3 weeks3 quotes
“best hotels in The Bund, Shanghai”Shanghai, US2 of 6 AIs3 weeks4 quotes
“best hotels in Shanghai for couples”Shanghai, US2 of 6 AIs2 weeks2 quotes
“best hotels in Shanghai for solo travelers”Shanghai, US1 of 6 AIs3 weeks3 quotes
“boutique hotels in The Bund, Shanghai”Shanghai, US1 of 6 AIs1 week1 quote
“family friendly hotels in Shanghai”Shanghai, US1 of 6 AIs1 week1 quote
“best hotels in Shanghai for business travelers”Shanghai, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 12, 2026 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| September 28, 2026 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| August 31, 2026 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| August 10, 2026 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| August 3, 2026 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| July 27, 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| July 13, 2026 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| July 6, 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| June 29, 2026 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| June 15, 2026 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| May 25, 2026 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| May 18, 2026 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 |
| May 11, 2026 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| May 4, 2026 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| April 27, 2026 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
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?