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Live · refreshed weeklyUpdated August 17, 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 Boston
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Boston, US. 11 prompts asked, week of August 17, 2026.
25
Distinct hotels
122
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 Boston
122 hotel links across 25 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 91%Other 9%
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COMPARE MODELS
Which hotels does each AI recommend in Boston?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Boston. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Boston
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | The Newbury Boston | — | 4 | US deep dive → |
| Gemini | The Newbury Boston | — | 5 | US deep dive → |
| Perplexity | The Verb Hotel | — | 6 | US deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | US deep dive → |
| Copilot | InterContinental Boston by IHG | IHG | 5 | US deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | The Colonnade Hotel | — | 4 | US deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Boston
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Newbury Boston | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | 11 | 14.7(3w) |
| The Colonnade Hotel | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7.3(3w) |
| Boston Harbor Hotel | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9.3(3w) |
| The Verb Hotel | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 2 | 8 | 7.0(2w) |
| Hilton Boston Park Plaza | Hilton | — | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 5.3(3w) |
| The Lenox Hotel | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6.0(3w) |
| The Revolution Hotel | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 6.3(3w) |
| The Langham, Boston | Langham | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 7.0(3w) |
| Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston | Accor | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | 6.3(3w) |
| Raffles Boston | Accor | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 6.0(3w) |
| InterContinental Boston by IHG | IHG | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | 5.0(3w) |
| Battery Wharf Hotel Boston Waterfront | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 5.0(1w) |
| Four Seasons Hotel Boston | Four Seasons | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8.3(3w) |
| XV Beacon | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4.0(3w) |
| Seaport Hotel Boston | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4.0(2w) |
The Colonnade Hotel has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 4 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Boston
Same 11 question patterns ask about every destination — persona (couples, families, solo, business), budget (luxury, mid, budget), and zoom (city-wide, neighborhood, landmark).
best hotels in Boston for couples
persona: coupleszoom: wide
family friendly hotels in Boston
persona: familieszoom: wide
hotels in Boston with rooftop pool
zoom: wide
affordable hotels in Boston under $200
budget: budgetzoom: wide
best hotels in Boston for business travelers
persona: solo_businesszoom: wide
best hotels in Boston
zoom: widecontrol
hotels near Freedom Trail, Boston
zoom: near
luxury hotels in Boston
budget: luxuryzoom: wide
best hotels in Boston for solo travelers
persona: solo_leisurezoom: wide
boutique hotels in Back Bay, Boston
zoom: near
best hotels in Back Bay, Boston
zoom: near