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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 Cancún
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Cancún, MX. 11 prompts asked, week of August 17, 2026.
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Distinct hotels
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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 Cancún
172 hotel links across 57 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 65%OTA 8%Other 27%
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COMPARE MODELS
Which hotels does each AI recommend in Cancún?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Cancún. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Cancún
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Hyatt Ziva Cancun | Hyatt | 5 | MX deep dive → |
| Gemini | Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancun | — | 3 | MX deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Renaissance Cancun Resort & Marina | Marriott | 5 | MX deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | MX deep dive → |
| Copilot | Iberostar Selection Cancún | Iberostar | 4 | MX deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | NIZUC Resort & Spa | — | 5 | MX deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Cancún
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancun | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13.3(3w) |
| NIZUC Resort & Spa | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12.3(3w) |
| Kempinski Hotel Cancún | Kempinski | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7.0(3w) |
| Grand Fiesta Americana Coral Beach Cancún All Inclusive Spa & Resort | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7.7(3w) |
| Hyatt Ziva Cancun | Hyatt | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 11.3(3w) |
| Renaissance Cancun Resort & Marina | Marriott | — | — | 5 | — | — | 2 | 7 | 6.7(3w) |
| JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa | Marriott | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6.7(3w) |
| Live Aqua Cancún | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 7.7(3w) |
| Four Points by Sheraton Cancun Centro | Marriott | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | 4.3(3w) |
| Playa Mujeres | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 5.7(3w) |
| Hotel Cancún | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5.3(3w) |
| Villas Cancún | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 2.5(2w) |
| Iberostar Selection Cancún | Iberostar | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 5.0(3w) |
| Fiesta Inn Cancún Las Américas | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 4.7(3w) |
| Hyatt Zilara Cancun | Hyatt | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 3.3(3w) |
Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancun has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 4 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Cancún
Same 11 question patterns ask about every destination — persona (couples, families, solo, business), budget (luxury, mid, budget), and zoom (city-wide, neighborhood, landmark).
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