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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 Madrid
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Madrid, ES. 11 prompts asked, week of August 17, 2026.
63
Distinct hotels
179
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 Madrid
178 hotel links across 62 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 88%OTA 3%Other 9%
1 destinations across 1 countrieseuropeamericasasiaafricaoceania
COMPARE MODELS
Which hotels does each AI recommend in Madrid?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Madrid. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Madrid
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | The Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel | Marriott | 4 | ES deep dive → |
| Gemini | Four Seasons Hotel Madrid | Four Seasons | 5 | ES deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Hotel Vincci Soho | — | 2 | ES deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | ES deep dive → |
| Copilot | Hyatt Centric Gran Via Madrid | Hyatt | 4 | ES deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid | Mandarin Oriental | 4 | ES deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Madrid
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid | Mandarin Oriental | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12.3(3w) |
| The Madrid EDITION | Marriott | 4 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13.0(3w) |
| Four Seasons Hotel Madrid | Four Seasons | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 13 | 12.3(3w) |
| Rosewood Villa Magna | Rosewood | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 8 | 6.3(3w) |
| Palacio de los Duques Gran Meliá - The Leading Hotels of the World | Leading Hotels | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 6.0(3w) |
| Hotel Petit Palace Puerta del Sol | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4.7(3w) |
| Hotel Emperador | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3.7(3w) |
| Hyatt Centric Gran Via Madrid | Hyatt | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3.7(3w) |
| Gran Hotel Inglés | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6.0(3w) |
| Pestana Collection Plaza Mayor | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.3(3w) |
| The Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel | Marriott | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4.0(3w) |
| Hotel NH Collection Madrid Palacio de Tepa | Minor | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4.3(3w) |
| B&B HOTEL Madrid Centro Puerta del Sol | B&B Hotels | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.3(3w) |
| Hotel Riu Plaza España | Riu | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 2.3(3w) |
| Santo Mauro, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Madrid | Marriott | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2.3(3w) |
Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 5 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Madrid
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 Madrid for solo travelers
persona: solo_leisurezoom: wide
family friendly hotels in Madrid
persona: familieszoom: wide
hotels in Madrid with rooftop pool
zoom: wide
boutique hotels in Sol, Madrid
zoom: near
best hotels in Madrid for couples
persona: coupleszoom: wide
best hotels in Sol, Madrid
zoom: near
hotels near Prado, Madrid
zoom: near
affordable hotels in Madrid under $200
budget: budgetzoom: wide
luxury hotels in Madrid
budget: luxuryzoom: wide
best hotels in Madrid for business travelers
persona: solo_businesszoom: wide
best hotels in Madrid
zoom: widecontrol