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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 New York
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in New York, US. 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 New York
72 hotel links across 26 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 89%OTA 3%Other 8%
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COMPARE MODELS
Which hotels does each AI recommend in New York?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for New York. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — New York
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad | Marriott | 4 | US deep dive → |
| Gemini | The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel, by Hyatt | Hyatt | 3 | US deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Hampton Inn Brooklyn/Downtown | Hilton | 3 | US deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | US deep dive → |
| Copilot | The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad | Marriott | 3 | US deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | The Marlton Hotel | — | 3 | US deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for New York
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Plaza | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10.0(3w) |
| The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad | Marriott | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8.7(3w) |
| The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel, by Hyatt | Hyatt | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 3.5(2w) |
| Four Seasons Hotel New York | Four Seasons | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 5.0(2w) |
| Baccarat Hotel New York | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3.7(3w) |
| 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge | 1 Hotels | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3.3(3w) |
| The Marlton Hotel | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3.0(1w) |
| Virgin Hotels New York City | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2.7(3w) |
| The Peninsula New York | Peninsula | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3.3(3w) |
| Hampton Inn Brooklyn/Downtown | Hilton | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3.0(1w) |
| HGU New York | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3.0(1w) |
| Artezen Hotel | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3.0(1w) |
| New York Marriott Marquis | Marriott | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2.0(2w) |
| Pod Brooklyn Hotel | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2.5(2w) |
| New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge | Marriott | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2.5(2w) |
The Plaza has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 4 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about New York
Same 11 question patterns ask about every destination — persona (couples, families, solo, business), budget (luxury, mid, budget), and zoom (city-wide, neighborhood, landmark).
family friendly hotels in New York
persona: familieszoom: wide
best hotels in New York for solo travelers
persona: solo_leisurezoom: wide
hotels in New York with rooftop pool
zoom: wide
hotels near Central Park, New York
zoom: near
boutique hotels in Manhattan, New York
zoom: near
best hotels in New York for business travelers
persona: solo_businesszoom: wide
affordable hotels in New York under $200
budget: budgetzoom: wide
best hotels in New York
zoom: widecontrol
best hotels in Manhattan, New York
zoom: near
luxury hotels in New York
budget: luxuryzoom: wide
best hotels in New York for couples
persona: coupleszoom: wide