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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.
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Hotels in Punta Cana
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Punta Cana, DO. 11 prompts asked, week of May 18, 2026.
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Distinct hotels
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Total mentions
6/6
AIs with data
Where AIs send users for Punta Cana
164 hotel links across 25 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
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Which hotels does each AI recommend in Punta Cana?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Punta Cana. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Punta Cana
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Cap cana | — | 7 | DO deep dive → |
| Gemini | Excellence Punta Cana | — | 3 | DO deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Puntacana Resort | — | 5 | DO deep dive → |
| Grok | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana | — | 5 | DO deep dive → |
| Copilot | Barceló Bávaro Palace | Barceló | 4 | DO deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | Puntacana Resort | — | 5 | DO deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Punta Cana
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok | Copilot | Google AI Mode | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puntacana Resort | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| Cap cana | — | 7 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 14 |
| Barceló Bávaro Palace | Barceló | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| JOIA Bávaro by Iberostar | Iberostar | — | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Eden Roc Cap Cana | — | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 10 |
| Secrets Cap Cana Resort & Spa | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 9 |
| Excellence Punta Cana | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 9 |
| Lopesan Costa Bávaro Resort, Spa & Casino | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 |
| Barceló Bávaro Beach - All Inclusive Adults Only | Barceló | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 8 |
| HM Bavaro Beach | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 7 |
| Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa Resort | Meliá | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 7 |
| AC Hotel Punta Cana | Marriott | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 6 |
| The Westin Puntacana Resort | Marriott | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 5 |
| Meliá Caribe Beach Resort | Meliá | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 5 |
Puntacana Resort has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 5 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Punta Cana
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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