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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 San Francisco
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in San Francisco, 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 San Francisco
119 hotel links across 28 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 90%OTA 4%Other 6%
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COMPARE MODELS
Which hotels does each AI recommend in San Francisco?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for San Francisco. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — San Francisco
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero | Four Seasons | 5 | US deep dive → |
| Gemini | Chancellor Hotel on Union Square | — | 2 | US deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Hotel VIA | — | 6 | US deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | US deep dive → |
| Copilot | Fairmont San Francisco | Accor | 5 | US deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco | Marriott | 3 | US deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for San Francisco
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont San Francisco | Accor | 3 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9.0(3w) |
| The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco | Marriott | 3 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10.0(3w) |
| Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco | Four Seasons | 3 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 9 | 7.3(3w) |
| Chancellor Hotel on Union Square | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 8 | 5.7(3w) |
| Hotel Drisco Pacific Heights | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5.0(3w) |
| Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, San Francisco | Marriott | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4.5(2w) |
| Hotel VIA | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | 4.0(2w) |
| LUMA Hotel San Francisco | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 6.0(1w) |
| Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero | Four Seasons | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5.3(3w) |
| 1 Hotel San Francisco | 1 Hotels | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6.3(3w) |
| The St. Regis San Francisco | Marriott | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4.7(3w) |
| Hyatt Regency San Francisco | Hyatt | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 3.3(3w) |
| Argonaut Hotel | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 3.3(3w) |
| San Francisco Marriott Marquis | Marriott | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3.0(1w) |
| Lodge at the Presidio | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3.5(2w) |
Fairmont San Francisco has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 4 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about San Francisco
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 San Francisco for couples
persona: coupleszoom: wide
family friendly hotels in San Francisco
persona: familieszoom: wide
best hotels in San Francisco for solo travelers
persona: solo_leisurezoom: wide
best hotels in San Francisco
zoom: widecontrol
hotels near Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
zoom: near
hotels in San Francisco with rooftop pool
zoom: wide
best hotels in Union Square, San Francisco
zoom: near
affordable hotels in San Francisco under $200
budget: budgetzoom: wide
best hotels in San Francisco for business travelers
persona: solo_businesszoom: wide
luxury hotels in San Francisco
budget: luxuryzoom: wide
boutique hotels in Union Square, San Francisco
zoom: near