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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.
DESTINATION
Hotels in San Francisco
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in San Francisco, US. 11 prompts asked, week of May 18, 2026.
194
Distinct hotels
1,273
Total mentions
6/6
AIs with data
Where AIs send users for San Francisco
146 hotel links across 26 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
Direct 88%OTA 9%Other 3%
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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 | Wynn Las Vegas | — | 8 | US deep dive → |
| Gemini | Hotel Monteleone | — | 8 | US deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Hotel Monteleone | — | 6 | US deep dive → |
| Grok | Hotel Monteleone | — | 9 | US deep dive → |
| Copilot | ARIA Resort & Casino | — | 7 | US deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | The Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel | Hilton | 6 | US deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for San Francisco
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok | Copilot | Google AI Mode | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Monteleone | — | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 39 |
| Wynn Las Vegas | — | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 35 |
| The Langham, Chicago | Langham | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 31 |
| Bellagio Hotel & Casino | — | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 28 |
| The Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel | Hilton | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| The Venetian Las Vegas | Las Vegas Sands | — | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 1 Hotel South Beach | 1 Hotels | 7 | 3 | — | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| The Beverly Hills Hotel | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| The Peninsula Chicago | Peninsula | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco | Marriott | 6 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| The Newbury Boston | — | — | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| The Setai, Miami Beach | — | 5 | 4 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 18 |
| Hotel Miami | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Boston Harbor Hotel | — | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
Hotel Monteleone has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 6 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