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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 Shanghai
What 6 AI assistants say when asked about hotels in Shanghai, CN. 11 prompts asked, week of August 17, 2026.
49
Distinct hotels
228
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 Shanghai
52 hotel links across 16 properties, all 6 AI assistants combined
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Which hotels does each AI recommend in Shanghai?
Top hotels mentioned across the 11 weekly prompts for Shanghai. Each column shows how often that AI named the hotel. Bold + purple = that AI's top pick.
Top hotel per AI assistant — Shanghai
| Assistant | #1 hotel | Chain | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | The Peninsula Hotel Shanghai | Peninsula | 5 | CN deep dive → |
| Gemini | 上海新天地朗廷酒店 | — | 4 | CN deep dive → |
| Perplexity | Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund | Hilton | 6 | CN deep dive → |
| Grok(discontinued) | no data | — | 0 | CN deep dive → |
| Copilot | Fairmont Peace Hotel | Accor | 5 | CN deep dive → |
| Google AI Mode | The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong | Marriott | 4 | CN deep dive → |
Hotel × AI matrix — top 15 hotels mentioned for Shanghai
| Hotel | Chain | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Grok(discontinued) | Copilot | Google AI Mode | This week | 3-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund | Hilton | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19.0(3w) |
| Hotel Indigo Shanghai on The Bund | IHG | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10.3(3w) |
| The Peninsula Hotel Shanghai | Peninsula | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14.3(3w) |
| The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong | Marriott | 2 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14.0(3w) |
| Grand Hyatt Shanghai | Hyatt | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13.0(3w) |
| Fairmont Peace Hotel | Accor | 4 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12.0(3w) |
| Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai | Mandarin Oriental | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10.0(3w) |
| Pudong Shangri-La | Shangri-La | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9.7(3w) |
| The Westin Bund Center Shanghai | Marriott | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5.3(3w) |
| 上海新天地朗廷酒店 | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 6.0(3w) |
| Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World | Radisson | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6.7(3w) |
| The Shanghai EDITION | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9.3(3w) |
| The PuLi Hotel and Spa | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 5.7(3w) |
| Shanghai Jianyeli Capella Hotel | Capella | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5.7(3w) |
| Shanghai the Bund W Hotels | Marriott | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.7(3w) |
Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund has the broadest consensus — mentioned by 5 of 6 AIs.
PROMPTS
The 11 prompts we asked about Shanghai
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 The Bund, Shanghai
zoom: near
best hotels in Shanghai for solo travelers
persona: solo_leisurezoom: wide
boutique hotels in The Bund, Shanghai
zoom: near
best hotels in Shanghai for couples
persona: coupleszoom: wide
best hotels in Shanghai for business travelers
persona: solo_businesszoom: wide
hotels in Shanghai with rooftop pool
zoom: wide
affordable hotels in Shanghai under $200
budget: budgetzoom: wide
luxury hotels in Shanghai
budget: luxuryzoom: wide
best hotels in Shanghai
zoom: widecontrol
family friendly hotels in Shanghai
persona: familieszoom: wide
hotels near Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai
zoom: near