Hotels in New York: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank hotels in new york by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Hotels serving New York travellers across Manhattan, Midtown, Downtown, and surrounding districts with luxury, business, and leisure stays. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown leads the category with a visibility score of 37.5%, more than double the second-ranked Plaza at 25.0%. The category average sits at just 5.6%, meaning the top brand outpaces the field by roughly 6.7 times. This concentration at the top is significant because half of the top 10 brands, including The St. Regis New York, The Pierre, and The Peninsula New York, register 0.0% visibility, suggesting AI coverage in this category is highly selective rather than broadly distributed.
A striking pattern across all 20 brands is that citation rates are universally 0.0%, while visibility scores diverge sharply. Four Seasons and The Plaza are named regularly by Google AI Mode but are never cited as a source. This means AI mentions these hotels as subjects of answers without linking to their own domains, creating a gap between brand recognition within AI responses and actual referral traffic or domain authority signalling from those responses.
Google AI Mode is the dominant engine across every ranked brand in this dataset, with no alternative engine appearing as a top source for any hotel. The top cited external sources are aggregators and travel guides, including TripAdvisor, Skyscanner, Kayak, and smaller editorial sites such as youshouldgohere.com and thetravelexpert.ie. This indicates Google AI Mode is anchoring its hotel recommendations on third-party review and booking platforms rather than on hotel brand domains directly.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown 25% → 38% · rank #2 → #1+12pp
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The Plaza 12% → 25% · rank #3 → #2+12pp
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Park Hyatt New York 0% → 12% · rank #19 → #4+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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The Pierre 12% → 0% · rank #4 → #8-12pp
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Sofitel New York 12% → 0% · rank #5 → #9-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
fourseasons.com
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38% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Four Seasons leads with 37.5% visibility, a composite score of 26.2, and a 12.5 percentage point gain from the previous period, despite a 0.0% citation rate like all peers. |
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| 2 |
fairmont.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
The Plaza holds second place at 25.0% visibility and a composite score of 17.5, also rising 12.5 points from 12.5% previously, but remains uncited by Google AI Mode. |
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| 3 |
rosewoodhotels.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
The Carlyle sits at 12.5% visibility with a composite score of 8.8, placing it in a cluster of four brands sharing the same score with no differentiation by citation rate. |
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| 4 |
hyatt.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Park Hyatt New York made the largest rank jump in the dataset, rising 15 places from rank 19 to rank 4, with visibility climbing from 0.0% to 12.5% in a single period. |
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| 5 |
lottenypalace.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Lotte New York Palace shares the 12.5% visibility and 8.8 composite score tier with three other brands, showing no distinguishing citation signal relative to direct competitors at this level. |
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| 6 |
hilton.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
marriott.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
tajhotels.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
sofitel.accor.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
peninsula.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
mandarinoriental.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
marriott.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
langhamhotels.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
wyndhamhotels.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
ihg.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
hyatt.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
standardhotels.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
arlohotels.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
hyatt.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
marriott.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on hotels in new york, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about hotels in new york AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in Hotels in New York?
Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown leads with 37.5% visibility and a composite score of 26.2, well ahead of second-placed The Plaza at 25.0%.
What is the average AI visibility for hotels in New York?
The category average visibility is 5.6%, meaning most of the 20 tracked brands receive very limited or zero AI mentions from Google AI Mode.
Which hotel brand made the biggest AI visibility gain recently?
Park Hyatt New York rose 15 places from rank 19 to rank 4, with visibility jumping from 0.0% to 12.5% in the most recent period measured.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for Hotels in New York research?
The top cited sources are third-party platforms including TripAdvisor, Skyscanner, Kayak, and editorial travel sites such as youshouldgohere.com and thetravelexpert.ie, not hotel brand domains.
Are any Hotels in New York brands being cited directly by AI?
No. Every brand in the dataset has a citation rate of 0.0%, meaning Google AI Mode names hotels in responses but does not cite their own domains as sources.
Which hotels lost the most AI visibility in the latest period?
The Pierre and Sofitel New York each dropped four places and lost 12.5 percentage points of visibility, falling from 12.5% to 0.0% in the current audit period.