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Hotels in New York: AI search visibility ranking (2026)

By monitoraeo Last updated July 15, 2026 Refreshed every 30 days

How AI search engines rank hotels in new york by visibility and citations. 20 providers measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which providers 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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When buyers inquire about Hotels in New York, AI engines frequently highlight The Plaza as the leading choice, with visibility reaching 37.5%. Other noteworthy mentions include The Carlyle and The St. Regis New York. These brands are consistently recognized for their exceptional offerings in the city's hospitality sector.

The rankings are based on data pulled from top cited sources like google.com, tripadvisor.com, and timeout.com. These aggregator and review sites heavily influence the rankings, focusing on user feedback and expert reviews. This helps create a broad perspective on how each hotel measures up in terms of service and reputation.

For a buyer exploring this page, consider that AI engines value recent reviews and third-party validation when ranking hotels. This suggests prioritizing choices with strong topical authority and consistently positive feedback across various platforms, ensuring a satisfying experience when selecting a brand from the list.

At a glance

Category leader The Plaza 38% visibility · named in 3 of 8 AI answers

Most cited brand The St. Regis New York 12% citation rate · the AI's most-trusted source brand in hotels in new york

Top cited domain google.com Referenced by AI across the hotels in new york query set — the highest-leverage PR target in this category

Visibility spread 38pp Gap between top and bottom of the ranking · 11 brands at 0% (invisible to the AI)

What we observed in this category

The Plaza and The Carlyle jointly lead the category with visibility scores of 37.5%, far above the category average of 8.1% and nearly three times the 12.5% scores held by the next tier of brands. Both sit on a composite score of 26.2, creating a pronounced two-brand gap at the top. The Carlyle rose sharply this period, with a visibility delta of 25.0 percentage points, while The Plaza added 12.5 points, meaning the lead tier is actively pulling further away from the pack rather than holding a static position.

A striking divergence appears between visibility and citation among the top two brands. The Plaza and The Carlyle each hold 37.5% visibility but carry 0.0% citation rates, meaning Google AI Mode names them frequently but never links back to their domains (fairmont.com and rosewoodhotels.com respectively). In contrast, brands ranked 3 through 7, including The St. Regis New York and The Beekman, each show matching 12.5% visibility and 12.5% citation, making them more trusted as sources even though they are mentioned far less often.

Google AI Mode is the sole engine recorded across all 20 brands in this audit, indicating the data reflects a single-engine snapshot with no cross-engine comparison available. The top cited external sources in the category are google.com, tripadvisor.com, timeout.com, and expedia.com, suggesting the AI is anchoring on review aggregators and OTA platforms rather than hotel brand domains when constructing responses. The presence of reddit.com and youtube.com in the cited source list further indicates the AI pulls from community and video content to supplement structured travel data.

Movers & shakers since last refresh

Biggest visibility risers

The Carlyle 12% → 38% · rank #3 → #2
+25pp
The Plaza 25% → 38% · rank #2 → #1
+12pp
The St. Regis New York 0% → 12% · rank #12 → #3
+12pp

Biggest visibility fallers

Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown 38% → 12% · rank #1 → #8
-25pp
The Chatwal 12% → 0% · rank #4 → #10
-12pp
Conrad New York Downtown 12% → 0% · rank #6 → #12
-12pp

The ranking

#	Brand	Visibility	Citation	Top engine
1	The Plaza fairmont.com	38%	0%	Google AI Mode
The Plaza leads with 37.5% visibility, more than four times the 8.1% category average, but its 0.0% citation rate means fairmont.com receives no direct AI referral traffic.
2	The Carlyle rosewoodhotels.com	38%	0%	Google AI Mode
The Carlyle matches The Plaza at 37.5% visibility after a 25.0-point delta this period, yet also holds a 0.0% citation rate despite rosewoodhotels.com being its registered domain.
3	The St. Regis New York marriott.com	12%	12%	Google AI Mode
The St. Regis jumped nine rank positions this period to reach 12.5% visibility with a matching 12.5% citation rate, making it the strongest riser in both named and trusted metrics.
4	The Beekman hyatt.com	12%	12%	Google AI Mode
The Beekman holds 12.5% visibility and 12.5% citation via hyatt.com, sitting at the category citation average and performing above the 5.6% mean citation rate for the dataset.
5	Park Hyatt New York hyatt.com	12%	12%	Google AI Mode
Park Hyatt New York shares the 12.5% visibility and 12.5% citation scores of ranks 3 and 4, grouping it in a four-brand cluster that all sit above the 8.1% visibility average.
6	The Peninsula New York peninsula.com	12%	12%	Google AI Mode
7	InterContinental New York Barclay ihg.com	12%	12%	Google AI Mode
8	Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown fourseasons.com	12%	0%	Google AI Mode
9	Lotte New York Palace lottenypalace.com	12%	0%	Google AI Mode
10	The Chatwal hyatt.com	0%	12%	Google AI Mode
11	Moxy NYC Times Square marriott.com	0%	12%	Google AI Mode
12	Conrad New York Downtown hilton.com	0%	12%	Google AI Mode
13	The Ritz-Carlton New York NoMad marriott.com	0%	12%	Google AI Mode
14	The Standard High Line standardhotels.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
15	Arlo SoHo arlohotels.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
16	The Pierre tajhotels.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
17	Sofitel New York sofitel.accor.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
18	Mandarin Oriental New York mandarinoriental.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
19	The Langham New York Fifth Avenue langhamhotels.com	0%	0%	Google AI Mode
20	The New Yorker Hotel wyndhamhotels.com	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.

google.comtripadvisor.comtimeout.comexpedia.caexpedia.comyoutube.comagoda.comreddit.com

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. More on visibility →

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. More on citation rate →

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. How AI engines pick sources →

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. How AI search ranking works →

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Frequently asked about hotels in new york AI visibility

Who leads AI visibility in Hotels in New York?

The Plaza and The Carlyle jointly lead with 37.5% visibility each, both scoring a composite of 26.2 and sitting well above the category average of 8.1%.

Which brands are cited most often by Google AI Mode in this category?

Brands ranked 3 through 7, including The St. Regis New York, The Beekman, and Park Hyatt New York, each carry a 12.5% citation rate, the highest recorded in the dataset, while the top two brands hold 0.0% citation despite leading on visibility.

What external sources does Google AI Mode anchor on for Hotels in New York queries?

The top cited sources are google.com, tripadvisor.com, timeout.com, expedia.ca, expedia.com, youtube.com, agoda.com, and reddit.com, indicating a reliance on OTA platforms, review aggregators, and community content rather than hotel brand domains.

Which brand saw the biggest visibility drop in the most recent period?

Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown fell from rank 1 to rank 8, losing 25.0 percentage points of visibility to drop from 37.5% down to 12.5% in this audit period.

Is there a gap between being named by AI and being cited by AI in this category?

Yes, the top two brands by visibility (The Plaza and The Carlyle at 37.5% each) have 0.0% citation rates, while brands with lower visibility in the 12.5% range consistently match their visibility with equivalent citation rates.

Which brand made the largest rank jump in this audit period?

The St. Regis New York moved from rank 12 to rank 3, a nine-position improvement, while also recording a 12.5-point gain in both visibility and citation rates.