Recommendation Rankings · New Zealand

New Zealand’s AI Hotel Recommendation Rankings

New Zealand’s AI Hotel Recommendation Rankings

New Zealand’s AI Hotel Recommendation Rankings

Measurement period

September 2026

AI See You measures which hotels ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot recommend to travellers across structured travel categories. These are measured AI recommendation rankings for the stated measurement period, produced from the platforms measured in that period. They are not ratings, reviews or editorial selections.

What is measured

5

5

5

Destinations measured

492

492

492

Hotels ranked

19,945

19,945

19,945

AI recommendations analysed

84

84

84

Recommendation categories tracked

7

7

7

AI surfaces measured

1,442

1,442

1,442

Recorded source domains

Figures cover the five measured New Zealand destinations for the September 2026 measurement period and are drawn from the certified Pulse for that period.

National intelligence

What the New Zealand data shows this period

What the New Zealand data shows this period

What the New Zealand data shows this period

1,442

1,442

1,442

New Zealand recommendations draw on 1,442 recorded source domains

Across 5 measured destinations, 50,243 current citation references were captured during September 2026. Unresolved domain placeholders are excluded.

23

23

23

Different destinations create different recommendation markets

Queenstown has 23 categories with resolved rankings; Wellington has 13. Each destination is measured around its own traveller needs.

7

7

7

Seven AI surfaces, one September reading

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot are measured. Month-to-month change is assessed only on a comparable panel; UK is a first measurement.

Hotels and travel industry

These public rankings are a fraction of what is measured

These public rankings are a fraction of what is measured

These public rankings are a fraction of what is measured

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Media

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AI See You

AI See You is an independent measurement platform. It measures every property in a destination, whether or not it is a customer, and does not measure customers differently from non-customers.

AI See You is an independent measurement platform. It measures every property in a destination, whether or not it is a customer, and does not measure customers differently from non-customers.

AI See You. The AI Recommendation Intelligence Platform for Travel.