What hotels businesses that ChatGPT names have in common
Across 131 measured ChatGPT answers to 119 distinct questions in 10 cities (Jun 25, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026), 145 hotels businesses were named at least once.
What the ones that appear have
Profile of the businesses the AI named vs those it didn't, measured IN THIS vertical and these cities (not pooled with others — signals flip by vertical).
| Signal | Appears (n=145) | Doesn't appear (n=573) |
|---|---|---|
| Has a website | 97.2% | 86% |
What does NOT set them apart
Signals that do NOT separate the two groups in this vertical. We publish them because they are the honest part: if you're sold that this makes you appear, here is the data that says it doesn't.
| Signal | Appears | Doesn't appear |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews (median) · n=145/573 | 0 | 0 |
| Substantive description | 49.7% | 48.5% |
| Hours published | 42.8% | 37.7% |
What you can review on your listing
What the owner controls on their listing, among the signals that do separate. It's correlation, not a promise: reviewing it does not guarantee appearing.
- ·Have your website linked on your listing.
The signal that separates most is REVIEW volume, and that doesn't live on your listing: those are your Google reviews. No technical layer (schema, llms.txt) replaces it.
How it was measured, and its limits
measured over 131 answers of ChatGPT.
Answers by city: Cancún 24 · Cabo San Lucas 12 · Guadalajara 12 · Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza 12 · Monterrey 12 · Playa del Carmen 12 · Puerto Vallarta 12 · Tijuana 12 · Ciudad de México 12 · Acapulco de Juárez 11.
An AI answer is a snapshot of one wave, not a fixed number: it can change between runs without your business changing anything. That's why we publish the date range and the number of answers, not a lone score. If it changes because of a bug on our side, that's a bug, not volatility.
FAQ
What do hotels businesses that ChatGPT names have in common?
Across 131 measured ChatGPT answers to 119 distinct questions in 10 cities (Jun 25, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026), 145 hotels businesses were named at least once.
Does a higher rating make ChatGPT name my business?
In this data, no. Rating barely separates the two groups. What separates most is review volume.
How many reviews do the businesses that appear have?
Median of 0 reviews among those named vs 0 among those not named — measured in this vertical, not pooled.
Before optimizing, measure
This is what separates the ones that appear, measured. What it doesn't tell you is where you stand. Your listing report tells you what yours is missing, in terms of your listing, not promises.
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