Which Vancouver Hotels Does AI Recommend? 2026 Study

Study date: November 3, 2026

Fairmont Pacific Rim is the Vancouver hotel AI named most, with 50 mentions. Loden Hotel (33), Pan Pacific Vancouver (32), Fairmont Waterfront (29) and Rosewood Hotel Georgia (24) came next. We counted them from 25 questions put to ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overview on November 3, 2026.

In all, the engines named 43 hotels 416 times. The top 5 took 168 of those mentions (40.4%).

These numbers are what the AI engines returned. They are not Beket AI's opinion or a ranking of quality. AI answers change over time, so read this as a snapshot.

This page is not an endorsement of any hotel, and we did not check prices or availability.

Study detail	Value
Study date	November 3, 2026
Location setting	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Language	English
Engines	ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview (one audit)
Questions	25 selected questions, plus 4 discovery prompts
Answers recorded	75
Hotels named	43
Mentions	416

Which hotels did AI name most?

Fairmont Pacific Rim led on mentions and was also named first most often, 16 times.

Rank	Hotel	Mentions	Share of mentions	Times named first
1	Fairmont Pacific Rim	50	12.0%	16
2	Loden Hotel	33	7.9%	3
3	Pan Pacific Vancouver	32	7.7%	4
4	Fairmont Waterfront	29	7.0%	0
5	Rosewood Hotel Georgia	24	5.8%	0
	38 other hotels	248	59.6%	26
	All 43 hotels	416	100%	49

Source: Beket AI market audit, November 3, 2026. Name variants combined. Tied names share a rank and are listed by times named first.

The list counts specific hotels only. The answers also named chains and hotel groups as brands, such as Marriott (25 mentions), 63 times in total; we counted those separately and left them out of the hotel list.

Did ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overview name the same hotels?

Not entirely. ChatGPT and Perplexity both named Fairmont Pacific Rim most, but Google AI Overview did not. The name each engine gave most:

• ChatGPT: Fairmont Pacific Rim (33)
• Perplexity: Fairmont Pacific Rim (14)
• Google AI Overview: Pan Pacific Vancouver and Wedgewood Hotel & Spa (4 each)

	ChatGPT	Perplexity	Google AI Overview
Answers recorded	29	29	17
Selected questions answered	25 of 25	25 of 25	13 of 25
Discovery prompts answered	4	4	4
Sources cited	93	338	209
Hotels named	40	37	20
Mentions	261	119	36

Source: Beket AI market audit, November 3, 2026. Answers and sources from the audit's answer log. Names and mentions from the market report's per engine split.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT answered all 25 selected questions and 4 discovery prompts. Its 29 answers cited 93 sources. It named 40 hotels 261 times.

Rank	Hotel	Mentions on ChatGPT	Times named first
1	Fairmont Pacific Rim	33	9
2	Loden Hotel	25	3
3	Pan Pacific Vancouver	19	1
4	Rosewood Hotel Georgia	17	0
5	Fairmont Waterfront	14	0
	35 other hotels	153	12
	All 40 hotels this engine named	261	25

Perplexity

Perplexity also answered all 25 questions and 4 discovery prompts. It cited the most sources, 338 across 29 answers. It named 37 hotels 119 times.

Rank	Hotel	Mentions on Perplexity	Times named first
1	Fairmont Pacific Rim	14	5
2	Fairmont Waterfront	12	0
3	Pan Pacific Vancouver	9	1
4	The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver	7	2
5	Wedgewood Hotel & Spa	6	2
5	Fairmont Hotel Vancouver	6	0
5	Rosewood Hotel Georgia	6	0
	30 other hotels	59	6
	All 37 hotels this engine named	119	16

Google AI Overview

Google showed an AI Overview for 13 of the 25 selected questions, and for 17 of the audit's 29 prompts in all. It did not show one for "best hotels in Vancouver BC", "luxury hotels in Vancouver" or "boutique hotels in Vancouver", among others. Its answers cited 209 sources and named 20 hotels 36 times.

Rank	Hotel	Mentions on Google AI Overview	Times named first
1	Pan Pacific Vancouver	4	2
1	Wedgewood Hotel & Spa	4	1
3	Fairmont Pacific Rim	3	2
3	Fairmont Waterfront	3	0
3	Loden Hotel	3	0
	15 other hotels	19	3
	All 20 hotels this engine named	36	8

Source: Beket AI market audit, November 3, 2026. Name variants combined. Tied names share a rank.

How did the engines differ?

Sixteen of the 43 hotels were named by all three engines. Meanwhile 5 came up on only one engine.

Fairmont Pacific Rim led ChatGPT with 33 mentions and Perplexity with 14. ChatGPT gave 261 of the 416 mentions (62.7%), so it shaped most of the combined list. 25 of Loden Hotel's 33 mentions came from ChatGPT, and all 5 mentions of Skwachàys Lodge did.

Perplexity put Fairmont Waterfront second, with 12 mentions. Google AI Overview named Pan Pacific Vancouver and Wedgewood Hotel & Spa most, 4 times each, and Fairmont Pacific Rim 3 times.

Which sources did the engines cite?

The answers cited 640 sources in all. Beket AI's source list for the audit shows the domains cited most across all three engines: google.com (83), fairmont.com (35), ca.hotels.com (31), hotels.com (30), marriott.com (30), expedia.com (21), tripadvisor.ca (21), destinationvancouver.com (20), rosewoodhotels.com (16) and vancouvertourism.org (16).

We also captured 183 of the 640 cited links one by one and sorted them by type of site:

Type of site	ChatGPT	Perplexity	Google AI Overview	All captured
Booking and review sites (Expedia, Hotels.com, Tripadvisor, Booking.com, Kayak and similar)	11	87	5	103
Hotel and hotel brand websites	8	10	9	27
Tourism boards and city guides	8	4	2	14
Travel media and other sites	11	13	2	26
google.com links	0	0	12	12
Forums, social and video	0	0	1	1
All captured links	38	114	31	183

Source: Beket AI market audit, November 3, 2026. A sample of 183 captured links, sorted by domain. Not every cited link was captured.

Booking and review sites made up 103 of the 183 captured links (56.3%), and hotel websites 27. Perplexity gave 87 of those 103 booking and review links. ChatGPT's captured links were spread more evenly. Destination Vancouver's site was cited by all three engines.

Treat this split with care. 114 of the 183 captured links are from Perplexity, so the sample leans toward its sources, and it covers only the links we captured.

What this means for hotels

A short version, based on what the engines returned in this study:

• Pages for each area and need. Most of the 25 questions asked about a neighbourhood or a need, such as Coal Harbour, Gastown, free parking or a pool for kids. A hotel's own site can answer those on a page each. Hotel and brand websites, such as fairmont.com (35) and rosewoodhotels.com (16), were among the domains cited most.
• Booking and review listings. Booking and review sites were the largest group of captured sources, 103 of 183. Keep your Expedia, Hotels.com, Booking.com and Tripadvisor listings complete and accurate.
• Your Google listing. Google AI Overview showed for 13 of the 25 questions, and google.com was the domain it linked to most in our captured sample (12 of 31). A complete Google Business Profile is the Google listing you control.
• Tourism boards and third-party lists. destinationvancouver.com was cited 20 times, and guides and travel media made up 26 of the captured links. Being on the lists these sites publish puts your name on pages the engines read.

Matching structured data on your site helps too; our local business schema markup guide walks through it.

How did we run the study?

We ran one Beket AI market audit on November 3, 2026, between 22:15 and 22:28 UTC. Its location was set to Vancouver, British Columbia, and its language to English.

1. Questions. The audit had 25 selected questions, the same on all three engines. None named a hotel.
2. Discovery prompts. The audit also added 4 longer prompts of its own, and the counts include their answers.
3. Mentions. A mention is a hotel named in an answer. Share is a hotel's mentions divided by all 416 mentions.
4. Times named first. This counts answers where that hotel came first.
5. Threshold. The audit's report listed 65 names, each with at least 2 mentions. A hotel named less often may not appear here.
6. Name variants. We combined spellings of the same hotel, taking 51 names down to 43. The merges are listed below. We kept Parq Vancouver separate from JW Marriott Parq Vancouver, as the engines gave them.
7. Left out. We counted only specific hotels. Chain and hotel group names (Marriott, Fairmont, Hyatt, Hilton, Accor, Wyndham, APA) had 63 mentions. Booking and review sites (Expedia, Tripadvisor, Travelocity) had 19. Restaurants and bars inside hotels had 12. We left all of them out of the hotel counts.

Combined as	Spellings in the data
Loden Hotel	Loden Hotel; The Loden Hotel; Loden Vancouver
The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver	The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver; The Westin Bayshore
OPUS Vancouver	OPUS Vancouver; OPUS Hotel Vancouver
The Sylvia Hotel	The Sylvia Hotel; Sylvia Hotel
L'Hermitage Hotel	L'Hermitage Hotel; L'Hermitage Vancouver
Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel by APA	Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel by APA; Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Vancouver-Downtown	Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Vancouver-Downtown; Hampton Inn & Suites Vancouver Downtown

Our Vancouver realtors study used the same kind of audit, and our roundup of nine local AI studies compares earlier Seattle and Vancouver results. Our Google Maps vs AI study checks whether the businesses at the top of Google Maps are the ones AI names. We did not rate, verify or rank any hotel ourselves.

How far can you trust these numbers?

Treat them as one careful snapshot, not a verdict. Our note on why one AI check is only a snapshot explains why.

• One run on one day. Answers can differ by day, by phrasing and by user.
• Google AI Overview was recorded for only 13 of the 25 selected questions, so most counts come from ChatGPT and Perplexity.
• ChatGPT gave 62.7% of all mentions, so its picks weigh heavily on the combined list.
• If one answer used two spellings of the same name, merging could count it twice.
• The source split is a sample of captured links, mostly from Perplexity.
• One or two mentions can change a rank near the top.
• Only three engines were tested. Other AI tools may answer differently.
• A mention says nothing about price, rooms, service or availability.

What questions did we ask?

The 25 selected questions, asked on all three engines:

1. best hotels in Vancouver BC
2. where to stay in Vancouver for first time visitors
3. best hotels in downtown Vancouver
4. hotels in Coal Harbour Vancouver
5. boutique hotels in Yaletown Vancouver
6. hotels in Gastown Vancouver
7. hotels near Kitsilano Beach Vancouver
8. hotels in Richmond BC near YVR airport
9. hotels in North Vancouver
10. family friendly hotels in Vancouver
11. pet friendly hotels in Vancouver BC
12. cheap hotels in Vancouver BC
13. luxury hotels in Vancouver
14. business hotels in downtown Vancouver
15. boutique hotels in Vancouver
16. hotels near Canada Place cruise terminal Vancouver
17. hotels near the Vancouver Convention Centre
18. Vancouver hotels with free parking
19. hotels with a spa in Vancouver
20. hotels near Stanley Park Vancouver
21. hotels with a pool in Vancouver for kids
22. romantic hotels in Vancouver for a couple's getaway
23. hotels near Rogers Arena and BC Place Vancouver
24. how to choose a hotel in Vancouver
25. which area of Vancouver is best to stay in for tourists

Discovery prompts the audit added on its own:

• "What are the best luxury hotels in downtown Vancouver for a first-time visitor?"
• "I'm planning a romantic weekend getaway to Vancouver. Which boutique hotels offer the best spa services and couples packages?"
• "Which top-tier luxury hotels near the Vancouver waterfront have the best views and high-end dining options?"
• "Where should I book my stay in Vancouver if I need a modern hotel with excellent co-working spaces and high-tech business amenities?"

How can a hotel check its own AI answers?

Any business can run its own free check at https://beket.ai. The free Beket AI audit covers 25 prompts across 3 engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overview. Beket AI Pro is $49 a month and re-audits daily, starting at 50 prompts across the same three engines. A business can also ask Beket AI for another run of this study.

About the author: Nur Rysbek is the CEO of Beket AI.