Arrivl research · New York · updated Nov 10, 2026

The hotels AIrecommends mostin Midtown

AI most often recommends New Yorker by Lotte Hotels, YOTEL New York Times Square and Pod Times Square Hotel when travelers ask where to stay in Midtown, based on 50 recent answers from 5 AI platforms.

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Overview in Midtown

Answers analyzed50from 5 of 5 AI platforms · 1 run

Hotels recommended1345.1 hotels per answer on average

Picks held by the top 1021%of 256 hotel recommendations

Most cited sourcehotelierschoice.comin 5 answers · 29 of 50 answers show sources

Most recommended in Midtown

134 hotels · 50 answers · All AI · all time

HotelGPTClaGemMetaMuseTrend

1 New Yorker by Lotte HotelsStrongest: Concerts & shows · 80% 14%– – 2 3.7 020202010
2 YOTEL New York Times SquareStrongest: Conferences · 60% 12%– – 2 2.5 010102020
3 Pod Times Square HotelStrongest: Budget · 40% 12%– – 1 3.8 102010200
4 citizenM New York Times SquareStrongest: First visit · 20% 10%– – 3 2.6 03001010
5 The Bryant Park HotelStrongest: Business trips · 40% 10%– – 2 2.4 20010200
6 The PlazaStrongest: Luxury · 40% 10%– – 1 2.2 10200200
7 Pendry Manhattan WestStrongest: Concerts & shows · 40% 10%– – 1 2.4 20200100
8 Crowne Plaza HY36 Midtown ManhattanStrongest: Concerts & shows · 60% 10%– – 1 3.4 101020010
9 Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Midtown Manhattan/Penn StationStrongest: Concerts & shows · 40% 10%– – 0 4.4 201010100
10 Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan Midtown WestStrongest: Conferences · 40% 8%– – 2 3.0 20001010
11 Lotte New York PalaceStrongest: First visit · 13% 8%– – 1 2.3 1000300
12 Andaz 5th AvenueStrongest: Business trips · 60% 8%– – 1 2.5 10010200
13 The Kimberly HotelStrongest: First visit · 20% 8%– – 1 2.5 01001020
14 Ink 48 HotelStrongest: Conferences · 40% 8%– – 1 3.0 0200200
15 Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown WestStrongest: Conferences · 40% 8%– – 1 3.8 10010200
16 Park Terrace HotelStrongest: Business trips · 40% 8%– – 0 2.3 20100010
17 Baccarat Hotel New YorkStrongest: Luxury · 60% 8%– – 0 4.3 10200010
18 Arlo MidtownStrongest: Conferences · 20% 8%– – 0 4.5 0020200
19 Hyatt Grand Central New YorkStrongest: Business trips · 60% 6%– – 2 2.0 01010100
20 Library Hotel by Library Hotel CollectionStrongest: Business trips · 60% 6%– – 1 1.7 10101000
21 New York Marriott MarquisStrongest: First visit · 13% 6%– – 1 2.0 10100100
22 Equinox Hotel New YorkStrongest: Conferences · 20% 6%– – 1 2.3 01010100
23 Pestana CR7 Times SquareStrongest: Conferences · 20% 6%– – 1 2.3 000030
24 The Pearl HotelStrongest: First visit · 20% 6%– – 0 2.3 2000010
25 The Peninsula New YorkStrongest: Luxury · 40% 6%– – 0 2.3 0100200

How each AI answers

AI	Answers	Hotels per answer	Show sources	Most recommended
ChatGPT	10	4.5	100%	Homewood Suites by Hilton New York/Midtown Manhattan Times Square-South 30%
Claude	10	5.9	100%	citizenM New York Times Square 30%
Gemini	10	4.6	0%	New Yorker by Lotte Hotels 20%
Meta AI	10	6.7	80%	Lotte New York Palace 30%
Muse	10	3.9	10%	Pestana CR7 Times Square 30%

Where AI gets its hotel information

Hotel & brand sites 13%Booking sites 17%Guides, media & other 70%

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Methodology

We send the same 38traveler questions to each AI on a fixed schedule: business trips, conferences at the Javits Center, first visits with Broadway and Central Park on the list, families, luxury and boutique stays, a budget under $250 a night, relocating and apartment hunting, concerts at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center, weddings, and seasonal events. Each question starts a fresh chat and asks the AI to ignore saved memories and the user's current location, says the traveler doesn't live in New York, and lets the AI search the web as it normally would.

We clean the names first. The same property under two names counts once. A name that is not one real property, such as a chain, a platform or a hotel that does not exist, is left out, while its answer stays in the count. A hotel that has closed or has not opened stays, marked as such.

A hotel counts once per answer when the AI recommends it. Hotels it mentions only to rule out are left out. Share of answers is the share of answers in your selection that recommend the hotel. "#1" counts the answers where AI listed the hotel first, and average position is the hotel's average place in the AI's list when it was recommended.

The period buttons next to Overview set which runs the page counts, and Change and Movers compare that period with the one before it. All time counts every run so far, and its change compares the more recent half of the runs with the earlier half. 7, 14 and 30 days count the runs in that window and compare it with the same number of days before it. Both sides use only the AIs that took part in the more recent period, and the result is in percentage points. "New" marks a hotel recommended in the recent period and not in the one it is compared with.

Each neighborhood has its own questions: Midtown (Times Square, Grand Central, Hudson Yards), the Financial District, downtown Manhattan (SoHo, Tribeca, the Villages, the Lower East Side) and Brooklyn. Wedding questions cover the whole city and have their own tab. Seasonal questions run only in the weeks before each event and have their own tabs: Christmas, New Year's Eve, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and New York Fashion Week. They don't name a date, so the AI works out which event is next. Apartment hotels and furnished rentals are recorded and left out of this ranking. Grok is paused. Source links are recorded when the AI shows them; Gemini rarely does. Booking sites are online travel agencies and corporate travel tools; hotel and brand sites are a hotel's own site or its chain's. A recommendation shows what the AI said. It is not a rating of the hotel.

Runs so far: Nov 10, 2026. We keep collecting on a fixed schedule, so rankings settle as more answers come in.

Tab	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini	Meta AI	Muse	Total
Midtown	10	10	10	10	10	50
Financial District	6	6	6	6	6	30
Downtown	6	6	6	6	6	30
Brooklyn	6	6	6	6	6	30
Weddings	2	2	2	2	2	10
Christmas	3	3	3	3	3	15
New Year's Eve	3	3	3	3	3	15
Macy's Parade	1	1	1	1	1	5
Fashion Week	1	1	1	1	1	5

Rankings by tab

Midtown

Top 25 of 134 hotels AI recommended in Midtown, from 50 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	New Yorker by Lotte Hotels	14%	2
2	YOTEL New York Times Square	12%	2
3	Pod Times Square Hotel	12%	1
4	citizenM New York Times Square	10%	3
5	The Bryant Park Hotel	10%	2
6	The Plaza	10%	1
7	Pendry Manhattan West	10%	1
8	Crowne Plaza HY36 Midtown Manhattan	10%	1
9	Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Midtown Manhattan/Penn Station	10%	0
10	Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan Midtown West	8%	2
11	Lotte New York Palace	8%	1
12	Andaz 5th Avenue	8%	1
13	The Kimberly Hotel	8%	1
14	Ink 48 Hotel	8%	1
15	Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown West	8%	1
16	Park Terrace Hotel	8%	0
17	Baccarat Hotel New York	8%	0
18	Arlo Midtown	8%	0
19	Hyatt Grand Central New York	6%	2
20	Library Hotel by Library Hotel Collection	6%	1
21	New York Marriott Marquis	6%	1
22	Equinox Hotel New York	6%	1
23	Pestana CR7 Times Square	6%	1
24	The Pearl Hotel	6%	0
25	The Peninsula New York	6%	0

Financial District

Top 25 of 39 hotels AI recommended in the Financial District, from 30 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	Conrad New York Downtown	37%	5
2	Gild Hall, A Thompson Hotel, by Hyatt	33%	3
3	Residence Inn New York Downtown Manhattan/World Trade Center Area	30%	3
4	Club Quarters Hotel World Trade Center, New York	27%	1
5	The Wall Street Hotel	23%	4
6	Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown	23%	2
7	Hyatt Centric Wall Street New York	23%	1
8	M Social Hotel New York Downtown	20%	0
9	Hilton Garden Inn New York Financial Center/Manhattan Downtown	17%	1
10	Hotel Indigo NYC Downtown - Wall Street	17%	1
11	Moxy NYC Downtown	17%	0
12	New York Marriott Downtown	17%	0
13	Residence Inn New York Downtown Manhattan/Financial District	13%	2
14	Four Points by Sheraton New York Downtown	13%	0
15	The Wall Street Inn	13%	0
16	Courtyard New York World Trade Center Area	10%	1
17	Hotel Indigo NYC Financial District	10%	1
18	World Center Hotel	10%	1
19	DoubleTree by Hilton New York Downtown	10%	0
20	AC Hotel New York Downtown	10%	0
21	Holiday Inn Express New York City-Wall Street	10%	0
22	The Cloud One Hotel New York-Downtown	7%	1
23	Hampton Inn Manhattan/Downtown-Financial District	7%	1
24	Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan/Financial District	7%	0
25	The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel, by Hyatt	3%	1

Downtown

Top 25 of 59 hotels AI recommended in Downtown, from 30 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	SoHo Grand Hotel	40%	3
2	Crosby Street Hotel	33%	5
3	Arlo SoHo	33%	2
4	The Greenwich Hotel	20%	3
5	The Mercer	20%	0
6	The Marlton Hotel	20%	0
7	Fouquet's New York	17%	2
8	The Broome	17%	1
9	Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown	17%	0
10	ModernHaus SoHo	17%	0
11	The Manner	17%	0
12	Walker Hotel Greenwich Village	17%	0
13	Hotel Hugo	13%	2
14	11 Howard	13%	1
15	The Ludlow Hotel	13%	0
16	Residence Inn New York Downtown Manhattan/World Trade Center Area	10%	2
17	Smyth Tribeca	10%	1
18	The Dominick	10%	1
19	citizenM New York Bowery	10%	1
20	East Village Hotel	10%	1
21	PUBLIC Hotel	10%	0
22	Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC	10%	0
23	Holiday Inn NYC - Lower East Side	7%	1
24	Canal Loft Hotel	7%	1
25	Residence Inn New York Downtown Manhattan/Financial District	7%	0

Brooklyn

Top 25 of 32 hotels AI recommended in Brooklyn, from 30 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge	43%	5
2	Ace Hotel Brooklyn	37%	3
3	Hampton Inn Brooklyn/Downtown	37%	3
4	EVEN Hotel Brooklyn	33%	3
5	The Penny Williamsburg	30%	3
6	The Hoxton, Williamsburg	30%	1
7	New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge	27%	1
8	Wythe Hotel	23%	4
9	NU Hotel Brooklyn	23%	0
10	Pod Brooklyn Hotel	20%	1
11	The Tillary Hotel Brooklyn	20%	1
12	Hilton Brooklyn New York	17%	1
13	The William Vale	17%	1
14	Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown	17%	0
15	Aloft New York Brooklyn	13%	1
16	Sheraton Brooklyn New York Hotel	13%	0
17	Arlo Williamsburg	10%	0
18	TownePlace Suites New York Brooklyn	7%	1
19	Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Brooklyn	7%	0
20	CODA Williamsburg	7%	0
21	Comfort Inn Prospect Park-Brooklyn	3%	1
22	Franklin Guesthouse	3%	0
23	Moxy Brooklyn Williamsburg	3%	0
24	PUBLIC Hotel	3%	0
25	The Livingston - JDV by Hyatt	3%	0

Weddings

Top 25 of 30 hotels AI recommended for weddings, from 10 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	Fitzpatrick Manhattan	40%	1
2	Wythe Hotel	40%	1
3	The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel, by Hyatt	30%	2
4	InterContinental New York Barclay	30%	0
5	Sofitel New York	30%	0
6	The William Vale	20%	2
7	Fitzpatrick Grand Central	20%	1
8	The Langham, New York, Fifth Avenue	20%	1
9	Conrad New York Downtown	20%	1
10	1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge	20%	0
11	The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York	20%	0
12	Library Hotel by Library Hotel Collection	20%	0
13	Hotel Giraffe by Library Hotel Collection	20%	0
14	Washington Square Hotel	20%	0
15	Andaz 5th Avenue	20%	0
16	Waldorf Astoria New York	10%	1
17	3 West Club	10%	0
18	Four Seasons Hotel New York	10%	0
19	The Pierre, A Taj Hotel	10%	0
20	The Lucerne Hotel	10%	0
21	The St. Regis New York	10%	0
22	Kimpton Hotel Eventi	10%	0
23	The Bowery Hotel	10%	0
24	The Shelburne Sonesta New York	10%	0
25	The Wallace Hotel	10%	0

Christmas

Top 25 of 40 hotels AI recommended for Christmas, from 15 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	Lotte New York Palace	53%	5
2	The Peninsula New York	40%	2
3	The Jewel facing Rockefeller Center	40%	0
4	Omni Berkshire Place	33%	1
5	Hotel St. James	20%	2
6	The Plaza	20%	0
7	Citadines Connect Fifth Avenue - Times Square New York	13%	2
8	DoubleTree by Hilton New York Midtown Fifth Ave	13%	0
9	Moxy NYC Times Square	13%	0
10	Waldorf Astoria New York	13%	0
11	Club Quarters Hotel Grand Central, New York	13%	0
12	LUMA Hotel Times Square	7%	1
13	Motto by Hilton New York City Times Square	7%	1
14	Pod 51 Hotel	7%	1
15	414 Hotel New York Times Square	7%	0
16	Holiday Inn Express Manhattan Times Square South	7%	0
17	Pod 39 Hotel	7%	0
18	The Bayard	7%	0
19	The Iroquois New York	7%	0
20	The Pearl Hotel	7%	0
21	Hotel Riu Plaza Manhattan Times Square	7%	0
22	Hyatt Centric Times Square New York	7%	0
23	Hyatt Place New York/Midtown-South	7%	0
24	The Hotel at Fifth Avenue	7%	0
25	Baccarat Hotel New York	7%	0

New Year's Eve

Top 25 of 43 hotels AI recommended for New Year's Eve, from 15 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	The Knickerbocker	53%	3
2	New York Marriott Marquis	33%	4
3	Hyatt Centric Times Square New York	33%	1
4	The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park	33%	1
5	The Times Square EDITION	33%	1
6	Park Lane New York	27%	2
7	Tempo by Hilton New York Times Square	27%	1
8	Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel	27%	0
9	LUMA Hotel Times Square	20%	0
10	1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge	13%	0
11	W New York - Times Square	13%	0
12	Millennium Hotel Broadway Times Square	13%	0
13	Hotel Le Bleu	7%	1
14	The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel, by Hyatt	7%	1
15	EVEN Hotel Brooklyn	7%	0
16	Four Seasons Hotel New York	7%	0
17	Hilton New York Times Square	7%	0
18	The Langham, New York, Fifth Avenue	7%	0
19	Ace Hotel Brooklyn	7%	0
20	InterContinental New York Barclay	7%	0
21	Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Central Park	7%	0
22	The Pearl Hotel	7%	0
23	Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC	7%	0
24	Hyatt Centric Wall Street New York	7%	0
25	Mandarin Oriental, New York	7%	0

Macy's Parade

Top 14 of 14 hotels AI recommended for Macy's Parade, from 5 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	JW Marriott Essex House New York	80%	1
2	1 Hotel Central Park	80%	0
3	Mandarin Oriental, New York	60%	2
4	Warwick New York	60%	0
5	New York Hilton Midtown	60%	0
6	The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park	40%	1
7	Hotel Belleclaire Central Park	20%	1
8	Empire Hotel	20%	0
9	Moderne Hotel	20%	0
10	The Pearl Hotel	20%	0
11	Hilton Club The Quin New York	20%	0
12	Park Central Hotel New York	20%	0
13	The Lucerne Hotel	20%	0
14	Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Times Square	20%	0

Fashion Week

Top 19 of 19 hotels AI recommended for Fashion Week, from 5 answers.

Rank	Hotel	Share of answers	Listed first
1	Crosby Street Hotel	40%	1
2	The Mercer	40%	1
3	The Roxy Hotel New York	40%	0
4	The Bowery Hotel	40%	0
5	1 Hotel Central Park	20%	1
6	Hilton New York Fashion District	20%	1
7	The Greenwich Hotel	20%	1
8	Moxy NYC Chelsea	20%	0
9	The Dominick	20%	0
10	The Ned NoMad	20%	0
11	Hotel Chelsea	20%	0
12	SpringHill Suites New York Manhattan/Chelsea	20%	0
13	The Fifth Avenue Hotel	20%	0
14	The Standard, High Line	20%	0
15	TownePlace Suites New York Manhattan/Chelsea	20%	0
16	Arlo NoMad	20%	0
17	Made Hotel	20%	0
18	The Manner	20%	0
19	Nine Orchard	20%	0

Every hotel in every tab, by AI and by traveler type: the data as JSON.