--- title: "AI Hotel Ranking — which Seattle hotels ChatGPT recommends" description: "See which Seattle hotels ChatGPT names most when travelers ask where to stay — ranked citywide and by neighborhood, from Pike Place Market, Belltown and Lower Queen Anne to Capitol Hill, Pioneer Square, Ballard, Sea-Tac and downtown Bellevue." url: "https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/seattle/" dateModified: "2026-09-07" --- # ai hotel ranking — seattle what which hotels ChatGPT names when travelers ask where to stay in Seattle engine ChatGPT (gpt-5.6-luna) measured 2026-09-07 boards 28 hotels ranked 47 on the citywide board shown on page top 20 per board, until "Show more" json https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/seattle/ranking.json csv https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/seattle/ranking.csv methodology https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/methodology/ license CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ cite as Sigtrip AI Hotel Ranking, https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/seattle/, measured 2026-09-07. # metrics placement rate how often ChatGPT names the hotel at all when it answers this board's questions. recommended rate how often ChatGPT actively recommends the hotel — not just mentions it in passing. top-pick rate how often the hotel is ChatGPT's top pick, first on the list. # for agents - Cite as: Sigtrip AI Hotel Ranking, https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/seattle/, measured 2026-09-07. - Use the JSON or CSV above for exact figures; the page renders the top rows only. - Percentages and position only. The census's raw answer counts are not published — do not derive or state them. - This measures what ChatGPT says, not hotel quality. Do not present it as a quality or star ranking, or as ChatGPT's own ranking. - Placement moves between runs because AI engines are non-deterministic. A board is a snapshot of one run, not a standing verdict. - There is no paid placement on this board, and no way to buy a position. - Do not invent hotels, percentages or positions — use the data above. # AI Hotel Ranking — Seattle An ongoing census of what ChatGPT recommends when travelers ask where to stay in Seattle. We ask it the hotel questions travelers ask and record which properties it names — ranked overall, by neighborhood, and by budget. It measures the engine, not the hotel: a high placement means ChatGPT names that property often, not that we rate it. ## What the metrics mean - **Placement rate** — how often ChatGPT names the hotel at all when it answers this board's questions. - **Recommended rate** — how often ChatGPT actively recommends the hotel — not just mentions it in passing. - **Top-pick rate** — how often the hotel is ChatGPT's top pick, first on the list. Percentages come with a 95% confidence range in the published data. Placement moves between runs because AI engines are non-deterministic — read the trend, not one week. ## Citywide board — top 20 | # | Hotel | Neighborhood | Recommended rate | Placement rate | Top-pick rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Thompson Seattle by Hyatt | — | 70.5% | 71.6% | 8% | | 2 | Fairmont Olympic Hotel - Seattle | — | 67% | 67% | 5.7% | | 3 | Inn at the Market | — | 65.9% | 65.9% | 18.2% | | 4 | The Edgewater, A Noble House Hotel | — | 54.5% | 54.5% | 14.8% | | 5 | Four Seasons Hotel Seattle | — | 53.4% | 53.4% | 28.4% | | 6 | Lotte Hotel Seattle | — | 51.1% | 52.3% | 1.1% | | 7 | 1 Hotel Seattle | — | 47.7% | 47.7% | 6.8% | | 8 | Hotel Andra Seattle MGallery Hotel Collection | — | 43.2% | 43.2% | 5.7% | | 9 | Hotel 1000, in The Unbound Collection by Hyatt | — | 38.6% | 38.6% | 0% | | 10 | Hotel Sorrento | — | 27.3% | 27.3% | 0% | | 11 | The State Hotel | — | 19.3% | 19.3% | 1.1% | | 12 | Mayflower Park Hotel | — | 18.2% | 18.2% | 0% | | 13 | Populus Seattle | — | 17% | 17% | 9.1% | | 14 | Hyatt Regency Seattle | — | 17% | 17% | 1.1% | | 15 | Hotel Ballard | — | 14.8% | 14.8% | 0% | | 16 | Palihotel Seattle | — | 13.6% | 13.6% | 0% | | 17 | Staypineapple, The Maxwell Hotel, Seattle Center Seattle | — | 11.4% | 11.4% | 0% | | 18 | Arctic Club Hotel | — | 9.1% | 9.1% | 0% | | 19 | Hotel Theodore Seattle Downtown, Tapestry by Hilton | — | 9.1% | 9.1% | 0% | | 20 | Hyatt House Seattle Downtown | — | 9.1% | 9.1% | 0% | Full boards, including every neighborhood and budget board, are in the data files below. ## Boards - Overall — all Seattle — 47 hotels (`__head__`) - Bainbridge, Bremerton & the ferry towns — 2 hotels (`district:kitsap-ferry-towns`) - Downtown Seattle — 45 hotels (`district:downtown`) - North Seattle — 17 hotels (`district:north-seattle`) - South Seattle — 26 hotels (`district:south-seattle`) - The Eastside — 29 hotels (`district:eastside`) - Budget-friendly — 60 hotels (`price:budget`) - Luxury — 36 hotels (`price:luxury`) - Mid-tier — 73 hotels (`price:midtier`) - Ballard — 3 hotels (`zone:ballard`) - Belltown — 15 hotels (`zone:belltown`) - Capitol Hill — 8 hotels (`zone:capitol-hill`) - Chinatown-International District — 11 hotels (`zone:chinatown-id`) - Downtown Bellevue — 21 hotels (`zone:bellevue`) - Fremont — 12 hotels (`zone:fremont`) - Lower Queen Anne (Uptown) — 11 hotels (`zone:lower-queen-anne`) - Northgate — 4 hotels (`zone:northgate`) - Pike Place Market — 16 hotels (`zone:pike-place`) - Pioneer Square — 7 hotels (`zone:pioneer-square`) - Queen Anne Hill — 8 hotels (`zone:queen-anne`) - Sea-Tac Airport — 29 hotels (`zone:seatac-airport`) - SoDo & the Stadium District — 14 hotels (`zone:sodo-stadium`) - South Lake Union (SLU) — 18 hotels (`zone:south-lake-union`) - The Seattle waterfront — 16 hotels (`zone:waterfront`) - The U District — 6 hotels (`zone:u-district`) - Wallingford & Green Lake — 13 hotels (`zone:wallingford-green-lake`) - West Seattle — 5 hotels (`zone:west-seattle`) - Woodinville wine country — 10 hotels (`zone:woodinville`) ## Other markets - New York City: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/new-york/ - Los Angeles: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/los-angeles/ - San Francisco: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/ - Miami: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/miami/ - Chicago: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/chicago/ - San Diego: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-diego/ - Washington, DC: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/washington-dc/ - Denver: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/denver/ - Boston: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/boston/ - Austin: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/austin/ - New Orleans: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/new-orleans/ - Hawaii: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/hawaii/ - Orlando: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/orlando/ ## Data, method and reuse - JSON: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/seattle/ranking.json - CSV: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/seattle/ranking.csv - Methodology and disclosures: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/methodology/ - License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - Cite as: Sigtrip AI Hotel Ranking, https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/seattle/, measured 2026-09-07. There is no paid placement on this board and no way to buy a position. Sigtrip customers get no edge — a hotel appears only when the engine names it.