{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Observation",
  "id": "ota-share-of-gemini-hotel-citations",
  "label": "Online travel agency share of Gemini's hotel citations",
  "question": "Which sources does an AI assistant cite when asked about hotels?",
  "answer": "55.3% of citations went to online travel agencies in an audit of 1,357 grounding citations across 156 Tokyo hotel queries.",
  "value": 55.3,
  "display": "55.3%",
  "unit": "percent",
  "evidence_type": "analysis",
  "period": "March 2026",
  "period_iso": "2026-03",
  "year_on_year_pct": null,
  "comparison": null,
  "geography": "Japan (Tokyo)",
  "topics": [
    "generative-engines",
    "hospitality",
    "discovery-and-visibility"
  ],
  "sample": "1,357 grounding citations across 156 paired hotel queries in Tokyo, Gemini 2.5 Flash with Google Search grounding, English and Japanese. Preprint, not peer-reviewed",
  "methodology": "Preprint, not peer-reviewed. Gemini 2.5 Flash with Google Search grounding, March 2026, 156 paired queries across four categories, two intents, nine Tokyo wards and two languages. One city, one model, one month, so read it as a measurement of that setting rather than of assistants generally.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "verified_against_primary": true,
  "source": {
    "id": "arxiv",
    "name": "arXiv",
    "type": "academic",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20062",
    "homepage": "https://arxiv.org/"
  },
  "located_via": null,
  "last_checked": "2026-10-03",
  "page_url": "https://travel.rankwit.ai/data/ota-share-of-gemini-hotel-citations"
}