— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?
sebastianluxetravel.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth across the 7-run window August 31 – September 6, 2026, recording 24.24% AI opening share on this market.
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- Luxury Hospitality St Barth
- Location
- St Barthélemy
- Observed period
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 107 queries per run
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- Desktop
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On St Barth's AI opening-control rail, one niche domain opens the answers — and social platforms contest the rest.”
Quick answer
facebook.com and ourismantravel.com share the second tier, each at 12.45%.
Key reading
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
sebastianluxetravel.com accumulated the highest AI opening share on this market across the 7-run observation period, at 24.24%. The spread between the rank-1 actor and the rank-10 actor, cntraveler.com, is 20.96 percentage points — a top-heavy surface where the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. Behind sebastianluxetravel.com, the 9 sources behind sebastianluxetravel.com range from 12.45% down to 3.28%, with social platforms facebook.com and instagram.com sitting alongside focused sources such as ourismantravel.com and forbestravelguide.com. The non-obvious read: on a luxury-hospitality market as narrow as Saint-Barthelemy, AI reaches for a niche domain first — not a social platform, not an aggregator domain — and the gap to every other actor is at least 11.79 percentage points.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| sebastianluxetravel.com | #1 | 24.24% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #2 | 12.45% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| ourismantravel.com | #3 | 12.45% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #4 | 8.52% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| forbestravelguide.com | #5 | 8.30% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #6 | 6.55% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa | #7 | 5.68% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| tripadvisor.com | #8 | 4.15% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| ellitravel.com | #9 | 3.49% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| cntraveler.com | #10 | 3.28% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
sebastianluxetravel.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 24.24%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, and sits at least 11.79 percentage points ahead of every other actor on the panel — a clear separation on a surface where the next two actors are tied on the metric at 12.45%.
facebook.com records 12.45% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.79 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. As a social platform on a luxury-hospitality opening-control rail, it occupies the same metric value as ourismantravel.com — a focused source — yet the two carry different surface roles.
ourismantravel.com records 12.45% AI opening share on this market, matching facebook.com on the metric while sitting 11.79 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, anchoring the second tier of the panel as a focused source rather than a general-purpose platform.
instagram.com records 8.52% AI opening share on this market and sits 15.72 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. A second social platform on the panel, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, recording less opening volume than facebook.com at 12.45% and ourismantravel.com at 12.45%.
forbestravelguide.com records 8.30% AI opening share on this market, sitting 15.94 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing just below instagram.com on the period-wide ranking.
youtube.com records 6.55% AI opening share on this market and sits 17.69 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. As a social platform, it is the third general-purpose platform on this panel — yet it accumulated less opening volume than either facebook.com or instagram.com across the window.
Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa records 5.68% AI opening share on this market and sits 18.56 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing in the lower portion of the governed top-10 panel on this opening-control rail.
tripadvisor.com records 4.15% AI opening share on this market and sits 20.09 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. As an aggregator domain, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs but accumulated a narrow share of the period's total openings.
ellitravel.com records 3.49% AI opening share on this market and sits 20.74 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing near the bottom of the governed panel alongside cntraveler.com.
cntraveler.com records 3.28% AI opening share on this market — the lowest on the governed top-10 panel — and sits 20.96 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, making it the only actor on this panel that did not carry opening signal in every run of the window.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The panel is top-heavy
The panel is top-heavy: the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. sebastianluxetravel.com sits alone at the top, separated from every other actor by at least 11.79 percentage points. Below it, the 9 sources behind sebastianluxetravel.com range from 12.45% down to 3.28%. The surface mixes niche domains and social platforms — facebook.com, instagram.com, youtube.com, and tripadvisor.com all appear alongside focused sources such as ourismantravel.com, forbestravelguide.com, Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa, ellitravel.com, and cntraveler.com. The bottom half of the panel compresses into a narrow band, while the upper ranks carry the bulk of accumulated opening volume.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
sebastianluxetravel.com's rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail is notable because it is a niche domain rather than a social platform or aggregator domain. On a market as geographically specific as Saint-Barthelemy, AI Overviews reached for a focused source first — ahead of facebook.com, instagram.com, youtube.com, and tripadvisor.com — suggesting that the opening-control surface on this market rewards specificity over platform scale in this window.
Market implication
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
This observation signals that the AI opening-control surface for Luxury Hospitality St Barth is concentrated around a single niche domain, with social platforms and focused sources splitting the remaining share across a wide field. For anyone monitoring AI primacy on this market, the spread of 20.96 percentage points between the rank-1 and rank-10 actors underscores how unevenly AI distributes its opening references. The presence of multiple social platforms in the governed top-10 panel reframes the opening-control rail as a mixed surface — not exclusively specialist, not exclusively platform-driven.
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- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
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- September 8, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026 Scope: Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 (2026-08-31/2026-09-06) Published: September 8, 2026 Method — How readings are scoped: https://theobservatory.io/method#standards Method — Run metadata: https://theobservatory.io/method/panel#run-metadata Method — Source protocol: https://theobservatory.io/method#source-protocol Method — Corrections and right of reply: https://theobservatory.io/method#corrections Public table: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms sebastianluxetravel.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth across the 7-run window August 31 – September 6, 2026, recording 24.24% AI opening share on this market. Key facts: • sebastianluxetravel.com: 24% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • facebook.com: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • ourismantravel.com: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. sebastianluxetravel.com — 24.24% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. facebook.com — 12.45% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. ourismantravel.com — 12.45% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. instagram.com — 8.52% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. forbestravelguide.com — 8.30% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. youtube.com — 6.55% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa — 5.68% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. tripadvisor.com — 4.15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. ellitravel.com — 3.49% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. cntraveler.com — 3.28% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's opening appearances across all comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window. — A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Luxury Hospitality St Barth St Barthélemy, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1788706412298_3nfad8. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory. Source footnote: Sourced from a published AAI MIB card. The Observatory publishes this card’s public findings; values are as observed on the search surface, not business-market claims. Attribution: Published by The Observatory · Based on an AAI Kernel capture · governed by The Observatory editorial system Cite: According to The Observatory (September 8, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026 This record is the published reading and its public table/slice as served on the card — not the complete underlying capture or provider dataset. Observed by The Observatory. Not an endorsement, recommendation, market-share claim or commercial ranking. Free reuse, including commercial republication, under The Observatory’s Terms. Retain attribution, source link, scope and date. Revision: 89910f1f9629e251
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share captures which source AI Overviews reach for first when answering a query — the opening slot, not general citation. It is aggregated here as the sum of each actor's opening appearances across all 7 comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend or measure general citation share?
- No. This card observes an observation period of 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 31 – September 6, 2026). It does not establish a longer-term trend, and it does not measure general citation share — that belongs to a separate family. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different results.
- Why do facebook.com and ourismantravel.com show the same AI opening share?
- Both actors recorded 12.45% AI opening share on this market across the 7-run window. They are tied on the metric but hold distinct governed ranks (#2 and #3) based on the period-wide tie-break ordering.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Luxury Hospitality St Barth St Barthélemy, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
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This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's opening appearances across all comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window.
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