— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?
forbestravelguide.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 12.56%, across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period July 6–12, 2026.
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- Luxury Hospitality St Barth
- Location
- St Barthélemy
- Observed period
- July 6–12, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 107 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On St Barth's AI opening-control rail, no single source has pulled away from the top-10 panel across this 7-run window.”
Quick answer
Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa follows at 12.33%, just 0.22 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · July 6–12, 2026
forbestravelguide.com is the rank-1 actor by AI opening share on this market in the period-wide ranking, but its lead over Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa is only 0.22 percentage points — a gap so thin it frames the opening-control surface as structurally contested. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, which means the opening rail is distributed rather than concentrated at the top. The 9 sources behind forbestravelguide.com range from 12.33% down to 3.81%, a spread of 8.74 percentage points that keeps the panel compressed. Three actors — ourismantravel.com, sebastianluxetravel.com, and youtube.com — each record 9.64% AI opening share on this market, forming a three-way metric tie at the panel's mid-section. The surface mixes focused domains with social platforms, and no actor has accumulated a commanding share of AI answer openings over this 7-run window.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · July 6–12, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| forbestravelguide.com | #1 | 12.56% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa | #2 | 12.33% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #3 | 10.31% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| ourismantravel.com | #4 | 9.64% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| sebastianluxetravel.com | #5 | 9.64% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #6 | 9.64% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #7 | 6.50% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| tripadvisor.com | #8 | 5.61% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Cheval Blanc St-Barth | #9 | 5.16% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| ellitravel.com | #10 | 3.81% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · July 6–12, 2026
forbestravelguide.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 12.56%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, anchoring the top of a panel where its margin over the next actor is barely visible.
Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa records 12.33% AI opening share on this market and sits 0.22 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, making the gap between the top two actors the narrowest on the panel.
instagram.com records 10.31% AI opening share on this market, the highest share among the social platforms on this panel. As a social platform rather than specialist operator, it sits 2.24 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
ourismantravel.com records 9.64% AI opening share on this market, tying on the metric with sebastianluxetravel.com and youtube.com. It sits 2.91 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
sebastianluxetravel.com records 9.64% AI opening share on this market, matching ourismantravel.com and youtube.com on the metric. It sits 2.91 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
youtube.com records 9.64% AI opening share on this market, the same metric value as ourismantravel.com and sebastianluxetravel.com. As a social platform, it sits 2.91 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
facebook.com records 6.50% AI opening share on this market and sits 6.05 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market. As a social platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs but accumulated a noticeably smaller share than the three platforms and domains tied at 9.64%.
tripadvisor.com records 5.61% AI opening share on this market and sits 6.95 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it in the lower portion of the panel by cumulative opening volume.
Cheval Blanc St-Barth records 5.16% AI opening share on this market and sits 7.40 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs — the only actor on the panel that did not open AI answers in every run.
ellitravel.com records 3.81% AI opening share on this market, the lowest cumulative opening share on the panel. It sits 8.74 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · July 6–12, 2026
The opening-control rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth is
The opening-control rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth is distributed rather than top-heavy. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the 9 sources behind forbestravelguide.com range from 12.33% down to 3.81%. A three-way metric tie at 9.64% — spanning a focused domain, a niche domain, and a social platform — widens the contested middle of the panel. Social platforms occupy four of the ten positions, yet none of them holds the rank-1 slot; the opening surface draws from a mix of specialist domains and general-purpose platforms. 9 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 1 opened AI answers in fewer runs — Cheval Blanc St-Barth, which opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · July 6–12, 2026
forbestravelguide.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail in the period-wide ranking, yet its 12.56% share means the vast majority of AI answer openings across this 107-query panel went to other sources. The surface is structurally open: the gap between rank 1 and rank 2 is 0.22 percentage points, while the gap between rank 1 and rank 10 is 8.74 percentage points — a compressed range that leaves no actor with a commanding grip on the primacy slot over this 7-run window.
Market implication
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · July 6–12, 2026
The distributed shape of this opening-control panel across the July 6–12, 2026 window signals that AI Overviews on Luxury Hospitality St Barth are drawing from a broad set of sources rather than defaulting to a single reference. The near-parity between forbestravelguide.com and Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa at the top, combined with a three-way metric tie in the middle, suggests that monitoring the opening-control rail on this market requires tracking the full panel rather than a single front-runner. The presence of Cheval Blanc St-Barth in only 5 of 7 comparable runs — while every other actor appeared in all 7 — is a structural observation worth watching in future windows.
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- July 6–12, 2026
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- July 14, 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-july-6-12-2026 Scope: Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: July 6–12, 2026 (2026-07-06/2026-07-12) Published: July 14, 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-july-6-12-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-ai-overview-control-july-6-12-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms forbestravelguide.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 12.56%, across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period July 6–12, 2026. Key facts: • forbestravelguide.com: 13% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • instagram.com: 10% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (July 6–12, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. forbestravelguide.com — 12.56% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa — 12.33% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. instagram.com — 10.31% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. ourismantravel.com — 9.64% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. sebastianluxetravel.com — 9.64% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. youtube.com — 9.64% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. facebook.com — 6.50% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. tripadvisor.com — 5.61% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. Cheval Blanc St-Barth — 5.16% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #9 10. ellitravel.com — 3.81% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 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 July 6–12, 2026. The top-10 panel is ranked by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor AI opening share uses one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable 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, July 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · July 6–12, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791404722812_pk5ke3. 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 (July 14, 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-july-6-12-2026 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: 786fb8f249441772
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share on this market' measure?
- It measures which source AI Overviews reach for first when opening their answers to queries on this market. It captures the primacy slot — who opens the AI answer — not general citation frequency and not organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend on Luxury Hospitality St Barth?
- No. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It aggregates 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from July 6–12, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different results.
- Why do three actors share the same AI opening share value?
- ourismantravel.com, sebastianluxetravel.com, and youtube.com each record 9.64% AI opening share on this market over the period. They are tied on the metric but hold distinct governed ranks (#4, #5, #6) determined by the period-wide tie-break ordering.
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Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · July 6–12, 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, July 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
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 July 6–12, 2026. The top-10 panel is ranked by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor AI opening share uses one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (July 6–12, 2026). AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 7 of 7 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about general citation share or organic visibility.
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The Luxury Hospitality St Barth room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, July 6–12, 2026, Luxury Hospitality St Barth is also read in the AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table, the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.
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