— 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 the Luxury Hospitality St Barth market across the 6-run observation period (June 22–28, 2026), recording 13.36% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Luxury Hospitality St Barth
- Location
- St Barthélemy
- Observed period
- June 22–28, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 6 comparable runs
- Queries
- 107 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- BL
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On St Barth's AI opening-control rail, no single source commands the primacy slot — the top-10 panel splits the surface across focused domains and social platforms alike.”
Quick answer
forbestravelguide.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Hospitality St Barth market across the 6-run observation period (June 22–28, 2026), recording 13.36% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.
Key reading
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
forbestravelguide.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI opening-control rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in the observation period June 22–28, 2026, at 13.36% AI opening share on this market. ourismantravel.com follows at 10.62%, and sebastianluxetravel.com and youtube.com each record 10.27% — a metric tie on AI opening share, though they hold distinct governed ranks. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, which means the opening surface is broadly distributed rather than concentrated at the top. The 9 sources behind forbestravelguide.com range from 10.62% down to 4.11%, a spread narrow enough that small shifts in AI behavior could rearrange the mid-panel on any future window.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| forbestravelguide.com | #1 | 13.36% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| ourismantravel.com | #2 | 10.62% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| sebastianluxetravel.com | #3 | 10.27% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| youtube.com | #4 | 10.27% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| instagram.com | #5 | 9.93% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa | #6 | 7.19% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| tripadvisor.com | #7 | 5.48% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Gyp Sea Hotel & Beach Houses | #8 | 4.79% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| facebook.com | #9 | 4.11% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| expedia.com | #10 | 4.11% AI opening share | opening in 3/6 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
forbestravelguide.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 13.36%. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, placing it among the actors with full presence across the window.
ourismantravel.com records 10.62% AI opening share on this market and sits 2.74 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, maintaining signal across every observation in the window.
sebastianluxetravel.com records 10.27% AI opening share on this market, matching youtube.com on the metric while holding a distinct governed rank. It sits 3.08 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com and opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
youtube.com, a social platform, also records 10.27% AI opening share on this market — the same displayed value as sebastianluxetravel.com. As a general-purpose platform rather than a focused domain, its presence at this level on the opening-control rail is a structural feature of how AI selects its first source on this market.
instagram.com records 9.93% AI opening share on this market, sitting 3.42 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com. Another social platform on the panel, it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa records 7.19% AI opening share on this market and sits 6.16 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs — one of the panel actors with partial presence across the window.
tripadvisor.com, a platform rather than specialist operator, records 5.48% AI opening share on this market. It sits 7.88 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com yet opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
Gyp Sea Hotel & Beach Houses records 4.79% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.56 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs.
facebook.com records 4.11% AI opening share on this market, tying with expedia.com on the metric while holding a distinct governed rank. A social platform, it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs despite sitting 9.25 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com.
expedia.com also records 4.11% AI opening share on this market and sits 9.25 percentage points behind forbestravelguide.com. It opened AI answers on 3 of 6 comparable runs — the lowest presence frequency on the panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
The AI opening-control panel for Luxury Hospitality St Barth
The AI opening-control panel for Luxury Hospitality St Barth is broadly distributed. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, which means no small cluster controls the primacy slot. The panel mixes focused domains (forbestravelguide.com, ourismantravel.com, sebastianluxetravel.com) with social platforms (youtube.com, instagram.com, facebook.com) and aggregator domains (tripadvisor.com, expedia.com), producing a surface where AI draws its opening source from structurally different kinds of content. The spread between rank 1 and rank 10 is 9.25 percentage points — a compressed range for a 10-actor panel. 7 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs; 3 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
forbestravelguide.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet its 13.36% share means AI reaches for it first on a limited portion of the 107 observed queries. The surface splits its opening selections across focused domains and social platforms in roughly equal measure — a structural composition that distinguishes this market's AI opening behavior from panels where a single source type captures the primacy slot.
Market implication
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
The observed opening-control surface for Luxury Hospitality St Barth signals that AI answer openings are not concentrated around any single source type or actor. The 9 sources behind forbestravelguide.com sit between 2.74 and 9.25 percentage points behind it, which means the gap between the rank-1 actor and the bottom of the panel is narrow enough that monitoring AI opening behavior on this market requires attention to the full panel rather than a single lead actor.
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- Observed:
- June 22–28, 2026
- Published:
- June 30, 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-june-22-28-2026 Scope: Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: June 22–28, 2026 (2026-06-22/2026-06-28) Published: June 30, 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-june-22-28-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-ai-overview-control-june-22-28-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms forbestravelguide.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Hospitality St Barth market across the 6-run observation period (June 22–28, 2026), recording 13.36% of all AI answer openings observed over the period. Key facts: • forbestravelguide.com: 13% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • ourismantravel.com: 11% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • sebastianluxetravel.com: 10% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (June 22–28, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 6 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. forbestravelguide.com — 13.36% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #1 2. ourismantravel.com — 10.62% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #2 3. sebastianluxetravel.com — 10.27% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #3 4. youtube.com — 10.27% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #4 5. instagram.com — 9.93% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #5 6. Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa — 7.19% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #6 7. tripadvisor.com — 5.48% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #7 8. Gyp Sea Hotel & Beach Houses — 4.79% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #8 9. facebook.com — 4.11% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #9 10. expedia.com — 4.11% AI opening share · opening in 3/6 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy on Google desktop, aggregated across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 22–28, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, drawn from 107 observed queries. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 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 (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Luxury Hospitality St Barth St Barthélemy, June 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · June 22–28, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791403044993_d3qr05. 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 (June 30, 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-june-22-28-2026 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: e7d1f7051a25c95b
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— The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · June 22–28, 2026
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share on this market' measure?
- It measures how often a given actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the first source AI reaches for when answering a query. It is not general citation share and it is not organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term pattern or trend?
- No. This observation covers 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 22–28, 2026. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates.
- Why do sebastianluxetravel.com and youtube.com show the same percentage but different ranks?
- Both record 10.27% AI opening share on this market — a metric tie. The governed ranking applies a deterministic tie-break to assign distinct positions, so they hold separate ranks despite identical displayed values.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Luxury Hospitality St Barth St Barthélemy, June 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, aggregated across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 22–28, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, drawn from 107 observed queries. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the comparable window.
The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.
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Period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 22–28, 2026. AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 6 of 6 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about general citation share or organic visibility.
A capture from AAI Kernel’s governed intelligence — published by The Observatory. One reading of many; the publication date is distinct from the observed window shown above.Published 2026-06-30 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791403044993_d3qr05
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Method & SourceContinue the reading
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, June 22–28, 2026, Luxury Hospitality St Barth is also read in the AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table; each keeps its own reading basis. A further Organic Ranking — Top 5 table for Luxury Hospitality St Barth provides additional context; it records October 5–11, 2026. A further Query Spotlight table for Luxury Hospitality St Barth provides additional context; it records Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026.
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