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Who ranks first on Google for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?

Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 21–27, 2026, the top-5 organic panel for Luxury Hospitality St Barth is remarkably compressed.

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Market
Luxury Hospitality St Barth
Location
St Barthélemy
Observed period
September 21–27, 2026
Run type
Period run · 7 comparable runs
Queries
107 queries per run
Search engine
Google
Device
Desktop
Source location
BL
Reading
Ranking Top 5 · Organic search
“Five domains contest the St. Barth luxury hospitality organic surface — separated by barely half a percentage point top to bottom.”

Quick answer

sebastianluxetravel.com records 38.85% observed presence, while the bottom of the panel, cntraveler.com, sits at 38.32% — a spread of 0.53 percentage points.

Key reading

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · September 21–27, 2026

The organic surface for Luxury Hospitality St Barth across this 7-run window shows a distributed structure with no actor having locked established authority on the observed panel. forbestravelguide.com most often holds the top organic position, yet its observed presence of 37.52% sits below sebastianluxetravel.com at 38.85% — a reminder that the ranking axis and the breadth metric measure different things. Facebook, present in 7 of 7 comparable runs, records the widest observed presence at 53.27%, yet does not lead on top organic position. The spread between the highest and lowest observed presence on this panel is just 0.53 percentage points, making the entire top-5 effectively indistinguishable on breadth alone. Tripadvisor, present in only 3 of 7 comparable runs, posts 65.73% observed presence when it does appear — the highest figure on the panel despite the lowest presence frequency.

Core metric

Organic presence — top 5 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · September 21–27, 2026

Observed metric

Organic presence — top 5

September 21–27, 2026107 queries per run7 comparable runs
Organic presence — top 5 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · September 21–27, 2026 · 7 comparable runs · Organic search · 5 ranked rows
ActorRankOrganic coveragePresence
sebastianluxetravel.com#138.85% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
forbestravelguide.com#237.52% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
Facebook#353.27% of queriesseen 7 of 7 runs
Tripadvisor#465.73% of queriesseen 3 of 7 runs
cntraveler.com#538.32% of queriesseen 5 of 7 runs
How to read this tableThese three measures describe different aspects of visibility on Google. Each should be read separately.Rank — The actor's position based on the number of times it held Google's first organic result on days when it qualified for the daily Top 5.Organic coverage — The average percentage of observed queries on which the actor appeared among Google's first ten organic results on those same days.Presence — The number of observed days on which the actor qualified for the daily Top 5.For a full explanation of how these rankings are calculated, see Method & Standards.Reading basis. This card observes the organic surface for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 21–27, 2026. The panel comprises the top-5 actors, aggregated from 107 observed queries per run. Per-actor observed presence is the mean across the comparable runs where the actor is present. The panel is ranked by top organic position. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window.Read with how readings are scoped and run metadata · what this card does not claim.Produced using AI and automated checks. See methodology.

How the actors read on the surface

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · September 21–27, 2026

sebastianluxetravel.com

sebastianluxetravel.com holds the highest observed presence on the panel at 38.85%, present in 7 of 7 comparable runs. That breadth figure edges out every other actor, yet the margin over the bottom of the panel is only 0.53 percentage points.

forbestravelguide.com

forbestravelguide.com most often holds the top organic position on this surface across the 7-run window, appearing in 7 of 7 comparable runs. Its observed presence of 37.52% places it within the compressed cluster that defines this panel.

Facebook

Facebook appears on the organic surface for this market with 53.27% observed presence, the broadest footprint on the panel, and is present in 7 of 7 comparable runs. Its visibility is notably wider than the four other actors, yet it does not lead on top organic position — a structural divergence between breadth and positional frequency.

Tripadvisor

Tripadvisor records 65.73% observed presence — the single highest figure on the panel — but appeared in only 3 of 7 comparable runs. When Tripadvisor surfaces, it surfaces broadly; when it does not, the rest of the panel absorbs the queries without it.

cntraveler.com

cntraveler.com holds 38.32% observed presence, the lowest on this panel, and appeared in 5 of 7 comparable runs. It sits just 0.53 percentage points behind sebastianluxetravel.com, making the gap between them negligible on breadth.

Pattern on the observed surface

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · September 21–27, 2026

The panel is structurally compressed on observed presence —

The panel is structurally compressed on observed presence — 0.53 percentage points separate the top from the bottom among the three actors present in every run. Yet presence frequency tells a different story: Tripadvisor qualifies on only 3 of 7 comparable runs, and cntraveler.com on 5 of 7, while the remaining three appear in all 7. The surface mixes focused sources and visible domains with no single actor type commanding the panel. Breadth and positional frequency diverge sharply: the actor with the widest observed presence (Tripadvisor at 65.73%) is the least frequently present, while the actor most often holding the top organic position (forbestravelguide.com) records one of the narrower breadth figures. This inversion defines the panel's character across the window.

Why this reading matters

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · September 21–27, 2026

forbestravelguide.com leads on top organic position across the 7-run window, yet three other actors match its presence frequency at 7 of 7 comparable runs. The surface is not shaped by one actor pulling away — it is shaped by a cluster of domains appearing with near-identical regularity and breadth, separated only by which one captures the top slot most often.

Market implication

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · September 21–27, 2026

The distributed structure of this organic surface — with no actor having locked established authority across the observed window — signals that organic visibility for Luxury Hospitality St Barth remains structurally fluid. The compression of observed presence values and the divergence between breadth and positional frequency suggest that monitoring this surface requires attention to both dimensions, not just one.

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Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy
Surface:
Organic search · Google · Desktop
Observed:
September 21–27, 2026
Published:
September 28, 2026

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Who ranks first on Google for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?

Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-organic-ranking-september-21-27-2026
Scope: Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · Google · Desktop
Family: Ranking Top 5
Observed: September 21–27, 2026 (2026-09-21/2026-09-27)
Published: September 28, 2026
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Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 21–27, 2026, the top-5 organic panel for Luxury Hospitality St Barth is remarkably compressed.

Key facts:
• sebastianluxetravel.com: seen 7 of 7 runs · 39% of queries
• forbestravelguide.com: seen 7 of 7 runs · 38% of queries
• Facebook: seen 7 of 7 runs · 53% of queries

Published table — Organic presence — top 5 (September 21–27, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Observed
1. sebastianluxetravel.com — seen 7 of 7 runs · 38.85% of queries — #1
2. forbestravelguide.com — seen 7 of 7 runs · 37.52% of queries — #2
3. Facebook — seen 7 of 7 runs · 53.27% of queries — #3
4. Tripadvisor — seen 3 of 7 runs · 65.73% of queries — #4
5. cntraveler.com — seen 5 of 7 runs · 38.32% of queries — #5

Reading basis: This card observes the organic surface for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 21–27, 2026. The panel comprises the top-5 actors, aggregated from 107 observed queries per run. Per-actor observed presence is the mean across the comparable runs where the actor is present. The panel is ranked by top organic position. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window.

Limitations and non-claims:
— Observes the observed organic 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 · Organic search · Google · Desktop · September 21–27, 2026
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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.
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Cite: According to The Observatory (September 28, 2026), Who ranks first on Google for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-organic-ranking-september-21-27-2026

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— The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · Google · Desktop · September 21–27, 2026

Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier pr_1790520708258_dva0cq. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory.

FAQ

What does observed presence measure on this card?
It measures how broadly an actor appears across the queries observed in each run — the percentage of queries on which the actor was seen in organic results. It is breadth context, not the ranking axis.
Why does the rank-1 actor have a lower observed presence than other actors on the panel?
The panel is ranked by how often each actor holds the top organic position, not by observed presence. An actor can appear on fewer queries overall yet capture the number-one organic slot more frequently, which is the case for forbestravelguide.com in this window.
What does this card prove and what does it not prove?
This card reflects a period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs from September 21–27, 2026. It describes the organic surface as observed during that window. It does not prove business-market ownership, does not measure AI-layer presence, and does not establish a multi-month trend.

Scope and limitations

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · Organic search · September 21–27, 2026 · what this card does not claim

  • Observes the observed organic 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.

Method & source

This card observes the organic surface for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 21–27, 2026. The panel comprises the top-5 actors, aggregated from 107 observed queries per run. Per-actor observed presence is the mean across the comparable runs where the actor is present. The panel is ranked by top organic position. Organic evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window.

The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.

Source protocol · How readings are scoped · Run metadata · Corrections

Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs, September 21–27, 2026. Organic evidence available on 7 of 7 runs. No multi-month aggregation, no business-market ownership claim.

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 2026-09-28 · Governed capture ID · pr_1790520708258_dva0cq

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.

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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.

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The Luxury Hospitality St Barth room places this Organic Ranking — Top 5 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.

For the same observation window, September 21–27, 2026, Luxury Hospitality St Barth is also read in the AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table, the AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.

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