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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window August 17–23, 2026, recording 18.30% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- August 17–23, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Thailand
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On Thailand's luxury yachting AI opening-control rail, YachtCharterFleet leads a top-10 panel where no actor approaches concentrated control.”
Quick answer
asiaglobalyachting.com follows at 15.09%, with Blue Voyage Thailand at 13.21%.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 18.30%, but the surface falls well short of concentrated control across these 7 comparable runs. asiaglobalyachting.com sits 3.21 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet on AI opening share on this market, while Blue Voyage Thailand sits 5.09 percentage points behind. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet even the rank-1 actor accumulated less than a fifth of all observed openings over the period. The 9 sources behind YachtCharterFleet range from 15.09% down to 3.58%, producing a spread of 14.72 percentage points across the full panel. 8 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 2 opened AI answers in fewer runs — a broad base of opening-level participation across the window.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| YachtCharterFleet | #1 | 18.30% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #2 | 15.09% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Blue Voyage Thailand | #3 | 13.21% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Faraway Yachting | #4 | 9.81% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #5 | 9.43% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine | #6 | 5.66% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #7 | 5.09% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #8 | 4.72% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #9 | 3.58% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Burgess Yachts | #10 | 3.58% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 18.30%, and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs. Its cumulative opening volume over the period places it at rank 1 on this opening-control rail, though the gap to the next actor is 3.21 percentage points — a narrow margin for a surface this distributed.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 15.09% AI opening share on this market and sits 3.21 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, matching the rank-1 actor on presence frequency across the window.
Blue Voyage Thailand records 13.21% AI opening share on this market, sitting 5.09 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it among the actors with full opening presence across the window.
Faraway Yachting records 9.81% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.49 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, maintaining opening-level signal across every observation in the window.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 9.43% AI opening share on this market, sitting 8.87 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it in the mid-panel tier by cumulative opening volume.
Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine
Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine records 5.66% AI opening share on this market and sits 12.64 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, though its cumulative share places it in the lower portion of the panel.
youtube.com is a social platform on this panel, recording 5.09% AI opening share on this market. It sits 13.21 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — the only general-purpose platform in the upper half of the governed panel.
Fraser Yachts records 4.72% AI opening share on this market and sits 13.58 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, one of the two actors on the panel with fewer than full-window presence.
facebook.com is a social platform recording 3.58% AI opening share on this market. It sits 14.72 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, despite its low cumulative opening volume.
Burgess Yachts records 3.58% AI opening share on this market — the same displayed value as facebook.com on the metric, though the two hold distinct governed ranks. Burgess Yachts sits 14.72 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet and opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs, the lowest presence frequency on the panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
The AI opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand is
The AI opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand is distributed rather than concentrated. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, but the rank-1 share at 18.30% leaves the surface far from single-actor control. The 9 sources behind YachtCharterFleet range from 15.09% down to 3.58%, producing a long, graduated tail rather than a sharp cliff. Two social platforms — youtube.com and facebook.com — appear alongside specialist domains, giving the panel a mixed composition. 8 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 2 opened AI answers in fewer runs, indicating broad participation across the window at the opening level.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet the gap to asiaglobalyachting.com is only 3.21 percentage points — the narrowest leader-to-second gap on the panel. Meanwhile, the bottom of the panel features two actors at an identical 3.58% opening share (facebook.com and Burgess Yachts), one a social platform and the other a niche domain. The contrast between a tight top and a compressed bottom frames a surface where the opening-control contest is live at both ends.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
The Luxury Yachting Thailand AI opening-control surface is distributed across the governed top-10 panel, with no single actor approaching a controlling position on this observed surface across the 7-run window. This observation signals that AI Overview opening behavior on this market draws from a broad set of sources rather than defaulting to one. For any actor monitoring its AI primacy position, the narrow 3.21 percentage-point gap between rank 1 and rank 2 suggests that the opening-control hierarchy on this surface is not settled by cumulative volume alone.
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- Observed:
- August 17–23, 2026
- Published:
- August 25, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 17–23, 2026 (2026-08-17/2026-08-23) Published: August 25, 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-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window August 17–23, 2026, recording 18.30% of all AI answer openings observed over the period. Key facts: • YachtCharterFleet: 18% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • asiaglobalyachting.com: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • Blue Voyage Thailand: 13% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 17–23, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. YachtCharterFleet — 18.30% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. asiaglobalyachting.com — 15.09% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. Blue Voyage Thailand — 13.21% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. Faraway Yachting — 9.81% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 9.43% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine — 5.66% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. youtube.com — 5.09% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. Fraser Yachts — 4.72% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. facebook.com — 3.58% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. Burgess Yachts — 3.58% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The governed top-10 panel is ranked by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, with per-actor values calculated as the sum of each actor's openings divided by one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. The source-run query set comprises 105 observed queries. 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 Yachting Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 17–23, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787900511111_ksftm9. 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 (August 25, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026 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: bdf2113397bd1d11
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share captures which actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the primacy slot. It does not measure general citation share (a separate metric) or organic search ranking. On this card, values are aggregated across 7 comparable scheduled runs using one single period-wide denominator.
- Does this card establish a longer-term trend?
- No. This analysis covers 7 comparable runs over a single week (August 17–23, 2026). Current standings reflect this short window only. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend, and AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates.
- Why do facebook.com and Burgess Yachts show the same opening share but different ranks?
- Both actors record 3.58% AI opening share on this market. They are tied on the metric value, but the governed ranking applies a deterministic tie-break that assigns distinct positions — rank 9 and rank 10 respectively. The tie is on the metric, not on the rank.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 17–23, 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 Yachting Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The governed top-10 panel is ranked by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, with per-actor values calculated as the sum of each actor's openings divided by one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. The source-run query set comprises 105 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 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 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 17–23, 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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Method & SourceContinue the reading
The Luxury Yachting Thailand room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 17–23, 2026, Luxury Yachting Thailand 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.
The Amalfi / Capri / Positano reading and Athens / Mykonos / Santorini / Corfu reading examine the same AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 for August 17–23, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
