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title: "How popular is Hotel St Clair? Searches and AI answers in New Zealand"
description: "Hotel St Clair is a hotel at St Clair beach in Dunedin. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/hotel-st-clair"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# How popular is Hotel St Clair? Searches and AI answers in New Zealand

Hotel St Clair is a hotel at St Clair beach in Dunedin. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Hotel St Clair
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Oct 2026
- **Share of Search among Dunedin hotels**: 5.5%

## Where does Hotel St Clair compete?

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dunedin hotels | 6 | 5.5% | 1K |

- [Dunedin hotels](/demand/nz/locations/dunedin/hotels)

## Top Dunedin hotels in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions, Hotel St Clair was mentioned in two out of three: in two of the three ChatGPT answers. Hotel St Clair is the fifth most recommended of the seven.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Distinction Dunedin | 1st | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
| Ebb Dunedin | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| Fable Dunedin | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| The Chamberson | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| Hotel St Clair | 5th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| Scenic Hotel Southern Cross | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Kingsgate Hotel Dunedin | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 |

## Every AI answer about Dunedin hotels

- Asked ChatGPT "Which hotel should I book in Dunedin, New Zealand?": 1. Distinction Dunedin, 2. The Chamberson, 3. Hotel St Clair
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best hotels in Dunedin, New Zealand?": 1. Ebb Dunedin, 2. Distinction Dunedin, 3. Fable Dunedin, 4. Hotel St Clair, 5. The Chamberson
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best hotel in Dunedin, New Zealand for a city stay?": 1. Distinction Dunedin, 2. Ebb Dunedin, 3. Fable Dunedin

Not named in any answer: Scenic Hotel Southern Cross and Kingsgate Hotel Dunedin.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for Hotel St Clair changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending October 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Hotel St Clair in New Zealand fell from 1.3K to 1K.
- Across the 12 months ending October 2026, Hotel St Clair’s share of searches among Dunedin hotels in New Zealand decreased from 6.7% to 5.5%.
- Across the 12 months ending October 2026, Hotel St Clair’s share of searches among Dunedin hotels in New Zealand peaked at 6.7% in December 2025 and was lowest at 4.6% in August 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand Dunedin hotels in October 2026?

- In October 2026, Fable Dunedin gained share of searches among Dunedin hotels in New Zealand, from 19.4% to 20.1%.
- In October 2026, Ebb Dunedin lost share of searches among Dunedin hotels in New Zealand, from 13.3% to 12.5%.
- Kingsgate Hotel Dunedin’s share of searches among Dunedin hotels in New Zealand has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 13.2% to 14.6% in October 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Hotel St Clair in New Zealand fell 23.1% over 12 measured months, from 1.3K to 1K in October 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for The Chamberson in New Zealand fell 22.4% over 12 measured months, from 1.1K to 830 in October 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Scenic Hotel Southern Cross in New Zealand fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 5K to 4.1K in October 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nov 2025 | Dunedin hotels | 1.3K | 6.7% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | Dunedin hotels | 1.3K | 6.7% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 1.3K | 6.3% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 1.3K | 5.2% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 1.3K | 5.8% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 1K | 5.1% | 6 |
| May 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 880 | 4.8% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 720 | 5% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 880 | 5.4% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 880 | 4.6% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 1K | 5.4% | 6 |
| Oct 2026 | Dunedin hotels | 1K | 5.5% | 6 |

## How are Hotel St Clair’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Hotel St Clair’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “hotel st clair”

## Which Dunedin hotels compete with Hotel St Clair?

- [Scenic Hotel Southern Cross](/demand/nz/brands/scenic-hotel-southern-cross)
- [Distinction Dunedin](/demand/nz/brands/distinction-dunedin): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/distinction-dunedin-vs-hotel-st-clair
- [Fable Dunedin](/demand/nz/brands/fable-dunedin): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/fable-dunedin-vs-hotel-st-clair
- [Kingsgate Hotel Dunedin](/demand/nz/brands/kingsgate-hotel-dunedin): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/hotel-st-clair-vs-kingsgate-hotel-dunedin
- [Ebb Dunedin](/demand/nz/brands/ebb-dunedin): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/ebb-dunedin-vs-hotel-st-clair
- [The Chamberson](/demand/nz/brands/the-chamberson): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/hotel-st-clair-vs-the-chamberson

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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