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title: "Timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand: Which brands are most popular in search?"
description: "Compare hotels and serviced accommodation travellers can book for a stay in Timaru, New Zealand. Share of Search among Comfort Hotel Benvenue and The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru, the timaru hotels and accommodation Brandwave compares in New Zealand, using the same methodology, market, and reporting period. 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/categories/nz-timaru-hotels"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand: Which brands are most popular in search?

Compare hotels and serviced accommodation travellers can book for a stay in Timaru, New Zealand. Share of Search among Comfort Hotel Benvenue and The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru, the timaru hotels and accommodation Brandwave compares in New Zealand, using the same methodology, market, and reporting period. 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

- **Competitive set**: Timaru hotels and accommodation
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Brands compared**: 2
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Highest Share of Search**: Comfort Hotel Benvenue, 74.6%

## Which brand is most popular in search among timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand?

- In August 2026, Comfort Hotel Benvenue was the most searched among timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand, with an estimated 2.4K branded searches and 74.6% estimated Share of Search within this set.
- The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru is in 2nd place, 49.2 percentage points behind at 25.4% Share of Search.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Comfort Hotel Benvenue’s estimated Share of Search among timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand peaked at 78.3% in December 2025 and was lowest at 71.2% in March 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru’s estimated Share of Search among timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand peaked at 28.8% in March 2026 and was lowest at 21.7% in December 2025.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Comfort Hotel Benvenue and The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru held steady: their estimated Share of Search among timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand each moved less than 0.5 percentage points.

## Compare search popularity between leading brands

- [Comfort Hotel Benvenue vs The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru: compare search popularity](/demand/nz/compare/comfort-hotel-benvenue-vs-the-grosvenor-hotel-timaru): 74.6% against 25.4% Share of Search.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand timaru hotels and accommodation in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Comfort Hotel Benvenue in New Zealand fell 16.4% over 11 measured months, from 2.9K to 2.4K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru in New Zealand fell 16.2% over 11 measured months, from 990 to 830 in August 2026.

## Share of Search ranking

| Rank | Brand | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches | Change vs prior month | Owned by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 74.6% | 2.4K | -16.7% | Comfort Hotel Benvenue |
| 2 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 25.4% | 830 | -16.2% | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru |

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Brand | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 2.9K | 74.7% | 1 |
| Oct 2025 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 990 | 25.3% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 2.9K | 74.7% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 990 | 25.3% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 3.6K | 78.3% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 990 | 21.7% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 3K | 72.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 1.1K | 27.8% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 3.6K | 77.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 1K | 22.1% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 2.5K | 71.2% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 990 | 28.8% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 3K | 75.3% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 970 | 24.7% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 2.4K | 73.7% | 1 |
| May 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 860 | 26.3% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 2.9K | 77.9% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 830 | 22.1% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 2.9K | 74.7% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 990 | 25.3% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | 2.4K | 74.6% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | 830 | 25.4% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Comfort Hotel Benvenue | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru | — | — | — |

## What is being compared

- **Comfort Hotel Benvenue**: Measured on the search terms “benvenue hotel”, “benvenue hotel timaru”, “comfort hotel benvenue”, “comfort hotel benvenue hotel”, “comfort hotel benvenue timaru” and “the benvenue hotel”, summed into one figure.
- **The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru**: Measured on the search terms “the grosvenor hotel timaru” and “the grosvenor timaru”, summed into one figure.

- [Comfort Hotel Benvenue](/demand/nz/brands/comfort-hotel-benvenue)
- [The Grosvenor Hotel Timaru](/demand/nz/brands/the-grosvenor-hotel-timaru)

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which brand is most popular in search among timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand?

In August 2026, Comfort Hotel Benvenue was the most searched among timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand, with an estimated 2.4K branded searches and 74.6% estimated Share of Search within this set.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Timaru hotels and accommodation in New Zealand: Which brands are most popular in search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/categories/nz-timaru-hotels

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