
Travel PR Has a New Scoreboard: AI Citation Share
The biggest U.S. airline by seats isn't what AI recommends. Neither is the biggest U.S. hotel chain by property count. A new 5W study redraws the map every travel PR firm operates on.

The biggest U.S. airline by seats isn't what AI recommends. Neither is the biggest U.S. hotel chain by property count. A new 5W study redraws the map every travel PR firm operates on.

Greenwashing is the biggest reputational and legal risk for sustainability-positioned brands. H&M, Delta, KLM, VW — the reference cases, the five most common forms, and the process to avoid them.

The inaugural Airlines Citation Share Index 2026 — which airlines ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews actually cite. Delta owns premium. United owns long-haul. American owns scale. Southwest owns domestic-leisure. Ryanair owns Europe.

Pilot strikes, flight attendant negotiations, mechanic disputes, and the communications discipline that decides which side wins the public.