ixigo.com enters the top citation sources for flight & hotel otas on AI search.

ixigo.com appears in the top 5 sources cited by AI engines for flight & hotel otas for the first time in may-2026, with 24 citations across the three engines today.

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ixigo.com appeared in the top 5 source domains cited by AI engines for flight & hotel otas for the first time in this study.

Citation breakdown today: - ChatGPT: 19 - Gemini: 2 - Google AI Mode: 3 - Total: 24

Primary engine: ChatGPT.

Why this matters

The source pool is the upstream supply chain of AI search. When a new domain enters the top 5, it signals that one or more recent articles on that domain are being picked up by the AI engines — which directly determines which brands surface in the engines' answers.

If you are a brand in flight & hotel otas and you are not cited on this domain, you are now visibly absent from the engine that uses it most. If you are cited there, your visibility lifts immediately.

— The CITE Index

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This finding draws from the 20 May 2026 edition of Flight & Hotel OTAs.

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