Hotel Impossible is a reality television program from Travel Channel in which struggling hotels receive an extensive makeover by veteran hotel operator Anthony Melchiorri and his team. The show premiered on April 9, 2012.
Anthony is on a mission to save three struggling hotels near Sturgis, S.D., challenging himself to fix all the issues at these properties before hundreds of thousands of bikers come rolling into town.
At Clegg's Hotel on Fire Island, New York, Anthony meets a controlling owner that needs to update his hotel, which has barely changed in 70 years. Will Anthony be able to get through to the owner?
Anthony visits Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas where lodging takes a backseat to the animals. If Anthony can help the owners make lodging a priority, they could generate more money to save more animals.
At Hooligan's Lodge in Soldotna, Alaska, Anthony meets an owner who won't comply with the local fire code. She doesn't pay her employees on time, and when she does, the checks bounce. Can Anthony give her a wake-up call before the place goes up in flames?
Anthony visits a struggling hotel in Albany, New York, and discovers filthy rooms and very poor management. The owner wants to spend over a million dollars to rebuild from scratch, but Anthony tries to convince him to renovate instead. Anthony brings in a designer to help with room renovations while he helps rebuild the management staff and trains the owner on proper maintenance practices and management techniques. Will this be enough to bring the hotel up to acceptable standards?
Anthony visits the White Caps Motel in Wildwood, New Jersey, the number one resort town on the Jersey Shore. After learning the business isn't really in financial trouble, Anthony discovers the owner is taking advantage of her underpaid general manager. Can Anthony fix the White Caps Motel's poor management before the employees decide they've had enough?
Anthony visits Bayfield, Wisconsin, to try and help the struggling Greunke's First Street Inn and Restaurant. Owned by an overworked family, the underperforming hotel operation is being neglected in favor of an on-site restaurant and pizzeria. To get the inn running to its full potential, Anthony will have to convince the owner to agree to some major management changes and mend fences with her family.
Anthony Melchiorri visits a beachfront motel in North Carolina and meets the owner, who wants to sell the property before facing foreclosure. The asking price is way too high, but convincing the owner to come down won't be easy.
Anthony visits Williamstown, Kentucky, where an amazing replica of Noah's Ark draws hundreds of thousands of visitors. The nearby Sunrise Inn, however, is beset by so many problems that it needs a miracle to survive.
Anthony visits Palm Springs, California to help the Cambridge Inn. The inexperienced owner is running out of capital after just a few months, and her general managers are clashing and making bad security decisions with guests.
Anthony Melchiorri visits a motel in a beach town on Cape Cod where the employees are passionate about the property but the uninterested owner is looking to sell. With the help of the motel's general and assistant managers, Anthony works to convince the owner to take down the ominious For Sale sign and re-invest in his property.
Anthony Melchiorri visits a San Clemente, CA, hotel where the family of the deceased owner struggles to run the business in her honor. Upon arrival, Anthony immediately notices overflowing garbage cans, a cluttered outdoor common area with broken deck furniture and leaky gas stoves that could ignite a disaster. When the original owner's sister arrives to help out, Anthony is impressed with her competence, but will the family step back and relinquish control?
Anthony Melchiorri visits Ohio to help a dilapidated indoor waterpark and hotel with the worst bedbug infestation he’s ever seen.
