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Hotel Impossible
GenreReality TV
Documentary
StarringAnthony Melchiorri
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes43
Production
Executive producersRob Green
Bruce David Klein
Lorri Leighton
Production locationsUnited States
Canada
Camera setupMultiple
Running time60 minutes
(including commercials)
Production companyAtlas Media Corp.
Original release
NetworkTravel Channel
ReleaseSeptember 4, 2012 (2012-09-04) –
present

Hotel Impossible is a reality television program from Travel Channel in which struggling hotels receive an extensive makeover by veteran hotel operator and hospitality expert Anthony Melchiorri and team. The show premiered on April 9, 2012.

Premise

Each episode features a particular hotel struggling with problems and not living up to its full potential. Twenty-plus year veteran hotelier Anthony Melchiorri, secretly scouts each hotel and identifies the property's biggest, most urgent issues. He meets with staff, from front desk clerks and housekeeping, the maintenance team, and the owners themselves to determine the key operation failures.[1] Some owners risk losing their hotels if Melchiorri's innovations don't work. After devising a plan for physical, cosmetic, and procedural changes with his designer (usually Casey Noble or former Design Star contestant Blanche Garcia), Melchiorri works to revamp the hotel and its usually biggest problem—the hotel owners themselves.[2][3]

Hotel Impossible was renewed for a second season by the Travel Channel in September 2012.[4] A special titled After Anthony aired on February 4, 2013, featuring a look back at the hotels visited in the first season.[5][6] The third season debuted on August 12, 2013.[7] In January 2014, before the fourth season debuted, a series of six half-hour follow-up episodes titled Hotel Impossible Undercover revisited individual hotels from previous seasons.[8][9][10] The fourth season debuted January 27, 2014, the fifth season on October 7, 2014.

Episodes

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
Season premiere Season finale
1 13 April 9, 2012 (2012-04-09) August 6, 2012 (2012-08-06)
2 14 December 3, 2012 (2012-12-03) March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)
3 13 August 12, 2013 (2013-08-12) November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)
Undercover 6 January 6, 2014 (2014-01-06) January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)
4 13 January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27) June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09)
5 TBA October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07) TBA

Season 1 (2012)

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Original air date
11"Gurney's Inn – Montauk, NY"[5]April 9, 2012 (2012-04-09)
22"The Penguin Hotel – South Beach, FL"[11]April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16)
33"The Hotel New Yorker – Miami, FL"[11]April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23)
44"The Purple Orchid Wine Country Resort & Spa – Livermore, CA"[12]April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30)
55"The Ocean Manor Resort – Fort Lauderdale, FL"[11]May 7, 2012 (2012-05-07)
66"The Hotel Corpus Christi Bayfront – Corpus Christi, TX"May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)
77"La Jolla Cove Suites – La Jolla, CA"[13]May 28, 2012 (2012-05-28)
88"Southern Oaks Inn – Branson, MO"June 4, 2012 (2012-06-04)
99"Fiddler's Inn – Nashville, TN"June 11, 2012 (2012-06-11)
1010"Newport Spa & Whirlpool Suites – Newport, RI"June 25, 2012 (2012-06-25)
1111"Dude Rancher Lodge – Billings, MT"[6][14]July 9, 2012 (2012-07-09)
1212"Vermont Inn – Mendon, VT"[15][16]July 23, 2012 (2012-07-23)
1313"The Dream Inn – Daytona Beach, FL"August 6, 2012 (2012-08-06)

Season 2 (2012–13)

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Original air date
141"Caribe Playa Beach Resort – Patillas, Puerto Rico"December 3, 2012 (2012-12-03)
152"Triangle T Ranch – Dragoon, AZ"[17][18]December 10, 2012 (2012-12-10)
163"Maui Sunseeker Resort – Maui, HI"[19]December 17, 2012 (2012-12-17)
174"The Hotel Léger – Mokelumne Hill, CA"[20]January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)
185"Glacier Bear Lodge – Yakutat, AK"[21]January 14, 2013 (2013-01-14)
196"Telemark Resort & Convention Center – Cable, WI"[22][23]January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21)
207"Periwinkle Inn – Cape May, NJ"January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)
21S00"After Anthony Special"[6]February 4, 2013 (2013-02-04)
Six hotels are revisited to see how they are operating since Anthony's visits to each: The Ocean Manor Resort, Dude Rancher Lodge, The Purple Orchid Wine Country Resort & Spa, The Dream Inn, La Jolla Cove Suites and The Hotel New Yorker.
228"The Curve – Palm Springs, CA"February 11, 2013 (2013-02-11)
239"Casa Verde Hotel – Rincon, Puerto Rico"February 18, 2013 (2013-02-18)
2410"Gardenia Resort – Negril, Jamaica"March 4, 2013 (2013-03-04)
2511"Alpenhof Lodge – Mammoth Lakes, CA"March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11)
2612"Bromley Sun Lodge – Peru, VT"March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18)
2713"The Western Riviera – Grand Lake, CO"[2][24][25]March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)

Season 3 (2013)

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Original air date
281"Abacrombie Inn B&B – Baltimore, MD"[7][26]August 12, 2013 (2013-08-12)
292"Litohoro Olympus Resort Villas – Greece"August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)
303"Gadsden Hotel – Douglas, AZ"[27][28][29]August 26, 2013 (2013-08-26)
314"Hotel Iguanazul – Santa Cruz, Costa Rica"September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02)
325"Water Gap Country Club Resort – Delaware Water Gap, PA"[30]September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09)
336"Holbrooke Hotel – Grass Valley, CA"[31][32]September 16, 2013 (2013-09-16)
347"Lankford Hotel – Ocean City, MD"[33][34]September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23)
358"Beachfront Inn – Baileys Harbor, WI"[35][36][37]September 30, 2013 (2013-09-30)
369"Sevilla Inn – Kissimmee, FL"[38]October 7, 2013 (2013-10-07)
3710"Ritz Inn – Niagara Falls, Canada"October 14, 2013 (2013-10-14)
3811"Operation Sandy – Seaside Heights, NJ Part 1"[39]October 21, 2013 (2013-10-21)
3912"Operation Sandy – Seaside Heights, NJ Part 2"October 28, 2013 (2013-10-28)
4013"Victorian Inn – Sparks, NV"November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)

Hotel Impossible Undercover (2014)

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Original air date
411"Glacier Bear Lodge Undercover"January 6, 2014 (2014-01-06)
422"Hotel Leger Undercover"[8]January 6, 2014 (2014-01-06)
433"Casa Verde Undercover"January 13, 2014 (2014-01-13)
444"Triangle T Ranch Undercover"[9]January 13, 2014 (2014-01-13)
455"Ocean Manor Undercover"January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)
476"Holbrooke Hotel Undercover"[10][40]January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)

Season 4 (2014)

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title
Location 		Original air date
481"Alaskan Heavyweights"
"Alaskan Hotel and Bar – Juneau, AK"[41][42][43][44]		January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27)
492"Owner Overboard"
"Creekside Inn – Islamorada, FL"[45]		February 3, 2014 (2014-02-03)
503"Mis-Fortune Hotel"
"Fortune Hotel – Las Vegas, NV"[46][47]		February 10, 2014 (2014-02-10)
514"Breaking Point"
"Chipman Hill Suites – Saint John, NB"		February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17)
525"Hollywood Nightmare"
"Hollywood Liberty Hotel – Hollywood, CA"[1]		February 24, 2014 (2014-02-24)
536"Homestead Hoarders Gone Wild"
"Floridian Hotel – Homestead, FL"[48]		March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)
547"Temper Expectations"
"Catskill Mountain Lodge – Palenville, NY"[49]		April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)
558"Making Waves"
"Carnival Motor Inn – Myrtle Beach, SC"[50][51]		May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05)
569"Palmero Hotel"
"Hotel Solunto Mare – Palermo, Italy"		May 12, 2014 (2014-05-12)
5710"Swamped"
"High Meadows Inn – Roaring Gap, NC"		May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)
5811"Rat Race"
"University Inn at Emory – Atlanta, GA"		May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)
5912"Stormy Wedding"
"Vagabond Lodge – Hood River, OR"[52]		June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)
6013"Airing the Family Business"
"Glenwood Motor Lodge – Glenwood Springs, CO"		June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09)

Season 5 (2014–15)

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Original air date
611"Crash Course in Daytona"
"Streamline Hotel – Daytona Beach, FL"		October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)
622"Swinging for the Fences"
"Autoport Motel – State College, PA"		October 14, 2014 (2014-10-14)
633"Rotting Woodstock"
"Woodstock Lodge – Woodstock, NY"		October 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)
644"Crappy Management"
"Crookston Inn & Convention Center – Crookston, MN"		October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28)
655"Super Nova Scotia"
"Hearthstone Inn – Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia"		November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
666"Masters of My Domain"
"Houndslake Hotel – Aiken, SC"		November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11)
677"Resort to Spanking"
"Mountain View Lodge – Manson, WA"		November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25)
688"Packing Heat"
"Vacationland Inn and Conference Center – Brewer, ME"		December 9, 2014 (2014-12-09)
699"Clearing the Heir"
"Ocean Crest Resort – Moclips, WA"		December 16, 2014 (2014-12-16)
7010"Sleeping On the Job!"
"CitiGarden Hotel – South San Francisco, CA[53]"[54]		December 30, 2014 (2014-12-30)
7111"Getting Screwed"[55]
"Missouri Flats Inn – Williston, ND"[56][55]		January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)
7212"The Big Sleasy"[57]
"Empress Hotel – New Orleans, LA"[57]		January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)

See also

References

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