Hotel Impossible - Season 1

Hospitality expert Anthony Melchiorri attempts to turn struggling hotels into tourist hot spots. In this premiere episode, the host revamps an outdated family-run resort in Montauk, N.Y.

The host visits a boutique hotel in Miami’s South Beach that’s struggling to find an identity among the hip, trendy competition.

Anthony helps the owners of the New Yorker Boutique Hotel in Miami, who are struggling to stay afloat after sinking their life savings into the property.

The host helps expectant parents turn around their struggling resort and spa in Livermore, Cal.

The host visits a struggling high-rise resort in Fort Lauderdale and finds its sushi restaurant and beachfront bar are full of potential. But in order for the hotel to succeed, cleanliness issues must be addressed.

The host visits a struggling hotel in Corpus Christi and tries to motivate the owner, who seems to have lost interest in running the business.

An outdated hotel in La Jolla, California is revamped.

In Branson, MO, the Southern Oaks Hotel stands all but deserted due to bad marketing. Anthony must deal with slovenly housekeepers, a lobby filled with flyers, and a family business where the two men and two women can’t communicate.

A Nashville hotel has been on the rocks for three years despite the fact it's across the street from the Grand Ole Opry. The owner claims he's been hit by the recession, but the real problems are a gift shop that takes up the entire lobby, filthy rooms, and a lack of identity, and Anthony comes in to make some changes.

Anthony takes on a hotel whose clueless owner is more interested in buying up-to-date gym equipment then keeping his hotel in shape and his pool filled with water.

In downtown Billings, MT, the Dude Rancher Lodge has a one-star rating, no business, and a decor that alternates between historical and present-day.

The 16-room Vermont Inn, run by the owners’ brother-in-law, can’t fill their rooms or their restaurant. Anthony will have to make some tough decisions to save it.

In Daytona Beach, Anthony tries to bring the Dream Inn out of bankruptcy, but discovers that the general manager has nothing to do because his domineering mother makes all the decisions.