http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T01:21:10Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Reality%20TV%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/2/6/11287/59654 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelimpossible_filming.jpg" class="top"><p> People. You now know exactly what we will be doing on <b>April 9 at 10pm ET/PT</b>. We'll be watching the very first episode of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel Impossible"><b>Hotel Impossible</b></a> on the Travel Channel! <p>The <s>half</s> one-hour show features <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/anthony melchiorri"><b>Anthony Melchiorri</b></a> as he goes about fixing troubled hotels and inns. We reported on the show's filming <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/30/16596/2305/hotels/We_ve_Got_a_Glimpse_at_the_Filming_of_Hotel_Impossible_">last week</a> but Travel Channel has now given us some more detes on what to expect from the show. And more importantly, what hotels will be featured: <Blockquote><p> Each episode features a hotel fighting for its life. Melchiorri secretly scouts the property and identifies its biggest problems. He then meets with the staff from front desk receptionists to housekeeping to juliana 2012-02-06T11:33:20-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/30/16596/2305 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelimpossible_filming.jpg" class="top"><p> A few months ago, we learned that the Travel Channel would be premiering a brand new show called <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel%20impossible"><b>Hotel Impossible</b></a>, starring <b>Anthony Melchiorri</b>, a longtime hospitality consultant whose "no-nonsense approach can turn any establishment around in weeks."<p>But aside from an entry on IMDB.com and a non-active <a href="http://twitter.com/hotelimpossible">Twitter account</a>, we haven't seen much news out there about Hotel Impossible. Exceppppptt...Anthony now has his own <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AnthonyHotels">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/anthonyhotels">Facebook page</a>! And he's putting up some photos!<p> That's where we found this amazing pic of Anthony cruising in a convertible with the cameras on him (So that's how they do that!) He's also got some photos of himself being filmed in a very tropical setting. It looks juliana 2012-01-30T17:20:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/13/83337/2171 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/GordonRamsayHotelHell.jpg" class="top"><p><i>Yep, it's that bad</i> <p>After discovering late <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/21/143117/39/hotels/Gordon_Ramsay_Makes_Over_The_Keating_Hotel_in_San_Diego_for_Hotel_Hell_">last month</a> that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/21/143117/39/hotels/www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Keating+Hotel/local/204"><b>The Keating Hotel</b></a> in San Francisco will be one of the hotels <del>featured</del> ripped apart by Gordon Ramsay on <i>Hotel Hell</i>, we've been dying to know which other towns across the country will be getting visits from his spiky-haired highness. <p>Now, we can add Milford, Pennsylvania to the list. The <a href="http://www.njherald.com/story/16511890/milford-inn-will-be-setting-for-celeb-chefs-reality-show"><i>New Jersey Herald</i></a> is reporting that Ramsay will be making over the <a href="http://cp.zidster.com/River-Rock-Inn/"><b>River Rock Inn</b></a>, a B&B housed in a 10-bedroom Victorian-style house built in 1876. <p>According to the hotel's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-River-Rock-Inn/150248039600">Facebook</a> page, producers for the show have taken over all bookings, and <b>have so far received over 1500 reservation requests</b>, from (we're guessing) ASchechter 2012-01-13T09:20:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/21/143117/39 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gordonramsay_thekeatinghotel.jpg" class="top"><p>The other day when we heard that chef <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gordon ramsay"><b>Gordon Ramsay</b></a> stayed at the <a href="">Hard Rock San Diego</a> while filming episodes for his new reality show, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel hell the show"><b>Hotel Hell</b></a>, we were dying to know which hotels or B&Bs he was tasked with making over. As it turns out, we didn't have to wait too long to find out.<p>Ramsay was working his magic at <a href="www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Keating+Hotel/local/204"><b>The Keating Hotel</b></a> on F Street. The hotel has only been open for about four years but the slick Italian Pininfarina interiors (the same designers behind Maserati and Ferrari) received so-so reviews from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/6/162723/9737/hotels/Another_San_Diego_Hotel_Gets_So_So_Reviews_From_the_LA_Times">LA Times</a> as well as one of our own HotelChatter Mavens, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/1/12400/2673/hotels/The_Keating_in_San_Diego_is_All_Design_and_No_Sleep">Mari</a>, who juliana 2011-12-21T14:41:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/29/165011/70 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/anthonym_hotelimpossible.jpg" class="top"><p><i>UPDATE: We've got a brand new picture of the hotel fixer, Anthony Melchiorri. Sorry, James Caan but we had to drop you.</i><p><s>No, we're not talking about James Caan,</s> We're talking about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/anthony melchiorri"><b>Anthony Melchiorri</b></a>, the hotel fixer who will be appearing on the new Travel Channel reality show this spring called, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag"><b>Hotel Impossible.</b></a><p>Sources have confirmed for us that the man pictured here is indeed Anthony so if you see him at your hotel one of these days, that means the hotel you're staying at is in trouble. <p>For those who missed the news yesterday, Melchiorri, a longtime hospitality consultant with experience in turning around several hotels (mostly in NYC), will attempt to boost business at several juliana 2011-11-30T10:36:49-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/