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Brr, it’s cold in here!

Although some prefer to jet off to a sunny spot like Turks and Caicos or Miami for the winter season, there are others that opt for something a little chillier.

In this exclusive clip, Hotel Impossible host Anthony Melchiorri is exploring Sweden’s Icehotel for the holiday special Ice Hotels…Not Impossible, and for an abode made of literal frozen water, its amenities are pretty spectacular.

Melchiorri walks through one suite, which he says is “$1,000” a night.

“Now I know why,” he says of the room, titled “The Great Escape,” and meant to resemble a treehouse.

Now this is how you vacation.

On Travel Channelâ€.s new show Hotel Impossible: Five Star Secrets, host Anthony Melchiorri explores the villa at One&Only Palmilla Resort in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, and somehow the private butler is not the most impressive of the suiteâ€.s endless list of amenities.

In this exclusive clip from the premiere, airing Monday night, Melchiorri explores the over-the-top hotspot, saying, â€.I hope to God this is what heaven looks like because I canâ€.t imagine itâ€.s better than this.â€.

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The seventh season of Travel Channel's Hotel Impossible TV series premieres Monday, April 18, 2016 at 9:00pm Et/Pt. Hotel expert Anthony Melchiorri returns to revive and repair struggling hotels. Some will follow his advice and be saved, but not all.

Locations in season seven include: Anchorage, Alaska; Bayfield, Wisconsin; Branson West, Missouri; Cody, Wyoming; Libby, Montana; Lihue, Hawaii; North Conway, New Hampshire; Rockland, Maine; Shreveport, Louisiana; Westerly, Rhode Island; and Winter Haven, Florida.

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M&C loves the Travel Channel, which has renewed our favorite tasty and robust schedule and new seasons from some of the faces of the network like Andrew Zimmern, Anthony Melchiorri, Bert Kreischer and Don Wildman; as well as shows that take our viewers around the world to exotic locales and on exciting adventures. The eight new seasons include: Season Three of “BBQ Crawl,” Season Two of “Big Time Rv,” Season Three of “Bikinis & Boardwalks,” Season 11 of “Ghost Adventures,” Season Six of “Hotel Impossible,” Season Three of “Mysteries at the Monument,” Season Four of “Trip Flip” and Season Four of […]...

The Hawaiian islands are an adventure lover’s paradise and Travel Channel’s stars are creating a trip that’s unforgettable and truly epic. Take a trip on Travel Channel, as they have their third annual network event and sweepstakes, “The Trip: 2015,” which features a $100,000 dream adventure giveaway packed with the most thrilling, surprising and exclusive experiences you can find in America’s own tropical island backyard of Hawaii.You can submit an entry at Travelchannel.com/thetrip to win this year’s over-the-top prize itinerary curated by Travel Channel hosts Samantha Brown, Bert Kreischer, Anthony Melchiorri and Don Wildman. “The Trip: 2015” online sweepstakes runs […]...

When the Travel Channel’s Hotel Impossible decided to launch its two-part special, Operation Sandy, Anthony Melchiorri and his crew headed to Seaside Heights, New Jersey, nine months after Hurricane Sandy. They expected to find everything from struggling businesses to water damage, but the one thing they didn’t expect was what they found at the Thunderbird Motel, a family-owned establishment in Seaside Heights.

After visiting the hard-hit motel in hopes of helping to repair it, Anthony immediately ran into problems when he upset the family by making their son look like an idiot (or so they claimed). Arguments and death threats ensued,...

When the Travel Channel’s Hotel Impossible decided to launch its two-part special, Operation Sandy, Anthony Melchiorri and his crew headed to Seaside Heights, New Jersey, nine months after Hurricane Sandy. They expected to find everything from struggling businesses to water damage, but the one thing they didn’t expect was what they found at the Thunderbird Motel, a family-owned establishment in Seaside Heights.

After visiting the hard-hit motel in hopes of helping to repair it, Anthony immediately ran into problems when he upset the family by making their son look like an idiot (or so they claimed). Arguments and death threats ensued,...

Travel Channel announced the renewal of four series for the first quarter of ’14. The channel, available in over 94 million U.S. cable homes and owned and operated by Scripps Networks Interactive, renewed Season 6 of Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern; the second season of Dangerous Grounds with Todd Carmichael; Season 4 of Hotel Impossible with Anthony Melchiorri; and Season 6 of Mysteries At The Museum hosted by Don Wildman. This is in addition to the previously announced renewals of season three of Toy Hunter with Jordan Hembrough; and season three of Trip Flip with Bert Kreischer. The Network has also greenlit productions of 13 half-hour episodes of the new original series Chow Masters, produced by Paperny Entertainment; and the return of the successful second annual multi-platform programming event, The Trip: 2014, a one-hour special produced by High Noon, featuring Samantha Brown, Anthony Melchiorri, Adam Richman and Don Wildman. Click over for the complete list...

One would think that after a career in the hotel business, Anthony Melchiorri has seen it all.

Yet the host and mentor of Travel Channel's "Hotel Impossible" is stunned when the series returns for Season 3 Monday, Aug. 12.

He visits a bed-and-breakfast establishment in Baltimore, the Abacrombie Inn, which was filthy, unwelcoming and in dire need of improvements.

"It was just absolutely the most disgusting place I have ever had the displeasure of being in," Melchiorri says while driving down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.

From the moment Melchiorri arrives at the B&B, he finds problems beginning in the parking lot, including a crack vial and a sign for the hotel that used to be there.

Once in the hotel, there is no one to welcome visitors. Instead, keys are left in envelopes, which means anyone could go into any room - not that anyone would want to.

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Travel frequently? Infrequently? Take this advice from Travel Channel: 8 Things Hotels Won’t Tell You (But You Want To Know) Travel Channel’s “Hotel Impossible” host and hotel industry guru, Anthony Melchiorri, has been in the hotel business for over 20 years – developing, repositioning and overhauling some of the finest properties around the world. He is often times appalled by the conditions hoteliers let their properties fall into. See the videos below. Here, the hotel fixer shares some of his top insider hotel tips and secrets. You might get a lower rate if you call No matter where you find a rate online, always call the hotel directly for the best rate. Ask for a supervisor and explain that...

Travel Channel’s “Hotel Impossible” host and hotel fixer Anthony Melchiorri is on a mission to help save struggling hotels all over the world from closing their doors for good. For many, this is their last hope. With over 20 years of experience in the hotel business and an acute attention to detail, Melchiorri has a proven track record of developing, repositioning and overhauling some of the finest high profile properties. Melchiorri has a big personality with a number of interesting and entertaining hotel stories (including the dirtiest things he’s ever seen!) and useful hotel tips to share – what the star ratings really men, secrets for scoring great last-minute deals, how to spot a dirty room, hotel health &...

Things you expect from a show about a guy who goes in full throttle to fix failing hotels: scenes of dirty rooms, bad service and hopeless business practices followed by wondrous makeovers. What you don't expect is to get choked up.

But that happened to Anthony Melchiorri every time he went to some far-flung location to shoot an episode of his Travel Channel series "Hotel Impossible," currently in its second season. The straight-talking New Yorker gets caught up in the personal stories of the hotel owners he meets, many of whom open their hearts to him and are clearly desperate for his help.

"I never in a million years thought it would be this emotional," Melchiorri tells Zap2it. "There's not a show I haven't cried on; there's not a show where people haven't cried. ... They know I'm the real deal. So they're like, 'Oh, my God, this guy's really here to help me,...

Things you expect from a show about a guy who goes in full throttle to fix failing hotels: Scenes of dirty rooms, bad service and hopeless business practices followed by wondrous makeovers. What you don’t expect is to get choked up. But that happened to Anthony Melchiorri every time he went to some far-flung location to shoot an episode of his Travel Channel series Hotel Impossible, currently in its second season. The straight-talking New Yorker gets caught up in the personal stories of the hotel owners he meets, many of whom open their hearts to him and are clearly desperate [...]...

Tune in alert for Travel Channel's "Trip of a Lifetime" airing January 27th at 8pm. On Wednesday, January 27, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt, Travel Channel will premiere the one-hour special, .Trip of a Lifetime.. Hosted by travel expert Samantha Brown, .Trip of a Lifetime. features a core group of Travel Channel stars, including Bert Kreischer, Anthony Melchiorri and Adam Richman as they take viewers on the ultimate dream vacation along the Adriatic Sea, providing an insider.s look into one of the hottest new destinations for travelers. Television Host, Travel Expert, Great Escape Artist Samantha Brown has spent more than a decade at Travel Channel . living in airports, hotels and out of a suitcase as she visits...

On TV this Monday: 90210 shimmies its way to a milestone, Castle investigates Santa’s slay(ing), Blake Shelton heads up a Not-So-Family Christmas and Hawaii Five-0 is on model behavior when a Victoria’s Secret catwalker is in town. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

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Travel Channel has announced the return of Hotel Impossible on Monday, December 3rd. The cable channel has ordered another 13 episodes for season two.

Here's the press release:

"Hotel Fixer" Anthony Melchiorri Returns For Second Season Of Travel Channel'S "Hotel Impossible" On Monday, December 3 At 10:00 P.M. Et/Pt

New Designers Join The Show Providing Their Own Expertise To Help Turn These Struggling Properties Around

"After Anthony" Special To Premiere On Monday, February 4, 2013

Chevy Chase, MD (November 7, 2012) - Travel Channel has set a wake-up call for 13 more hotels struggling to stay afloat in an all-new season of "Hotel Impossible" premiering on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Host and "hotel fixer" Anthony Melchiorri is back to save failing hotels for season two of the critically-acclaimed original series. Armed...

Have you ever been to a hotel where the service and overall experience fell short of what you were charged? Anthony Melchiorri feels your pain and is on the case to do something about it. Melchiorri, a hotel "fixer" with a knack for spotting just what's out of joint in the properties he visits and doing what it takes to correct it, is the host of Travel Channel's "Hotel Impossible," premiering Monday, April 9.

In each episode, Melchiorri visits a different independent hotel that's in trouble, examining the staff, the management and the owners as well as the property itself to ferret out the problems. And once those problems have been determined, he and his team go to work to solve them -- often in a brutally frank manner.

"I will never not get through to an owner," he tells Zap2it. "I will ensure that I do everything that...

Anthony Melchiorri doesn’t mess around when it comes to hotels. He’s been all over the world and worked in the hotel industry for more than 20 years, and after all of that time, he knows how to spot what’s wrong with a hotel from the second he walks in. He also knows how to put it right. And that’s what he does in his new series for Travel Channel. Hotel Impossible premieres Monday, April 9 at 10pm Et/Pt, and has Melchiorri taking charge of situations in the independent boutique hotels and resorts that commission him. And he’s not always Mr. [...]...

Travel Channel brings "Hotel Impossible" on April 9 at 10p.m. Et/Pt and "Baggage Battles" on April 11 at 10p.m. Et/Pt. You will meet the .hotel fixer. Anthony Melchiorri and .auction specialists. Laurence and Sally Martin, Mark Meyer and Billy Leroy. The secrets of the hospitality industy unfold as competition is fierce for your hotel business. Online review sites can kill a business. reputation with one bad review. Staffs are untrained, surly or apathetic in a profession that lives or dies on service. So what.s a struggling hotel operator to do? Bring in Anthony Melchiorri, a hotel .fixer,. who can turn any establishment around in weeks. From Travel Channel Travel Channel.s new original weekly one-hour...