Hotel Impossible · S8 E10
Cambridge Inn
Palm Springs, California
Renamed since the episode, and still in business. It now goes by Delos Reyes Palm Springs.
The short answer
Bought out and rebranded to 'Delos Reyes Palm Springs' effective January 1, 2017, under new ownership; renovations included AC/heating, WiFi and pool upgrades.
What happened on the show
In Palm Springs, Melchiorri walked into a management tug-of-war at the Cambridge Inn, where a new owner was caught between the old general manager and a new one, and, worse, saddled with a nineteen-year lease she could not realistically pay off without serious help. The episode, Desert Disaster, framed a property trapped by both internal conflict and a punishing financial commitment. A hotel in a strong resort market can still be doomed by a bad lease and a divided management, since neither demand nor design fixes an unsustainable contract. Anthony worked the rooms and the operation while addressing the management conflict and the crushing lease terms, pushing the owner to resolve who was actually running the property and to find a path through the financial trap. His read matched the standard the show held every owner to for a property strangled by its own arrangements: the market was fine, but the deal and the dysfunction had to be untangled before anything else could work.
After the cameras left
The Cambridge Inn was bought out and rebranded. Effective January 1, 2017, under new ownership, the property was renamed Delos Reyes Palm Springs, with renovations covering climate control, wireless internet and pool upgrades, at 1277 South Palm Canyon Drive. The change put fresh owners and a new identity on the property that had been trapped by its lease and management conflict. With sourcing at the listing level rather than a first-party confirmation, we log the status as renamed and confirmed operating with medium confidence. Confirmed operating as of 2026 under the Delos Reyes name.
Location
1277 S Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92264
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Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.