hotelHotel Impossible · Season 1, Episode 13 · Aired August 6, 2012
Dream Inn
Daytona Beach, Florida
The name changed after the show, but it kept operating. It now goes by Dream Inn by AmeriVu.
On the show
Season 1, Episode 13 · August 6, 2012 · inn
Revisited in "After Anthony Special" (S00, aired 2013-02-04), a Season 2 clip-show checking in on six Season 1 hotels; not a new business, no separate row.
What happened after
Oceanfront hotel now operating under the AmeriVu Inn franchise brand.
What happened on the show
The Dream Inn closed out Melchiorri's first season with an oceanfront hotel on the Daytona Beach Shores strip, a stretch where a wall of similar properties competes for the same sun-seekers. Like most of Season 1's subjects, it had the beachfront but not the operation to make the most of it, and the show's aim was to lift a middling seaside hotel into something a traveler would choose on purpose. Anthony assessed the rooms and the guest experience against the crowded competition on South Atlantic Avenue, then pressed ownership to sharpen the offer and hold the standards that let an oceanfront property command its rates. His fix followed the season's spine, treating the Atlantic view as an asset to be earned and sold rather than a guarantee, and giving the hotel a clear identity in a market full of interchangeable rooms.
After the cameras left
The Dream Inn is still open, now flying a franchise flag. As of our 2026 verification the oceanfront hotel at 3217 South Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach Shores operates as Dream Inn by AmeriVu, an independently owned property running under the AmeriVu membership brand, and it remains actively listed across the major booking platforms with a solid four-out-of-five review average across hundreds of entries into 2026. The rename attaches a chain's reservation system to the same beachfront building. Confirmed operating as of 2026, medium confidence on the specific brand tie.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.