hello everyone welcome back to the film inside channel in today's video we're gonna discuss some
hotel hell owners that are insanely delusional do you remember that owner who drove guests away
with her terrible singing if you thought that was crazy wait till you see what's in store
so sit back relax and without further ado let's get straight into the content guys we're
starting things off with richard davis located in applegate oregon davis and his ex-wife joanna
davis struggled to keep things running smoothly the couple had designed and built the lodge but
after their divorce the family fell apart and so did their business having that much workload a
stress was just unbearable davis as an owner was anything but impressive all he cared about was
the different ways to get high while he always appeared very calm and composed he didn't care
that the hotel was 1 million dollars in debt his sons dusty and duke were not on good terms either
all the finances fell onto the shoulders of his wife joanna rather than helping joanna
with bringing their family together and add some life to the hotel davis was always lost in his
own world applegate river lodge it's been a way of life here for my family for about 22 years
davis went by the name pogbat technically that's what he called himself as absurd as that may seem
he was proud of it and even introduced himself to chef Ramsay that way let's take a look at
their first encounter when Ramsay first arrived at the hotel among all his senses the first one
to be triggered was his nose the stale pungent and sharp smell lingered around the whole place
once inside Chef Ramsay was initially impressed by the hotel's lobby but he couldn't stop thinking
about the awful stench finally Ramsay was greeted by a lousy davis who led him into his office which
occasionally doubled up as a party venue once inside the stench grew stronger get up smell
why is that that's incense they're right here it makes sense yes that is a strong incense yeah chef
Ramsay found something else upon closer inspection which was a jar full of herbs davis tried to lie
to chef Ramsay by saying this yeah it's herbs it's a medicinal herb i love herbs especially
the freshness of them you can use it for cooking if you want to do a really nice fettuccine okay
what's it like uh this is yeah it's like a basil but he was cut is this cannabis yes
apart from richard being a junkie he was a complete nut case he refused to acknowledge
any problems that were present the lodge was in poor shape with outdated decor and poor sanitation
it was noisy dusty and infested with bugs wait why was it that noisy according to davis the noise was
a result of the duke's extravagant musical concert nights which was supposedly the best part of the
day once the party below died down david would start his own he would gather people and keep the
party going in his office with so much commotion under one roof the in-house guest couldn't rest
davis didn't even pay any heat to the complaints brought to his table he had his dope he had his
guitar and he had fun and that's really all that mattered to him instead of schooling duke davis
chose to join in on the madness and what's worse he attended dressed as a mushroom the only thing
richard cared about was himself and his weed he just loved being stoned and even offered
his guests some while the conflict between the brothers was mounting by the day and the mother
joanna was struggling to keep things together davis seemed to be the only guy that was the least
affected davis had put his heart and soul into the construction of the lodge but somewhere down
the line something changed it was shocking to see the sight of davis it was more like he had given
up on the hotel his family and ultimately himself during one of Chef Ramsay's discussions with the
family davis looked absolutely uninterested seeing his behavior this is what Chef Ramsay did i would
ask you to disappear you're a nice guy you're not going to change what a shame i don't think
your family want you to change they love you as you are yes okay so i want you to have a relaxed
afternoon cool thank you that's why you're here well i appreciate the talking yours you take care
okay okay see that thank you richard host hotel hell the lodge received mixed reviews even though
guests found the location to be beautiful many of the guests complained about the service as
of 2022 the lodge is surprisingly still open and customers are also giving some positive feedback
on facebook it has 4.5 stars on the output has 3.0 stars and on chip advisor it has 3.5 stars
next up is john imhoff cambridge hotel was featured in the first season of the show
located in cambridge new york the hotel was owned by john imhoff and assisted by his wife tina
imhoff is a lawyer and ex-military man we don't doubt that he must have been a great lawyer but he
was far from great when it came to running a hotel he bought the hotel back in 2007 with the help of
his family imhof was the king of mismanagement and nobody knew this better than his staff
the hotel was in a deep pool of debt worth 750 thousand dollars and that number grew by the week
imhof has a peculiar way of dealing with things he ran the hotel like a dictatorship and never
let anyone do their job whatever the staff did had to first run past them for approval imhof
didn't listen to anyone not even tina although she tried to convey her disappointment in him
he failed to acknowledge it i don't know how i manage and i was very close to running away
several times him and john go back and forth when i give suggestions is pretty much you know up
and then it's pushed aside and then john is making decisions he was so arrogant and stubborn that it
was either his way or the highway clearly his methods failed but imhof lived in denial i'm a
military guy i'm not gonna take Chef Ramsay during the show it's also revealed that he had borrowed
money from his daughter who was at the peak of her career but tina was not aware of this transaction
taking money from your daughter that hasn't even started i would never ask her on the path of her
career i do have a positive attitude there's a difference between sounding positive and standing
full of crap imhof throughout the show was seen doing absolutely nothing useful he was in fact
doing all the wrong things he didn't even hesitate to call his head chef rich and his general manager
brittany useless and inept one of the most bizarre things about the hotel was that it was haunted
apparently a four-year-old named alice would walk the corridors at night and the receptionist
swears by this we're not entirely sure about the legitimacy of this allegation but we sure don't
want to put it to the test but alice or not the cambridge hotel was definitely haunted by imhof
who in the hell put this here this really is hotel hello oh my god welcome to our hands
he interfered in just about everything whether it was his house staff or his chef imhof had to poke
his nose everywhere even if it wasn't required but he took over more control that's when i put up my
hands okay you want to run it you run it it's soulless when Chef Ramsay came up with a plan
he acted smart and didn't share it with imhof so what was the plan exactly to keep imhoff as
far away as possible tina with some help managed to kick imhof out of the kitchen when he tried
to meddle with the work Chef Ramsay then rushed and locked him on the so-called haunted floor but
before locking him this is what Chef Ramsay had to say downstairs currently there's a buzz and i got
put together by your general manager brittany that's her vision but if you carry on running
the cambridge the way you have been this is what you're gonna have this is what's
your destiny this on your own as expected in the absence of imhoff the launch night turned out to
be a success imhof realized his mistakes and vowed to place some trust in his team a lot more after
all you can't really be successful with a team that you don't trust post-hotel hell cambridge
hotel received positive reviews however in june of 2012 the hotel closed down permanently because
they were still in debt and couldn't pay off their mortgage the hotel was sold for 375 000 at
an auction and converted into an assisted living residence called the cambridge assisted living
as for imhof he interestingly works at guantanamo bay prison as an officer in charge of the office
of military commissions we believe he found his true calling and finally our singing queen mizonde
messiah's owner khali schwabinski meson de mesa was featured in the first episode of season two
located in las cruces new mexico the hotel was owned by kelly showinski she purchased
the hotel back in 2006 for 1.2 million dollars and remodeled the hotel for another 1.2 million
during the show it was revealed that schwewinski only had enough funds to keep the hotel open for
another 6 months schwellwinski always wanted to be a singer but her career never took off
so to keep her inner passion alive she decided to oddly purchase a hotel but sadly her singing
was awful none of the guests appreciated her at all on the contrary they detested her vocals we
get a lot of telephone calls it's cali singing tonight well then that kind of means they like me
i think i surprised them quite a bit because they just don't expect it they do love it
but schwelinski had other ideas in mind she had not one but three stages built into the
hotel one in the restaurant one in the pool area and one in the bar area and guess what
she was the only performer needless to say when the guests would visit for a good peaceful meal
shwawinski would ruin it for them with her not so soothing performances after that song i need a
little drink during the show schweinski was seen singing if i could turn back time by share and
sorry guys but i have to say it it was terrible like really really bad purchasing
the hotel clearly didn't help launch her career instead she became a laughingstock rather than
focusing on the business and establishing it successfully she drove customers away
the hotel industry is basically a hospitality business guests come with high expectations to
relax and enjoy the hospitality however schwenski didn't make any of the guests feel at peace
whatsoever it wasn't exactly just the singing that did this though chowinski was incompetent
on many levels instead of welcoming the guests with warmth she made them sign a waiver stating
that they would not damage her expensive venetian plaster in other words she didn't really trust the
guests which is very insulting when Chef Ramsay was asked to sign the waiver this is what he did
the owner's very concerned about the venetian plaster and she wants me to sign a waiver yes
they said i won't damage it yes sir does everyone have to sign these everyone yes why would i sign
a waiver i'm not sure why you'd want to sign a waiver no sir i'm not gonna sign that the hotel
also didn't have any visible signage and guests often got lost on their way there in fact in the
beginning of the episode Chef Ramsay missed the hotel even if he was using a gps the decor of the
hotel was also very boring it was monochromatic and had very tacky drapes and table covers and the
food it was awful the food was supposed to be a taste of tuscany but it was nothing close to that
let's get one thing absolute certain it is not a taste of tuscany the hotel's pool was also filthy
and when chef ramsay asked about it this is what chowinski had to say in the pool well that's from
the pool cleaner who was supposed to be here this morning it's a little bit late is it busy the pool
no it's not very seldom do people usually mind you i suppose it's like going for a swim in a prison
with so many issues under one roof could the staff even be remotely happy absolutely not the staff
revealed that schwellwinski was extremely rude everyone's hands were tied because they had to
follow what she told even though the staff wanted to make changes schweiwinski wanted
to stick with her stubbornness she even finalized her restaurant's menu without consulting the chef
there was another obstacle in the hotel though and that was the hotel's general manager zen zen
spread rumors about an employee named kelly and bad mouthed her too the whole confrontation led
to this i've done nothing since you came in here but talk about me behind my back try to set me up
to fail every day when chef ramsay took swawinsky to meet the hotel guests for their feedback one
of the guests did this to make her stop singing i would pay you 100 bucks not to sing when none
of the guests expressed their desire to come back again schwewinski finally understood that there
was a problem and was ready to make changes chef ramsay and his team changed the hotel overnight
and boy did it look spectacular if any of us were the owners we would have been so grateful but
schwensky was not she was actually upset and asked jeff ramsey for the old tapestry and some plastic
drapes hearing this chef ramsay did this and you start putting the team on edge because you want
plastic grapes here's what i'm going to do for you in 15 minutes i will clear all that furniture
okay and i'll put it back in my van and this here i'll put back in there before leaving chef ramsay
presented swolinski with something to make her stop singing wondering what that was here it is
this will give you two or three hours to defrost post hotel hell misson de mesa reportedly boosted
their sales showinski kept most of chef ramsay's changes but also did some minor ones of her own
however in august of 2014 the hotel was sold for 2.85 million dollars chowinski became a silent
partner for the restaurants and the reviews were pretty average in march of 2017 the hotel was sold
to a new owner now the hotel goes by the name hacienda de mesa and the reviews are positive
now that you're completely done with the hotel business we really hope you found your stage kelly
with that we've sadly come to the end of the video which hotel owner according to you is
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