[3] Melchiorri's first job in the hospitality industry was at the Embassy Suites as a night auditor in Overland Park, Kansas.
[citation needed] Over the next four years he worked his way up to the position of Director of Front Office Operations.
[3] He was appointed general manager of the Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side of New York City.
He orchestrated publicity campaigns such as the Algonquin's "$10,000 Martini", won a Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International "Best of Show Award", and promoted the renovated hotel overall.
[6] Melchiorri was an executive producer of the 2008 Lifetime cable-movie Wisegal which stars Alyssa Milano.