Since 2008, each episode sees celebrated hotelier and businesswoman Alex Polizzi visit a struggling British hotel and try to turn its fortunes by giving advice and suggestions to the owner.
Series 5 premiered on 6 July 2009 at 9 pm on Five, starring Alex Polizzi as The Hotel Inspector.
This was believed to be Polizzi's final series, according to a tweet she made on her official Twitter page, thus putting the future of the show in jeopardy.
Prizes included trips to the Maldives, a Holiday in a castle in Ireland & a luxury break in Mauritius.
A ninth series, with Alex Polizzi returning, was ordered and comprised ten episodes including two revisits which aired from 5 July 2012 at 9pm.
A series consisting of four episodes returning to previous locations was announced in June 2013[2] and started airing 18 July 2013 on channel 5.
A tenth series, again with Alex Polizzi, was confirmed in July 2013 and began airing on 6 February 2014 on Channel 5 at 9pm.
The viewing figures in the table below are the Channel 5 total weekly viewers supplied via BARB.
The fifteenth series of The Hotel Inspector began airing on 6 June 2019 at 9.00pm on Channel 5.
[4] The episode aired on 13 June was originally scheduled to be ‘The New Lawndes Arms, Milton Keynes’ and it is unknown whether this was rescheduled.
The sixteenth series of The Hotel Inspector began airing on 10 June 2021 at 9.00pm on Channel 5.