Its present-day eccentric glamour is courtesy of Jonathan Adler, the famed potter and designer who oversaw the hotel's renovations in the mid-aughts and then again in 2016.Įvery square inch of the property, inside and out, looks like pages out of a high-end lifestyle magazine. All this is to say that the Parker has some seriously kitschy, seriously Palm Springs history behind it. Over the decades, owners included French fashion designer Hubert du Givenchy (it was under his name that the hotel first became a hot spot for celebrity sightings) and American TV host Merv Griffin.
Originally built in the late '50s as Palm Springs' first Holiday Inn, this property was soon purchased by one very famous singing cowboy and rechristened as Gene Autry's Melody Ranch.
