Hotelier | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Kang Eun-kyung |
Directed by | Jang Yong-woo |
Starring | |
Opening theme | "Hotelier" |
Ending theme | "Sarang-eul Wihayeo" (사랑을 위하여) |
Country of origin | South Korea |
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No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer | Shin Ho-kyun |
Production locations |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
Release | April 4 – July 7, 2001 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 호텔리어 |
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Revised Romanization | Hotellieo |
McCune–Reischauer | Hot'elliŏ |
Hotelier is a 2001 South Korean television drama series set in Seoul Hotel,a fictional five-star hotel undergoing an expensive expansion and renovation. The word "hotelier" means "a person who owns or runs a hotel."
Starring Bae Yong-joon,Song Yoon-ah,Kim Seung-woo and Song Hye-kyo,it aired on MBC from April 4 to July 7,2001,on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Bae's character is based on Korean-American businessman Hong Seung-pyo. [1]
President Choi,hotelier of Seoul Hotel,dies from a heart attack hours after his old friend Kim Bok-man informed him that his company Hankang Distribution was buying Seoul Hotel shares in preparation for a takeover. Choi is succeeded by his wife,Yoon Bong-sook,who had never assumed any managerial position in the hotel before. Her son,Choi Young-jae is a dissolute young man who refuses to work and spends all his time partying.
To fend off the competitor,Madam Yoon sends one of the hotel employees,Seo Jin-young,to America to try to rehire Seoul Hotel's former hotel manager,Han Tae-jun,who was forced to resign after a scandal despite his innocence. Tae-jun is currently taking care of Jenny,a drug-addicted Korean-American girl.
To assist him in buying Seoul Hotel's shares through whatever means possible,Bok-man hires Frank Shin (aka Shin Dong-hyuk),a wealthy Korean-American lawyer,businessman,and mergers and acquisitions specialist.
Frank only agrees to take the job after meeting Jin-young in America and being fascinated by her. Traveling to Seoul for the first time since he left the country as a child,Frank and his loyal business assistant Leo move into a chalet at the Seoul Hotel to better conduct their secret business deal.
Through Frank's double dealings,Bok-man learns of Seoul Hotel's mismanagement problems. But Frank finds himself falling in love with Jin-young,and Jin-young feels torn between him and her old friend and colleague Tae-jun.
Meanwhile,Young-jae falls for Kim Yoon-hee,a melancholic heiress and Bok-man's daughter,after meeting her at a nightclub. But Yoon-hee is attracted to the kind and mature Tae-jun,whom she'd encountered at a birthday party held at Seoul Hotel.
Tae-jun is weighed down by his numerous responsibilities:defending the hotel from its competitors,protecting Yoon-hee from her abusive father,preventing Jin-young from falling in love with the suspicious Frank,and helping Young-jae mend his ways.
Frank soon discovers that Jenny,whom Tae-jun had rescued,is his biological sister. Together,they go to see their father,who calls them by their Korean names,Dong-hyuk and Dong-hee. His reconciliation with his family and love for Jin-young results in a change of heart for Frank,and he decides to switch sides and help Seoul Hotel.
Tae-jun and Frank work together and succeed in re-establishing Seoul Hotel's reputation as a top hotel. Bong-sook is diagnosed with cancer and dies. Frank and Jin-young get engaged. Yoon-hee goes to Las Vegas to study business,and Tae-jun follows her abroad;in a scene after the ending credits,Tae-jun and Yoon-hee are shown reuniting on a highway road.
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2001 | MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence in Acting Awards,Best Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won |
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