Hotelier is a South Korean drama broadcast by MBC in 2001. Hotelier contains a total of 20 episodes. The word "Hotelier" literally means "a person who owns or runs a hotel". The drama was set in Seoul Hotel, a five-star hotel which embarked on expensive, construction upgrading.

Synopsis

President Choi, hotelier of Seoul hotel, died from a heart attack hours after Kim Bok-man, his old friend informed him of serious plans his company, Hankang Distribution, to buy over shares of Seoul hotel. He was succeeded by his wife, Yon Bong-sook, who had never assumed any positions in the past to run the hotel. The reason for Yun assuming the position was to carry on the works of her late husband. Her son, Choi Young-jae, was a dissolute man who refused to work and was capable of taking drugs.

Yun was confronted by pressures from Kim, who was making his way to buy up Seoul Hotel's shares. To fend off the competitor, Yun sends one of the hotel managers, Suh Jin Young, to America and try to rehire Seoul Hotel's former Head Manager, Han Tae-Jun, who was forced to resign after a scandal involving the hotel. Han was taking care of a drug-addict, dissolute Korean-American girl who was nearly forced to take drugs.

Kim was looking forward to make his attack and hired Attorney Frank Shin Dong-Hyuk, a wealthy Korean-American takeover businessman, to assist him in buying over the hotel's shares through various means.

Frank Shin agrees to the job only after meeting Suh Jin Young when she travels to America (to find Han) and learns that she actually works at this "Seoul Hotel" of Bok-Man's proposal. Travelling to Seoul Korea for the first time since when he left as a child, Frank and his loyal business assistant Leo move into a "Seoul Hotel" chalet to purportedly conduct their secret business with Bok-Man.

Kim learnt of Seoul Hotel's mismanagement through Frank Shin's infiltration as a double-agent. Whilst carrying out his duties, Frank found himself in love with Suh. Suh was later torn between relations with Frank and Han.

Choi Young Jae fell in love with Kim Yun-Hee, the daughter of Hankang Distribution's manager Kim Bok-man, during a nightclub meeting. However, relations went downhill as Kim developed a crush in a birthday party held at Seoul Hotel.

Han was weighed with duties of defending the hotel from their competitors at the same time protecting Kim from her abusive father and Suh from falling in love with Frank. Han was also weighed with the other duty of mending the ways of the previously dissolute Choi.

Frank soon discovered his dissolute sister, whom Han had taken care of. They went to meet their father, who called them by their Korean names, Dong-hyuk and Dong-hee. Frank's attitude changed as he switched sides to helping Seoul Hotel.

Han and Frank eventually re-established Seoul Hotel's position, but Yun was diagnosed with cancer and died soon after. Frank and Suh were engaged; Han travels to Las Vegas where Kim Yun-hee was sent to study business. This implies that they will eventually meet.

Cast

The names used in the Philippines are in parentheses.

• Kim Seung Woo - Han Tae Jun()
• Song Yun Ah - Suh Jin Hyung()
• Bae Yong Joon - Shin Dong-hyuk()
• Song Hye Kyo - Kim Yoon Hee
• Park Jung-Chul - Choi Young Jae (Hotel Proprietiess' son)
• Myoung Nye Nam
• Choi Hwa Jung - Housekeeping manager Lee Soon-Jung()
• Huh Joon-Ho - Manager Oh Hyung Man()
• Yun Yeo Jeong - Hotel Proprietiess' Yun Bong-Sook()
• Choi Yong Min - Leo (Frank's Business partner)()
• Han Jin Hee - Chairman Kim Bok-Man of Hankang distribution()
• Ju Hyun - President of Seoul Hotel()
• Kim Na-rae - Jenny Shin Dong Hee()
• Kim Im Moon - Shin Jang-Hae (Dong Hyuk's father)()
• Kim Yong Hee

Staff

• Director: Chung Yong Woo
• Producer: Shin Ho Kyoon
• Writer: Kang Eun Kyung

Trivia

• Bae Yong-Jun and Song Hye-Kyo were also main characters in Endless Love series. Bae Yong-Jun played as Joseph or Kang Jun-Sang (Season 2) and Song Hye Kyo as Jenny or Choi Eun-suh (Season 1).

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Korean television shows
• Korean drama
• Contemporary culture of South Korea

References

External links

• Fansite