Hotelier.
Profile .
- Drama: Hotelier
- Revised romanization: Hotelrieo
- Hangul: 호텔리어
- Director: Jang Yong-Woo
- Writer: Kang Eun-Kyung
- Network: MBC
- Episodes: 20
- Release Date: April 4 - June 7, 2001
- Runtime: Wed.-Thurs.
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Story .
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 shares of Seoul Hotel in preparation of 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 Franks 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, 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.
Cast :
- Bae Yong-joon - Frank Shin / Shin Dong-hyuk
- Song Yun-ah - Suh Jin-young
- Kim Seung-woo - Han Tae-jun, hotel manager
- Song Hye-kyo - Kim Yoon-hee
- Yoon Yeo-jeong - Yoon Bong-sook, hotel owner
- Park Jung-chul - Choi Young-jae, son of Yoon Bong-sook
- Joo Hyun - President Choi
- Han Jin-hee - Kim Bok-man, chairman of Hankang distribution
- Choi Hwa-jung - Lee Soon-jung, housekeeping manager
- Heo Joon-ho - Oh Hyung-man
- Choi Yong-min - Leo Park, Frank's business partner
- Kim In-moon - Shin Jang-hae, Dong-hyuk's father
- Kim Na-rae - Jenny / Shin Dong-hee
- Myung Gye-nam - head chef
- Lee Gae-in - Manager Yoo
- Kang Young-seok - bellboy Hyun-chul
- Lee Jung-yong - assistant chef Lee Gap-seu
- Kim Yong-hee
- Yeo Hyun-soo
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