The Hotel (Singaporean TV series)

The Hotel (Chinese: 大酒店) is a Singapore Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's television station, Mediacorp, in 2001. It was released in December 2001 and was slated to be the blockbuster for the year 2001. The series has been rerun on MediaCorp Channel 8 and also on AZN Television. It stars Edmund Chen , Ivy Lee , Chen Hanwei , Jacelyn Tay , Chen Liping , May Phua & Yang Libing as the casts of this series.

The Hotel
大酒店
GenreDramedy
Written byHong Xi 洪夕
周少文
Directed by黎致明
StarringEdmund Chen
Ivy Lee
Chen Hanwei
Jacelyn Tay
Chen Liping
May Phua
Yang Libing
Country of originSingapore
Original languageChinese with some Singlish dialogue
No. of episodes20
Production
Producer马家骏
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
Release
Original networkMediaCorp TV Channel 8
Original releaseDecember 2001 (2001-12)

This series is unique as it has a large ensemble guest cast featuring over 95% of MediaCorp Channel 8 artistes appearing as hotel guests, including Zoe Tay, Gurmit Singh (Phua Chu Kang), Xiang Yun and many others. Most artistes' character names were similar to their own and, unusual for a drama series, their names were introduced on screen, not only in the credits at the end.

Synopsis

The Hotel revolves around a family-run business named Queen's Hotel which has been around for 2 decades. It is Christmas time and the staff are busy running the hotel and preparing for guests. Jointly run by Seto (Ivy Lee), her sister, Rainbow (Jacelyn Tay), brother, Ah Boy (Andi Lim) and sister-in-law Lychee (Yang Libing), their 3-star hotel goes downhill due to poor management. Alarmed at the poor financial situation, sleeping major shareholders and Emil (Edmund Chen) and his younger brother Sunny (Chen Hanwei) step in to salvage the failing business. Emil introduces a series of budget cuts, which results in friction between the brothers and Seto's family. He strives to instill professionalism and a customer-oriented attitude into his staff, but his straight-talking demeanour makes him much hated, especially by Seto.

Very different in character, Seto and Emil do not see eye to eye with each other on many issues. Emil however admires Rainbow's frankness and decides to court her. Seto, who deems men as good-for-nothings, is unexpectedly drawn to Sunny's manliness. Sunny and Rainbow are dreadfully worried about the affections of each other's elder siblings; they pose as lovers in order to fend them off. However, the two of them fall genuinely in love instead, leaving Seto and Emil devastated.

As fate would have it, a series of events in the hotel dissolves the animosity between Seto and Emil and they soon develop feelings for each other. However, pride prevents them from admitting their feelings.

Under Emil's management, the hotel business sees some improvement. A businessman offers to take over the hotel but is rejected by Emil as his beloved has a stake in it as well. Just as he finally decides to express his love for Seto openly, the hotel is served with a lawsuit by a mysterious lawyer who turns out to have a long-buried grudge against Emil and Sunny.

Main cast

CastRoleDescription
Edmund ChenEmil Qin aka Email KingHotel General Manager
Elder brother of Sunny
Ivy LeeMiss Seto "Caidie"Hotel Resident Manager
Elder sister of Rainbow
Chen HanweiSunnyFront Office Manager
Younger brother of Emil
Jacelyn TayRainbowPublic Relations and Purchasing Manager
Younger sister of Seto
Chen LipingPang Yuyun (Dodo)Housekeeping Manager
Cousin of Seto, Rainbow and Ah Boy
Huang ShinanZhang Dage ("Tiger")Supervisor of Maintenance
May PhuaKittyHotel receiptionist
Andi LimAh BoyHotel chef
Brother of Seto and Rainbow
Husband of Lychee
Yang LibingLycheeHotel Food & beverage Manager
Wife of Ah Boy
Yao WenlongDr LongHotel resident doctor
Brandon WongBenHotel bellboy
Carol ThamJudyHotel receiptionist
Raymond TanJoeyHotel waiter
Zhu XiufengChen Lianfeng 陈莲凤Hotel housekeeper
Pei XiaolingLiu Ling 刘铃Hotel housekeeper

Star appearances

EpisodeArtiste(s)Role
1Zoe TayBiyu 碧玉Seto's ex-classmate
Johnny Ma's first wife
Pan LinglingNancy LimJohnny Ma's second wife
Chen TianwenRaymond BooJohnny Ma's lawyer
Terence CaoJohnny MaPlastic surgeon
Yang TianfuBrother Jie 杰哥Loan shark
2Huang WenyongMr GohHotel guest
Tay Ping HuiBill FongTravel magazine writer / hotel guest
Andrea De CruzGrace WongBill's wife
3Gurmit SinghPhua Chu KangRenovation contractor hired by Dage
Li WenhaiMr Li
4Chew Chor MengFang Baiming 方白明Airline pilot
Joey SweeXu Qiqi 许淇绮Air stewardess
Liang TianUncle Tian 田伯Fang Baiming's uncle
Yan BingliangYan Jinliang 严金量Hotel's meat supplier
Huang BingjieBig Head 大头Airline pilot
5Zheng GepingTang Tiancai 唐天财Neurosurgeon
Childhood friend of Seto and Rainbow
6Yvonne LimLan Chuping 蓝楚萍
Xiang YunDianaChuping's older sister
RoniMohamad Ali
7Mark LeeLi Xiaohuang 李小煌An acrobatic troupe
Jack NeoLiang Guoqiang 梁国强
Henry ThiaZhihui 志辉
Patricia MokMo Xuling 莫旭玲
Lin YishengLin Fengsheng 林丰盛Miss Seto's ex-boyfriend
8Sharon AuSharonRainbow's former university mate
Alan TernWang Yafu 王亚复Sharon's fiance
Richard LowLiu Tianyi 刘添益Sharon's father
Underworld boss
9Moses LimNishimura Jumin 西村寿民Japanese hotel guest
10Cynthia KohXu Yizhen 许宜珍A blind pianist
Liang Zihui 梁子辉Yizhen's son
Liang WeidongLiang Ruidong 梁瑞东Yizhen's Ex-husband
11Huang YiliangHuang Zhongliang 黄忠良Taiwanese hotel guest
Tracer WongWang Jinxiang 王金香Huang Zhongliang's wife
Priscelia ChanHuang Xiaomei 黄小梅Huang's daughter
Nick ShenHuang Dajun 黄大峻Huang's son
12Vincent NgZou Dahai 邹大海Hotel bellboy
Wong Li-LinLynn Song Leling 宋乐玲Movie director
Hong HuifangGong Jingfang 龚靖芳Lynn's mother
Ryan ChooChow Weng Foo 周文福
13Florence TanChen Yunli 陈云丽Runaway Chinese bride
Cassandra SeeXue Aishan 薛爱珊Hotel guest
Robin LeongRob Liang Hanru 梁瀚儒Hotel guest
Andrew SeowChen Youyou 陈有友Yunli's fiance
14Fann WongRose 玫瑰 / Ye Xiaofang 叶晓芳Hotel guest participating in an auction
Xie ShaoguangXu Wenguang 许文光
Zhou QuanxiGilbert
Ye ShipinYe Guopin 叶国品
Pierre PngJames Poon
15Dasmond KohYang Maorong 杨茂荣Architect
Hotel guest
Aileen TanYang Ruizhen 杨瑞贞Yang Maorong's older sister
16Christopher LeeShawn
Huang BirenHuang Yiren 黄伊人
17Jin YinjiDr Jin 金医生Lychee's gynaecologist
Penny's mother
Emil's godmother
Lin MeijiaoPennyEmil's old friend
Hotel guest
Rayson TanChen Yiming 陈一鸣Penny's husband
Carole LinLin Peipei 林佩佩Chen Yiming's secretary
18Qi YuwuQi Weiwu 戚威武University students / hotel guests
Vivian LaiLai Meiling 赖美伶
Fiona XieZhuang Xinyu 庄心瑜
Huang De YuanHuang Yiyuan 黄逸远
Chen GuohuaXie Jiehua 谢杰华PI hired by Xinyu's dad
Mai HaoweiZhuang Qianwei 庄谦为Xinyu's dad
Li NanxingCloudyRainbow's online friend
Later Dodo's admirer
19Chen ShuchengRichard LeeBusiness partner
Chen HuihuiJune Taylawyer
20Fang HuiHelenSeto and Rainbow's mother
Jeff WangJeffHotel guest
  • "The Hotel". Archived from the original on 21 January 2008.
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