The Hotel (Chinese: 大酒店) is a Singapore Chinese thriller drama which was telecast on Singapore's television station, Mediacorp, in 2001. It was a large-scale production, with a total of 20 episodes and more than 95% of Mediacorp Artistes appearing in the drama, mostly either as cameos or as guest characters.
The main cast of the show includes Chen Hanwei, Zoe Tay, Fann Wong, Phyllis Quek, Ivy Lee, Edmund Chen, Huang Biren, San Yow, Chen Liping, May Phua and Yang Libing. Most of the main cast are veteran actors and actresses who have won many awards, namely Chen Hanwei, Zoe Tay, Fann Wong, Huang Biren and Ivy Lee.
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The Hotel revolves around a family-run business named Queen's Hotel which has been around for 2 decades. 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.
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 receives a lawyer's letter and the person who is determined to sue the hotel turns out to be Seto's cousin.
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Edmund Chen | Emil Qin | Hotel General Manager Elder brother of Sunny |
| Ivy Lee | Seto | Hotel Resident Manager Elder sister of Rainbow Wife of Ma Ying Jie |
| Chen Hanwei | Sunny | Front Office Manager Younger brother of Emil |
| Jacelyn Tay | Rainbow | Public Relations and Purchasing Manager Younger sister of Seto |
| Chen Liping | Dodo | Housekeeping Manager Cousin of Seto, Rainbow and Ah Boy |
| May Phua | Kitty | Hotel receiptionist |
| Andi Lim | Ah Boy | Hotel chef Brother of Seto and Rainbow Husband of Lychee |
| Yang Libing | Lychee | Hotel Food & beverage Mananger Wife of Ah Boy |
| Yao Wenlong | Dr Long | Hotel resident doctor |
| Episode | Star appearances | Role |
| 1 | Emil Qin | Hotel General Manager Elder brother of Sunny |
| 2 | Seto | Hotel Resident Manager Elder sister of Rainbow |
| 3 | Gurmit Singh | Phua Chu Kang himself! |
| 4 | Chew Chor Meng | Airline pilot |
| 5 | Dodo | Housekeeping Manager Cousin of Seto, Rainbow and Ah Boy |
| 7 | Jack Neo Mark Lee Henry Thia Patricia Mok |
Members of an acrobatic troupe |
| 8 | Sharon Au | Rainbow's former university mate |
| 9 | Moses Lim | Japanese hotel guest |
| 10 | Cynthia Koh | Blind pianist |
| 11 | Moses Lim | Japanese hotel guest |
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| 14 | Fann Wong | A hotel guest participating in an auction |
| 15 | Dasmond Koh Aileen Tan |
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| 16 | Christopher Lee Huang Biren |
Former boyfriend of Rainbow Girlfriend of Christopher |
| 17 | Moses Lim | Japanese hotel guest |
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