''My Secret Hotel'' () is a 2014 South Korean

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television series starring

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and

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. It aired on

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from August 18 to October 14, 2014 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 ( KST) time slot for 16 episodes.

Synopsis

Nam Sang-hyo (

) is the head of the

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division of The Secret Hotel, one of Korea's most elite and luxurious hotels and considered among the top wedding destinations in the country. Optimistic, cheerful and a perfectionist, she works hard and dreams of becoming the hotel's

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someday. Sang-hyo faces the biggest challenge of her job when her next client turns out to be architect Gu Hae-young (

), her ex-husband. Seven years ago, Sang-hyo and Hae-young fell madly in love and got hitched in

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, but because of Hae-young's easy-come-easy-go attitude towards relationships, they fought and broke up. Since the marriage lasted only 100 days, they never filed the paperwork to legally register it, so their short-lived marriage remains a secret. Meanwhile, Sang-hyo has caught the eye of her boss Jo Sung-gyeom (

), a strict but thoughtful hotel managing director who has all the female employees swooning. But there's also ambitious

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manager Yeo Eun-joo (

), who competes with Sang-hyo for both a promotion and Sung-gyeom's heart. To make matters even more complicated, a murder turns the hotel topsy-turvy. Sung-gyeom may be connected to the case, while Eun-joo attempts to use the circumstances surrounding the murder to get a leg up on the corporate ladder. As Sang-hyo and Hae-young juggle their sudden reunion under awkward circumstances, the exes also get sucked into the murder investigation.

Cast

Main

as Nam Sang-hyo *

as Gu Hae-young *

as Jo Sung-gyeom *

as Yeo Eun-joo

Supporting

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as Jung Soo-ah, Gu Hae-young's fiancée. * Choi Jung-won as Yoo Shi-chan, Gu Hae-young's best friend. * Hwang So-hee as Joo Jung-eun, Gu Hae-young's stalker. * Kim Jae-seung as Kim Ki-ho, Jung Soo-ah's chauffeur. *

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as Lee Moo-yang, general manager of The Secret Hotel. * Uhm Soo-jung as Yang Kyung-hee, employee of wedding planning division of The Secret Hotel. *

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as Heo Young-mi, employee of wedding planning division of The Secret Hotel. *

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as Jang Ki-chul, employee of wedding planning division of The Secret Hotel. * Go Yoon-hoo as Cha Dong-min, head of security team of The Secret Hotel. *

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as Kim Geum-bo, police detective. * Lee Kwang-hoon as Simon, Jo Sung-gyeom's secretary. * Kim Byung-choon as Hwang Dong-bae, employee of wedding planning division of The Secret Hotel, murder victim. * Ahn Bo-hyun as Sang-hoon.

Special appearances

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as Chef Andre Hong *

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as herself looking for her husband Goong Min who looks like Jo Sung-gyeom (Hong Jin-young and Namkoong Min were pair in

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(season 4) aired at same time as this TV series) – ep. 7-8.

Ratings

In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. *

References

External links

''My Secret Hotel'' official tvN website
* * {{IMDb title, 2960415, My Secret Hotel TVN (South Korean TV channel) television dramas 2014 South Korean television series debuts 2014 South Korean television series endings Works set in hotels South Korean romantic comedy television series South Korean mystery television series