Fri, Oct 31, 2014
When Markus Winter returns from a strenuous journey, his aunt Dorothea von Siethoff is waiting with bad news: The Siethoff hotel group is threatened with a hostile takeover.
Although Markus succeeds in getting the main shareholders on his side - there is no time to celebrate: Markus suffers a fit of weakness. The doctor gives the stressed manager a choice: Either he treats himself to a longer break, or he will soon have serious health problems. So winter flies to Marrakech to really relax as a guest in your own luxury hotel. His daughter Leonie works there as deputy director and has already reserved the most beautiful suite for her dad. However, Markus does not know that his ex-wife, Leonie's mother Gabrielle, is also a guest at the hotel. The two have not seen each other since the difficult separation, and Leonie fears that old conflicts could break out when they meet.
At the same time, the young woman is struggling with her own relationship problems: tensions with her boyfriend Ahmed are becoming more and more common. Finally the offended Ahmed moves out, not realizing the reason for Leonie's sudden moodiness.
Meanwhile, a dramatic disaster is brewing over the hotel: The director Jamila learns that the property on which the facility is located was allegedly illegally acquired. But a new contract and an additional payment in the millions would ruin the Siethoff Group. Dorothea immediately travels to Morocco to avert the worst. Markus, who is in poor health, should not find out about the problem. However, it soon becomes apparent that only his skill and unerring instinct can avert the existential threat.
Although Markus succeeds in getting the main shareholders on his side - there is no time to celebrate: Markus suffers a fit of weakness. The doctor gives the stressed manager a choice: Either he treats himself to a longer break, or he will soon have serious health problems. So winter flies to Marrakech to really relax as a guest in your own luxury hotel. His daughter Leonie works there as deputy director and has already reserved the most beautiful suite for her dad. However, Markus does not know that his ex-wife, Leonie's mother Gabrielle, is also a guest at the hotel. The two have not seen each other since the difficult separation, and Leonie fears that old conflicts could break out when they meet.
At the same time, the young woman is struggling with her own relationship problems: tensions with her boyfriend Ahmed are becoming more and more common. Finally the offended Ahmed moves out, not realizing the reason for Leonie's sudden moodiness.
Meanwhile, a dramatic disaster is brewing over the hotel: The director Jamila learns that the property on which the facility is located was allegedly illegally acquired. But a new contract and an additional payment in the millions would ruin the Siethoff Group. Dorothea immediately travels to Morocco to avert the worst. Markus, who is in poor health, should not find out about the problem. However, it soon becomes apparent that only his skill and unerring instinct can avert the existential threat.
Fri, Jan 18, 2008
Hotel chain boss Markus Winter accepted to arrange the grand wedding of Anna Brand with a Chinaman in his Peking establishment. Alas she invited her dad without telling the truth, which requires quite some urgent work with both families. Archaeologist Loretta Boehme is in China looking for Thomas Ritter, a restorer, while her son, wheelchair-ridden stud Fabian, finds some hope in traditional Chinese medicine.
Fri, Apr 29, 2005
Markus Winter is angry because aunt Dorothy made him miss his daughter's party to help her buy Mexican art for her hotels there. She blindly trusts Julian von Behrenberg, an acquaintance from 30 year ago, with a criminal record. Markus also has to fill in for the sick manager, whose able reception clerk Charles has worrisome love trouble with his fiancée, the female secretary Esmeralda. German engineer Matthias Rühmkorf checks in with his charming pre-teen son Joshi, who hasn't spoken since ma left them seasons ago. Markus suggest local dolphin therapy, while courteous Matthias deals with 'star' actress Norma Wood's diva-attitude.
Fri, Jan 21, 2011
Markus Winter expected to lie back as he visits his hotel chain's Malevives branch, happily run by his daughter Leonie. But he's as busy, finding among the guests his 20 years ago ex Eva Ruhland and her daughter Nikola. Düsseldorf businessman Alexander Weigend didn't even intend to unwind, but has to as his luggage got switched with Berlin marine biologist Sandra Bohland's. Stefan Färber shows endless patience with his brat Lena after recently loosing her mother in an accident, while his new lover Greta Junghans can't wait to take her place.
Fri, Jan 4, 2013
Markus Winter, owner of the upscale Siethoff hotel group, travels to his luxury resort in Myanmar to advance an ambitious project: the establishment of a first-class hotel management school, whereby the historic pagodas are to be carefully and respectfully integrated into the hotel complex. The architect Frank Simon, with whom Markus has worked several times, is entrusted with the conception and planning of the project. Even at the first meeting, Winter senses that his old companion is not doing well: Frank, who is otherwise so dynamic, seems erratic, unfocused and exhausted. Everything indicates that he suffers from burnout syndrome - which he initially refuses to admit to himself.
The wealthy businessman Georg Körner has completely different worries. His splendid wedding in front of an exotic backdrop is in danger of falling into the water, as his bride, the much younger Anna, is stuck at the airport in far away Yangon. Rescue is approaching in the form of the casual adventurer Hendrik Felden, with whom Anna can find a ride, but the spoiled city dweller and the nature-loving globetrotter have very different ideas about travel. Only gradually does the young woman develop a new view of the country and its inhabitants on the journey of several days through original villages and magical landscapes. At the same time, her feelings for Hendrik get stronger and stronger.
Her groom Georg makes the acquaintance of the down-to-earth, slightly awkward vacationer Maria Schneider. Actually, the beautician from Bavaria had traveled to the Far East to finally relax completely. But now she is actively helping Georg prepare for the wedding party. There is no question that this encounter will not be without amorous consequences.
The wealthy businessman Georg Körner has completely different worries. His splendid wedding in front of an exotic backdrop is in danger of falling into the water, as his bride, the much younger Anna, is stuck at the airport in far away Yangon. Rescue is approaching in the form of the casual adventurer Hendrik Felden, with whom Anna can find a ride, but the spoiled city dweller and the nature-loving globetrotter have very different ideas about travel. Only gradually does the young woman develop a new view of the country and its inhabitants on the journey of several days through original villages and magical landscapes. At the same time, her feelings for Hendrik get stronger and stronger.
Her groom Georg makes the acquaintance of the down-to-earth, slightly awkward vacationer Maria Schneider. Actually, the beautician from Bavaria had traveled to the Far East to finally relax completely. But now she is actively helping Georg prepare for the wedding party. There is no question that this encounter will not be without amorous consequences.
Fri, Jan 28, 2011
When Markus Winter visits his Tobago hotel, a well-groomed man washed up with amnesia on the Caribean shore and falls in requited love before being identified as a married Trinadad socialite. The hotel manager's estranged father Paul Trondheim ultimately wins her confidence back after turning his great vice, a former gambling addiction, into charitable good for a hospital-orphanage threatened with closure for a recreational project.
Fri, Apr 23, 2004
Dorothea von Siethoff, owner of an international chain of select hotels, sends her nephew Markus Winter incognito to Mauritius. The experienced Hamburg hotel manager should get an idea of whether Tina Berger is not overwhelmed with the management of the luxury hotel. The efficient Tina has worked her way up from a simple chambermaid to acting director and knows the business inside out. Tina pampers her guests, who feel like they are in paradise on the hotel's own beach, with great care and every imaginable comfort. But at the moment she is torn between work, motherly duties and a relationship crisis with her unsteady boyfriend Klaus. Tina has noticed that her managerial qualities are to be tested. Stupidly, she mistakes Pastor Stefan, the frugal winner of a competition, for Frau von Siethoff's spy and does her best to sweeten his vacation. Tina's assistant Janin takes care of him so attentively that the spark between the two soon jumps over. Markus, on the other hand, is plagued by bad luck: from the transfer to the hotel to accommodation in a broom closet, everything goes wrong. Assuming he is from the staff, Markus is even ordered to clean the pool. The discerning hotelier initially has every reason to thoroughly doubt Tina's abilities. As a professional, however, he soon recognizes her professional strengths: In fact, she has everything under control and can improvise charmingly even under the greatest stress. Markus feels more and more attracted to the impulsive woman, and Tina also falls in love with this extremely charming gentleman "Meier". But when she finds out who she is actually dealing with, even the starry sky over Mauritius cannot match the mood brighten more.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
Markus Winter visits his chain's Sri Lanka hotel, just when socialite multimillionaire Gregor Pohlmann makes his typically dashing entry, the start of lots of flirtation and generosity, yet without actually laying down the cash. Leon Groß, who gave up his German business career to start an orphanage for wild elephants, is Markus's pick to help a grieving widow pick up her life. A botanist with butterfingers is granted a gardener's job so she can afford her own investigation.
Fri, Jan 11, 2008
Markus Winter visits his chain's hotel in the Dominican republic. He's joined by his adoring and adored godson Sebastian Sellmann, who refuses to have his whole life planned by his dad, Dr. Norbert Sellmann. Hearing about the fugue, the bossy businessman from Hamburg joins them. As usual, several love affairs blossom and/or face troubles.