Produced by GTist, written by the Hong sisters and directed by Oh Chung-hwan, it aired on tvN from July 13 to September 1, 2019.

[2][3][4] It was the most-viewed tvN drama of 2019 and became the eighth highest-rated Korean series in cable television history at the time of airing.

The exception to this is the hotel's general manager, a post that has been filled by a succession of human "passersby" since they need to interact normally with the real world in certain instances, like paying bills or fulfilling ghosts' requests with still-living relatives/friends.

Due to a huge sin committed more than a millennium ago, the hotel catering to the dead has been bound to her soul.

As a result of manipulation by the deity Magu, Man-wol meets Gu Chan-sung's father and makes a deal: in exchange for his life, his son will work for her 20 years later.

1,300 years in the past, Jang Man-wol travels through the wilderness escorting a cart that bears a coffin.

In 1998, a young Koo Chan-sung and his impoverished father meet Mago in the guise of a flower seller.

After awhile, Chan-sung's father, fleeing the police, falls down some stairs, and his ghost also finds its way to the hotel.

Detective Lee explains to Man-wol that she's not ready to move on to the next world until the person responsible for killing her is brought to justice.

Man-wol and Chan-sung visit him, and she offers to rid him of the tiger in exchange for a valuable painting of Baekdu Mountain.

She remembers Mago telling her that when the tree comes back to life, time will start flowing for her again.

The staff sees the tree and become concerned that it means that Man-wol will leave soon, and that they too may be required to take the bus to the afterlife.

A grieving couple perform a ritual that will find a groom for their dead daughter Lee Soo-min.

Yoo-na finds him in a hospital waiting room, tells him about the upcoming wedding and offers to help him stop it.

A man working late at the office receives a message that leads him to a spy-cam video of a woman in a bedroom.

Yoo-na encounters another Mago sister, a stern woman in black, who intends to destroy her for inhabiting someone else's body.

Man-wol obtains Mi-ra's purse and finds a number of personal items including a photograph of a happy childhood memory.

There, Man-wol uses the photo to recreate an unhappy childhood memory with the intent of taking Mi-ra's happiness away.

Mago says that when the flowers fall, Man-wol can finally go to the afterlife, as well as the person who remained as a small light.

They reveal that the firefly is Chung-myung, who turned back when Mago was escorting him to the afterlife and chose to remain behind to keep a promise to Man-wol.

Her boyfriend's ghost begs Ms. Choi to get help, but she realizes that by standing by and doing nothing, she can see the Yun family finally end.

Later, she tells Chan-sung the story of how she was cast out of the family for not bearing a son, and murdered alongside her baby daughter.

Man-wol invites Mi-ra and Young-soo to the hotel and Mr. Kim serves them drinks that will allow them to remember their past lives.

Mi-ra remembers herself as Princess Song-hwa telling Chung-myung that her father suspects him of being in league with the rebels and that he and everyone he knows will be executed.

Mago sends Chan-sung 200 years into the past to retrieve it, warning him not to eat or drink anything there or he won't be able to return.

Man-wol and Chan-sung are shocked to recognize the stories as some of the greatest literature in Korean history; their unknown author is compared to Shakespeare.

In another life, Mr. Kim, Ms. Choe and Hyun-joong cross paths in a park, unaware that they knew each other in the past, and Koo Chan-sung and Jang Man-wol are a happy couple.

On June 24, 2020, Studio Dragon announced that it would co-produce an American remake of Hotel del Luna with Skydance.

She will be working with Miky Lee, Jinnie Choi and Hyun Park of Studio Dragon, and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost of Skydance Television.

[54][55] On January 27, 2021, the theater company Showplay announced that Hotel del Luna was adapted into a stage musical that premiered in 2022.