Hotel is a American primetime drama series which aired from September 2 1, 1983 to May 5, 1988 from the time slot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 book of the same title, the show has been made by Aaron Spelling and place from the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco Bay Area. Shots of the resort were filmed atop the Nob Hill neighborhood in front of The Fairmont San Francisco Bay Area. Episodes followed those activities of guests, as well as the lives of their hotel staff.