Jack has gone and the hotel is due to be closed and sold to Japanese developers and Juliet Miller is caretaker manager for its final weeks. Despite a terrorist alert following a bomb blast a lavish party is being held for Bollywood star Omar Pandit's engagement to Aishia Chadhuri,daughter of a Mumbai hotel magnate whom Tony hopes will buy Hotel Babylon. Sam Franklin, a handsome millionaire, brings customers galore to the hotel, following the blast. He is Juliet's ex-husband and she is cool towards him but trade booms as a result of the influx of guests and,following a power cut, the couple share an intimate moment. Chadhuri withdraws his offer to buy when Tony exposes Pandit for paying a prostitute but Sam saves the day by buying the hotel, though his other investments are less successful. Anna is annoyed that staff are laying bets as to the father of her unborn baby.