It’s been very common in SE Asia for the 20 years I have been here. (I am sure longer) It’s not just hotels, it’s apartments as well- it’s for ventilation and sunlight. Here, anyway.
They always have blinds that can be put down- again, here. I haven’t stayed in anything like that in the West.
In many European apartments, there's a central ventilation shaft that opens to the sky. You'll have a little window, often in the bathroom that opens out to it. Often that's where the AC compressors are mounted and people hang their laundry to dry. I like it because it's super easy to crack a window after a fat shit.
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u/Delphius1 20d ago
as an ex put it 'why is this expensive hotel room fully open concept? is it so you can throw me a beer while I take a dump?'