Originally Posted by
IMOA
In japan the term business hotel refers to a quite specific type of hotel which is not the same as what is meant by the same term in western economies. The words may be the same but the location is needed to give the term proper context and meaning. This is not an odd thing, there’s thousands of words or terms which have different meanings around the world.
Agreed. This is a case where a term means different things depending on regional customs. It's almost laughable to expect that "business hotel" would mean the same thing across multiple countries thousands of miles apart.