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If it has an intended purpose (and isn't just some manager saying, "hey, I like it better this way!") it may be to counter the increasing number of people using the hotel lobby as an internet cafe.
I personally avoid doing this unless absolutely necessary (there are plenty of less prominent places within range of the WiFi) but when I was camping out in the lobby a couple months ago trying to think through a MouseAdventure quest in there I noticed about half of the seats were in use by people on computers.
Now, if these are all hotel guests then I don't see why it would be discouraged. But if management has found that a lot of them are not then maybe they're trying it make it less comfortable for that.
I know that I tend to not use hotels the way others do, but in all my times staying at nice hotels I've never, ever, just sat in the lobby. So I wonder how many actual hotel guests are inconvenienced (could be a lot, my sample size is small and skewed).
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