They may be short stay, but JLH sees long-term future in love hotels | timesonline.co.uk

A British company aims to raise up to £50 million to fund an unprecedented buying spree of Japan's “love hotels” — exotic hostelries that have, for decades, offered convenience and fantasy to couples at a competitive hourly rate. The AIM-listed group Japan Leisure Hotels (JLH) will use the capital to exploit the still-falling Japanese property market and funding difficulties among would-be consolidators of love hotel chains in Japan itself.