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In my childhood, we drove everywhere - vacations, moving cross country to escape death threats, traveling to visit distant relatives, moving back cross country after my father died.
And the one constant was the road trip cooler. Stuffed with soda, snacks, bread, and lunch meat, that thing got toppedd up with ice at every hotel.

And as an adult, I don’t really do that sort of travel anymore, but as others have said - for chilling drinks and what-not. (But never for putting into drinks.)

This apostate should be banished from the land... of hotels.

Champagne

Lots of joke replies but the real answer is because people travel with yeti coolers and sometimes it won't all fit in the fridge.

I used the ice machine at the hotel to chill the drink I bought at the store. I have used the a bunch of times actually. On my wedding night, we stayed at a super fancy hotel and I used the ice machine to fill the bucket for chilling the last bottle of champagne we had

When carrying medicine on a road trip, I have sat it (in a ziplock bag) in the ice bucket overnight and packed ice in the cooler in the morning for the next day's drive. There's no such thing as a usable mini fridge anymore, they're all mini bars fully packed with pricey items.

As i understand it, it's there as a destination for when you coerce your wife/girlfriend into going out of the room naked.

PSA don't use that ice directly in beverages. I have no published evidence to back this up but I've never heard of any kind of rules regarding their cleaning schedule...

I like to drink alcohol when I travel. It helps me forget that I’m in a hotel. I always grab booze at a nearby shop to bring back to my room.