Confused on what Airport Express does?

Hello all! I'm getting ready to order some misc. items from the Apple Store and even after reading the web pages on what the Airport Express is suppose to do I'm confused if I need one for my MBP or not. I have an Airport Extreme at home and it works great with my MBP all over the house (even decent outside on the deck) and when we were staying at a hotel this summer I was able to walk into their business office, fire up my MBP and instantly connect to the Net via their wi-fi. Apple's site mentions that to connect in hotel rooms the Airport Express may be used - but I'm curious as to why exactly (I mean if the hotel has wi-fi in the rooms is the Airport Express still needed)?
Thanks for clearing this up for me!

Easum:
What you would have to do is plug in a wired ethernet cord into the bottom of Airport Express. Then you can configure your Airport Express to broadcast a wireless internet signal. You can make your SSID and such the same as at home, with the same security settings, so that you don't have to keep switching networks everywhere you go.
You can also set up "profiles" if you use it at home, so that at home it is used as an Access Point or Range Expander, and on the go it is your wireless router with an ethernet connection.
It's a really great tool to travel with if the hotels you stay at are all wired connections.

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