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Hospitality Properties Trust Fourth Quarter Conference Call Scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Monday, February 23rd 2009 at 8:36 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-02-23 08:37:33 by Market Wire}  

NEWTON, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that it will host a conference call in conjunction with the announcement of its fourth quarter 2008 and year end financial results.

HPT plans to issue a press release containing its fourth quarter results after the NYSE closes on Monday, March 2, 2009. On Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, John Murray, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Mark Kleifges, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss the fourth quarter results. Following the company's remarks, there will be a short question and answer period.

The conference call telephone number is (888) 765-5559. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial (913) 312-1414. No pass code is necessary to access the call from either number. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. To hear the replay, dial (719) 457-0820. The replay pass code is 3024964.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on the company's web site, which is located at [ www.hptreit.com ]. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the company's web site about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the company's web site for about one week after the call.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns 289 hotels and 185 travel centers located throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT is headquartered in Newton, MA.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.