Hospitality Properties Trust Declares Preferred Dividend

NEWTON, Mass.--()--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that its board of trustees has declared the regular quarterly dividend on HPT's Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares.

A distribution of $0.4375 per Series C preferred share is payable on or about May 15, 2012, to holders of record at the close of business on April 30, 2012.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns 290 hotels and 185 travel centers located in 44 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

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.

Contacts

Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang, Vice President, Investor Relations,
Carlynn Finn, Senior Manager, Investor Relations
617-796-8232
www.hptreit.com

Contacts

Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang, Vice President, Investor Relations,
Carlynn Finn, Senior Manager, Investor Relations
617-796-8232
www.hptreit.com