NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today
announced that its board of trustees has declared the regular quarterly
dividend on HPT's Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares.
A distribution of $0.5546875 per Series B preferred share is payable
on or about April 15, 2005, to holders of record at the close of
business on March 31, 2005.
Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-964-8389
Manager of Investor Relations
www.hptreit.com