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 October 17, 2005, to holders of record at the close of business
on September 30, 2005.
Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-796-8149
Manager of Investor Relations
www.hptreit.com