NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today
announced that it will host a conference call in conjunction with the
announcement of its second quarter 2005 financial results.
HPT plans to issue a press release containing its second quarter
financial results before the NYSE opens on Thursday, August 4, 2005.
Later that day at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, John Murray, president and
chief operating officer, and Mark Kleifges, chief financial officer,
will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2005 results.
Following the company's remarks, there will be a short question and
answer period.
The conference call telephone number is (800) 289-0569. Participants
calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial (913)
981-5542. 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 August 10, 2005. To hear the replay, dial (719)
457-0820. The replay pass code is 3566493.
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, which
primarily owns hotels located throughout the United States. HPT is
headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-796-8149
www.hptreit.com