Hospitality Properties Trust to Present at Wachovia's Real Estate Securities Conference

December 5, 2005

NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that John Murray, president and chief operating officer, will be presenting at the 9th Annual Wachovia Real Estate Securities Conference in New York City on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at 1:55 p.m. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet.

To access the live webcast and PowerPoint version of the HPT presentation, participants should visit the HPT web site at www.hptreit.com at least 15 minutes prior to the broadcast to ensure that all the necessary applications are downloaded and installed.

For those unable to participate live, HPT's presentation will be archived on the company's web site immediately following the presentation. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the HPT web site for about one week after the presentation.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns 298 hotels located in 38 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

A Maryland Real Estate 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.

Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-796-8149
Manager of Investor Relations
www.hptreit.com

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