Hospitality Properties Trust Announces 2007 Dividend Allocation

January 9, 2008

NEWTON, Mass.--Jan 9, 2008 Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2007 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

                            Common Shares
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Dividend Allocation
Per Share
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Declaration Record Paid/Payable Dividends Ordinary Capital
Dates Dates Dates Per Share Income Gain
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01/04/07 01/16/07 02/15/07 $0.7400 $0.3333 $0.0853
01/19/07 01/26/07 01/31/07(1) 3.2300 1.4549 0.3723
04/05/07 04/16/07 05/17/07 0.7600 0.3423 0.0876
07/02/07 07/12/07 08/16/07 0.7600 0.3423 0.0876
10/10/07 10/19/07 11/15/07 0.7700 0.3468 0.0888
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TOTALS: $6.2600 $2.8196 $0.7216
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100.00% 45.05% 11.53%

Unrecaptured
Declaration Record Paid/Payable Return of Section 1250
Dates Dates Dates Capital Gain
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01/04/07 01/16/07 02/15/07 $0.2903 $0.0310
01/19/07 01/26/07 01/31/07(1) 1.2673 0.1355
04/05/07 04/16/07 05/17/07 0.2982 0.0319
07/02/07 07/12/07 08/16/07 0.2982 0.0319
10/10/07 10/19/07 11/15/07 0.3021 0.0323
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TOTALS: $2.4561 $0.2626
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39.23% 4.19%

(1) Represents distribution of shares of TravelCenters of America LLC (AMEX: TA).

HPT's common share CUSIP number is 44106M102. None of the common dividends paid by the Company were Qualified Dividends. This above information represents final income allocations for 2007 income tax reporting purposes.

Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-796-8232
Manager of Investor Relations

Carlynn Finn
617-796-8232
Investor Relations Analyst
www.hptreit.com

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