NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that it has
scheduled its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders for May 9, 2012. The
record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the
meeting is February 17, 2012.
Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT,
which as of September 30, 2011, owns 288 hotels and 185 travel centers
located in 44 states, Puerto Rico and Ontario, Canada. HPT is
headquartered in Newton, MA.
A Maryland Real Estate Investment 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, 617-796-8232
Vice
President, Investor Relations
or
Carlynn Finn, 617-796-8232
Senior
Manager, Investor Relations