Time Change: Hospitality Properties Trust Fourth Quarter and Year End 2012 Conference Call Rescheduled from Wednesday, February 27th at 1:00 p.m. to Friday, March 1st at 10:00 a.m.

February 25, 2013

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) today announced that it has rescheduled the time of its fourth quarter and year end 2012 financial results conference call from its previously scheduled Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time to Friday, March 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The timing of the conference call is being changed because of a scheduling conflict. HPT's fourth quarter and year end results are scheduled to be released before the market opens on Friday, March 1, 2013. The updated details are as follows:

Earnings Release: Friday, March 1, 2013, before market open.
Conference Call: Friday, March 1, 2013, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Participant Dial In: (800) 553-0288.
International Dial In: (612) 332-0530.

No pass code is necessary to access either call. 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 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 8, 2013. To hear the replay, dial (320) 365-3844. The replay pass code is 284139.

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, or REIT, which owns or leases hotels and travel centers located in 44 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

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
www.hptreit.com

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