HPT Announces Quarterly Common Dividend

April 7, 2005

NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced a regular quarterly dividend of $0.72 per common share ($2.88 per share per year). This dividend is based upon the operating results for the quarter ending March 31, 2005. This regular quarterly dividend will be paid to common shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 19, 2005, and distributed on or about May 19, 2005.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, which owns 297 hotels located throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.

Hospitality Properties Trust
Timothy A. Bonang
617-796-8149
www.hptreit.com

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