Hospitality Properties Trust Announces 2006 Dividend Allocation

January 9, 2007

NEWTON, Mass.--Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2006 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

                      Common Shares
                    ------------------

                                            Dividend Allocation
                                                 Per Share
                                      --------------------------------
                                                               Unre-
                                                              captured
 Decla-               Paid/    Divi-   Ordi-          Return  Section
 ration    Record    Payable   dends    nary  Capital    of     1250
  Dates     Dates     Dates     Per    Income   Gain  Capital   Gain
                                Share
--------- --------- --------- ----------------------------------------

01/12/06  01/27/06  02/16/06  $0.7300 $0.6027 $0.0000 $0.1273 $0.0000
04/03/06  04/12/06  05/11/06   0.7300  0.6027  0.0000  0.1273  0.0000
07/05/06  07/14/06  08/17/06   0.7400  0.6110  0.0000  0.1290  0.0000
10/06/06  10/16/06  11/16/06   0.7400  0.6110  0.0000  0.1290  0.0000
                              ----------------------------------------
                     TOTALS:  $2.9400 $2.4274 $0.0000 $0.5126 $0.0000
                              ========================================
                               100.00%  82.56%   0.00%  17.44%   0.00%

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

                     Series B Preferred Shares
                     -------------------------
                                            Dividend Allocation
                                                 Per Share
                                      --------------------------------
                                                               Unre-
                                                              captured
   Decla-              Paid/   Divi-                  Return  Section
   ration    Record   Payable  dends  OrdinaryCapital  of       1250
   Dates      Dates    Dates    Per    Income   Gain  Capital   Gain
                                Share
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   12/01/05 12/30/05 01/17/06 $0.5547 $0.5547 $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
   03/01/06 03/31/06 04/17/06  0.5547  0.5547  0.0000  0.0000  0.0000
   06/01/06 06/30/06 07/17/06  0.5547  0.5547  0.0000  0.0000  0.0000
   09/01/06 09/29/06 10/16/06  0.5547  0.5547  0.0000  0.0000  0.0000
                              ----------------------------------------
                      TOTALS: $2.2188 $2.2188 $0.0000 $0.0000  0.0000
                              ========================================
                               100.00% 100.00%   0.00%   0.00%   0.00%

HPT's Series B preferred share CUSIP number is 44106M409. None of the Series B preferred dividends paid by the Company were Qualified Dividends. This information represents final income allocations.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust 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
617-796-8149
Manager of Investor Relations
www.hptreit.com

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