NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced a regular
quarterly common share distribution of $0.45 per common share ($1.80 per
share per year). This distribution will be paid to HPT's common
shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 27, 2012 and
distributed on or about August 22, 2012.
Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT,
which owns or leases 290 hotels and 185 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