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 April 26, 2012 and
distributed on or about May 24, 2012.
Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT,
which owns 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, Vice President,
Investor Relations, or Carlynn Finn, Senior Manager, Investor Relations.
617-796-8232
www.hptreit.com