Hospitality Properties Trust Declares Preferred Dividend

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that its board of trustees has declared the regular quarterly dividend on HPT's Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares.

A distribution of $0.5546875 per Series B preferred share is payable on or about January 17, 2012, to holders of record at the close of business on December 30, 2011.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns 288 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 TrustTimothy A. Bonang, 617-796-8232Vice President, Investor RelationsorCarlynn Finn, 617-796-8232Senior Manager, Investor Relationswww.hptreit.com

Source: Hospitality Properties Trust