Hospitality Properties Trust Announces Record Date for Annual Meeting

Press Release: Hospitality Properties Trust
February 13, 2002
NEWTON, MA -- Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) announced that it has scheduled its 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders for Tuesday, May 7, 2002. The record date for determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting has been set at the close of business on March 20, 2002.

HPT is a hotel real estate investment trust headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. HPT has investments and commitments of approximately $2.6 billion in 230 hotels in 37 states.

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     Hospitality Properties Trust
     John G. Murray, President or Thomas M. O'Brien, CFO
     (617) 964-8389
     www.hptreit.com