Press Release
December 1, 2000
WASHINGTON, DC -- MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: MHX ), the nation's third largest hotel real estate investment
trust (REIT) and MeriStar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: MMH), the nation's largest independent hotel management company,
today announced that the companies will hold on Monday, December 4, their annual investor and analyst meetings
to outline their respective plans and strategies for 2001. Real-time access to both presentations will be available
to shareholders and other interested parties via webcast or telephone.
MeriStar Hotels & Resorts' presentation will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET, hosted by Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Paul Whetsell and Chief Investment Officer John Emery. Following the MMH presentation, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
an international business services organization, will provide a U.S. lodging industry briefing at 3:00 p.m. ET,
including an analysis of select MeriStar markets. MeriStar Hospitality's presentation will begin at 3:30 p.m. ET,
hosted by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Paul Whetsell and Chief Operating Officer John Emery. Slides illustrating
the presentations will be posted on MeriStar's Web site, www.meristar.com.
Shareholders and other interested parties may listen to a simultaneous webcast of the presentations by logging
onto www.meristar.com or www.streetevents.com, or may call (800) 482-5519, reference number 862072 for MeriStar
Hotels & Resorts and (800) 482-2225, reference number 874447 for PricewaterhouseCoopers and MeriStar Hospitality.
The webcasts will be listen-only mode; participants dialing in on the 800 number may ask questions. Replays of
the presentations will be available through December 7 by dialing (800) 625-5288 and using the corresponding reference
numbers above. Replays also will be posted on MeriStar's Web site through December 7.
MeriStar Hotels & Resorts operates 231 hospitality and leisure properties with more than 48,000 rooms and 11
golf courses in 34 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. BridgeStreet
Accommodations, a MeriStar subsidiary, is one of the world's largest corporate housing providers, offering upscale,
fully furnished corporate housing throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation owns 114 principally upscale, full-service hotels in major market and resort locations
with 29,090 rooms in 27 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. The company owns hotels under such internationally
known brands as Hilton, Sheraton, Marriott, Westin, Radisson and Doubletree.
For more information about MeriStar Hospitality or MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, visit the companies' Web site:
www.meristar.com.
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Contact:
MeriStar Hotels & Resorts
Melissa Thompson
Director of Corporate Communications
202/295-2228
or
Daly Gray Public Relations
Jerry Daly, Carol McCune (Media)
703/435-6293