Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that the characterization of dividends for 2011 income tax reporting purposes is as follows:

Common Shares

        Dividend Allocation
Per Share
      Unrecaptured  
Declaration Record Paid/Payable Dividends Ordinary Qualified Capital Section 1250 Return of

Dates

Dates

Dates

Per Share

Income

Dividend

Gain

Gain

Capital

01/14/11 01/28/11

02/23/11

$0.4500 $0.4500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
04/15/11 04/29/11 05/24/11 $0.4500 $0.4500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
07/01/11 07/11/11 08/24/11 $0.4500 $0.4500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
10/12/11 10/26/11 11/23/11 $0.4500 $0.4500 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
TOTALS: $1.8000 $1.8000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

HPT's common share CUSIP number is 44106M102. This information represents final income allocations.

Series B Preferred Shares

        Dividend Allocation
Per Share
      Unrecaptured  
Declaration Record Paid/Payable Dividends Ordinary Qualified Capital Section 1250 Return of

Dates

Dates

Dates

Per Share

Income

Dividend

Gain

Gain

Capital

12/01/10 12/30/10 01/14/11 $0.5547 $0.5547 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
03/01/11 03/31/11 04/15/11 $0.5547 $0.5547 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
06/02/11 06/30/11 07/15/11 $0.5547 $0.5547 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
09/01/11 09/30/11 10/17/11 $0.5547 $0.5547 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
TOTALS: $1.6641 $1.6641 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

HPT's Series B preferred share CUSIP number is 44106M409. This information represents final income allocations.

Series C Preferred Shares

        Dividend Allocation
Per Share
      Unrecaptured  
Declaration Record Paid/Payable Dividends Ordinary Qualified Capital Section 1250 Return of

Dates

Dates

Dates

Per Share

Income

Dividend

Gain

Gain

Capital

01/05/11 01/31/11 02/15/11 $0.4375 $0.4375 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
04/01/11 04/29/11 05/16/11 $0.4375 $0.4375 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
07/01/11 07/29/11 08/15/11 $0.4375 $0.4375 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
10/03/11 10/31/11 11/15/11 $0.4375 $0.4375 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
TOTALS: $1.7500 $1.7500 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

HPT's Series C preferred share CUSIP number is 44106M508. This information represents final income allocations.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, which owns 288 hotels and 185 travel centers located in 44 states, Puerto Rico and Ontario, Canada.

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.