Hospitality Properties Trust First Quarter Conference Call Scheduled for Thursday, May 7th

Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) today announced that it will issue a press release containing its first quarter 2015 results before the NYSE opens on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Later that afternoon, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, President and Chief Operating Officer John Murray and Chief Financial Officer Mark Kleifges will host a conference call to discuss these results.

The conference call telephone number is [phone]. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial [phone]. No pass code is necessary to access the call from either number. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 14, 2015. To hear the replay, dial [phone]. The replay pass code is 358458.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on the company’s website, which is located at www.hptreit.com. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the company’s website about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the company’s website for about one week after the call.

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns a diverse portfolio of hotels and travel centers located in 44 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT’s properties are operated under long term management or lease agreements. 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 TrustKatie Strohacker, 617-796-8232Director, Investor Relations.www.hptreit.com