LaSalle Hotel Properties Declares Dividend for the Second Quarter 2016

LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per common share of beneficial interest for the quarter ending June 30, 2016. The second quarter dividend will be paid on July 15, 2016 to common shareholders of record on June 30, 2016.

LaSalle Hotel Properties is a leading multi-operator real estate investment trust. The Company owns 47 hotels and a mezzanine loan secured by two hotels in Santa Monica, California. The properties are upscale, full-service hotels, totaling more than 12,000 guest rooms in 14 markets in 10 states and the District of Columbia. The Company focuses on owning, redeveloping and repositioning upscale, full-service hotels located in urban, resort and convention markets. LaSalle Hotel Properties seeks to grow through strategic relationships with premier lodging companies, including Westin Hotels and Resorts, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Outrigger Lodging Services, Noble House Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Benchmark Hospitality, White Lodging Services Corporation, Commune Hotels and Resorts, Destination Hotels, Davidson Hotel Company, the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC, Accor, HEI Hotels & Resorts, JRK Hotel Group, Inc., Viceroy Hotel Group, Highgate Hotels, and Access Hotels & Resorts.

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LaSalle Hotel PropertiesKenneth G. Fuller or Max D. Leinweber, 301-941-1500