Hospitality Properties Trust is Named One of the 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America for 2016 by Forbes Magazine

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Hospitality Properties Trust HPT today announced that it has been named one of the 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America for 2016 by Forbes Magazine. HPT was one of 38 mid cap companies ($1 billion to $5 billion market capitalization) and the only real estate investment trust, or REIT, to be selected to this year's list.

To create this list, MSCI ESG Research screened more than 2,500 publicly-traded non-financial American companies with market caps of $250 million or more to identify the 100 that most "consistently demonstrated transparent accounting practices and solid corporate governance."

The full list of Forbes' 100 Most Trustworthy Companies can be found here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathryndill/2016/04/08/the-100-most-trustworthy-companies-in-america-2/2/#77f66f5719de

Hospitality Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which owns a diverse portfolio of hotels and travel centers located in 45 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. HPT's properties are operated under long term management or lease agreements. HPT is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. RMR, an alternative asset management company that 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.

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