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                                 UNITED STATES
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For Immediate Release
CONTACT:                                              MEDIA CONTACT:
James B. Dale, Chief Financial Officer                Jerry Daly or Carol McCune
847-228-5401 x 361                                    703-435-6293
jimdale@arlingtonhospitality.com                      jerry@dalygray.com


         ARLINGTON HOSPITALITY, INC. ANNOUNCES 2003 ANNUAL MEETING DATE


         ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., September 30, 2003--Arlington Hospitality,
Inc. (Nasdaq/NM: HOST), a hotel development and management company, today
announced that the company will hold its annual meeting at 9 a.m. CST on
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at the company's headquarters located at 2355 S.
Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, Ill.

         The record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at
the meeting is September 22, 2003.

         Among the issues shareholders will vote on are the election of
directors, the ratification of the company's independent auditors, a restricted
stock plan for non-employee directors, a long-term incentive plan for employees,
and a concurrent reverse split and forward split of the company's common stock.
With respect to this last matter, the concurrent reverse/forward split, if
approved by stockholders, will result in holders of less than 100 shares being
redeemed by the company for cash without transaction costs. Stockholders owning
less than 100 shares prior to the effective date who desire to maintain
ownership in the company must purchase enough shares prior to the effective date
so that they own 100 or more shares of common stock on the effective date of the
split. The effective date will be 30 days after the annual meeting. For further
details on


these items, investors should refer to the company's proxy statement for this
annual meeting. A copy of the proxy statement is available on the company's
website at www.ArlingtonHospitality.com.

         Arlington Hospitality, Inc. is a hotel development and management
company that builds, operates and sells mid-market hotels, primarily the
AmeriHost Inn brand. Currently, Arlington Hospitality, Inc. owns or manages 68
properties in 17 states, including 59 AmeriHost Inn hotels, for a total of 5,024
rooms, with additional AmeriHost Inn & Suites hotels under development. The
AmeriHost Inn brand is a mid-market, limited service hotel brand with
approximately 100 properties located in 20 states and Canada.

         This press release may contain forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical, including
statements regarding management's intentions, beliefs, expectations,
representations, plans or predictions of the future, and are typically
identified by words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend,"
"estimate," "may," "will," "should," and "could." There are numerous risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
set forth in the forward-looking statements including, without limitation, risks
relating to the development and operation of hotels, the timing, consummation
and final terms of hotel sales, the availability of capital to finance growth,
geopolitical events, competition and the historical cyclicality of the lodging
industry. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are
based on information available at the time of the release, and Arlington
Hospitality assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.


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