EXHIBIT 99.1

[AH LOGO]     [ARLINGTION HOSPITALITY, INC. LETTERHEAD]

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 RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEETING

         ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., October 29, 2003--Arlington Hospitality, Inc.
(Nasdaq/NM: HOST), a hotel development and management company, announced the
results of its 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held today at the company's
offices. At the annual meeting, the company's stockholders elected the seven
nominated directors, and approved the other four proposals voted upon at the
meeting, which were to:

         1.    ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent
               auditors for the year ending December 31, 2003;

         2.    approve the company's 2003 Non-Employee Director Stock
               Compensation Plan;

         3.    approve the company's 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan; and

         4.    approve a 1-for-100 reverse stock split, immediately followed by
               a 100-for-1 forward stock split.

         The concurrent reverse/forward split approved at the meeting is
intended as a means of reducing the company's administrative costs and allowing
holders of less than 100 of the company's shares to receive cash for their
shares without incurring transaction costs. The effective date of the
reverse/forward split is November 28, 2003. Stockholders owning less than 100
shares prior to the effective date of the reverse/forward split 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.

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         The company intends to treat stockholders holding common stock in
street name through a nominee, such as a bank or broker-dealer, in the same
manner as stockholders whose shares are registered in their own names. The
company will instruct all nominees to effect the reverse/forward split for their
beneficial holders. These nominees may, however, have different procedures for
effecting the splits, so stockholders who hold shares in street name should
contact their bank or broker-dealer.

         For further details on the reverse/forward split, investors should
refer to the investor relations page of the company's website at
www.ArlingtonHospitality.com, which has answers to frequently-asked questions
regarding the transaction.

         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 66
properties in 17 states, including 58 AmeriHost Inn hotels, for a total of 4,820
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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