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DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL SOLICITING MATERIALS

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter): Hospitality Properties Trust

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant): UNITE HERE

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1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: 2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: 149,931,202 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote (1/21/2015) 3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): 4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: 5) Total fee paid:

UNITE HERE 275 Seventh Ave., New York NY 10001

Released to Shareholders on April 30, 2015

The sections of the enclosed website (http://www.hotelcorpgov.org) pertaining to Hospitality Properties Trust were first released to shareholders on April 30, 2015. For more information on this solicitation, please read our definitive proxy statement, available on the Securities and Exchanges Commission Website:

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