LaSalle Hotel Properties Announces Departure of Chief Financial Officer

LaSalle Hotel Properties LHO today announced that it and Hans S. Weger, the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, agreed that Mr. Weger's employment with the Company would terminate no later than February 28, 2011. Mr. Weger will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer for the transitional period, during which the Company will hire an individual to succeed Mr. Weger. The Company, in its discretion, may shorten the transitional period and accelerate the separation date to a date earlier than February 28, 2011.