Ashford Hospitality Trust Declares Preferred Dividends (AHT)

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. AHT today announced the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5344 per diluted share for the Company's 8.55% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock for the third quarter ending September 30, 2010. The dividend, which equates to an annual rate of $2.1375 per share, is payable on October 15, 2010, to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2010. The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per diluted share for the Company's Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock for the third quarter ending September 30, 2010. The dividend, which equates to an annual rate of $0.56 per share, is payable on October 15, 2010, to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2010. The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5281 per diluted share for the Company's 8.45% Series D Cumulative Preferred Stock for the third quarter ending September 30, 2010. The dividend, which equates to an annual rate of $2.1125 per share, is payable on October 15, 2010, to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2010.