Hospitality Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in buying, owning, and leasing hotels. The company’s hotels are operated as Courtyard by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott, Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, Candlewood Suites, AmeriSuites, Prime Hotels and Resorts, Homestead Studio Suites, TownePlace Suites by Marriott, and SpringHill Suites by Marriott or Marriott Hotels and Resorts. As of June 30, 2005, it owned 298 hotels located in 38 states in the United States; Puerto Rico; and Ontario, Canada. The company’s hotels are primarily designed for business, governmental, and family travelers. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income...