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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="4">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>FORM 8-K<BR>
CURRENT REPORT</FONT></H1>

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SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE <BR>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934<BR> </FONT></H1>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 29, 2003  </FONT></P>

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<p ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="4"><B>HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES
TRUST </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in charter) </FONT> </p>



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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>Maryland</B><BR>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) </FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>1-11527</B><BR>(Commission file number) </FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>04-3262075</B><BR>(I.R.S. employer identification number) </FONT> </TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH="50%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts </B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) </FONT>
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     <TD WIDTH="50%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>02458</B><BR>
(Zip code) </FONT>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>617-964-8389</B><BR>(Registrant&#146;s
telephone number, including area code) </FONT> </P>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 5. Other Events. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On
August 29, 2003, our Board of Trustees elected Frank J. Bailey to fill the vacancy on the
Board and on our Audit Committee created by the resignation on that date of William J.
Sheehan as a Trustee. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.
Sheehan had been a Trustee and member of the Audit Committee since 1995.
Effective in September 2003, Mr. Sheehan will become Director of Internal Audit
and Compliance for us and for Reit Management &amp; Research LLC, our investment
manager. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.
Bailey (age 48) has been a partner of the Boston based law firm of
Sherin&nbsp;&amp; Lodgen&nbsp;LLP for over five years. Mr. Bailey is also a
Trustee of Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust which
invests in senior housing properties. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.
Bailey is a Trustee in Group II of our Board of Trustees and his term of office
will expire at our 2006 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Bailey is one of our
independent trustees within the meaning of our declaration of trust; that is,
trustees who are not officers of ours or affiliates of either HRPT Properties
Trust, our former parent, or Reit Management&nbsp;&amp; Research&nbsp;LLC. We
refer you to the other information with respect to our Board of Trustees and its
members contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2002 and the portions of our definitive Proxy Statement for
our annual shareholders meeting held on May 6, 2003 which were incorporated in
that report, each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>SIGNATURES </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>


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     <TD WIDTH="60%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="3"><b>HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST</b></font><BR>
     <FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">(Registrant)<BR>
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 By:&nbsp;/s/ Mark L. Kleifges<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark L. Kleifges<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Treasurer</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Dated: August 29, 2003 </FONT></P>



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