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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WASHINGTON,
D.C.&#160; 20549</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the</font></b></p>

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Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of
earliest event reported):&#160; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">October 10, 2003</font></b></font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">HOSPITALITY
PROPERTIES TRUST</font></b></p>

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5.&#160; Other Events and Regulation FD
Disclosure.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Supplementary federal income tax considerations</font></u></b><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following summary of federal income tax considerations supplements and updates
the more detailed descriptions of these matters appearing under the caption
&#147;Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148; of Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002 (our &#147;2002 Annual Report&#148;), and supersedes
the description of these matters appearing under the caption &#147;Supplementary
federal income tax considerations&#148; in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
July<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">  </font></b>7, 2003.&#160; Sullivan &amp; Worcester LLP, Boston,
Massachusetts, has rendered a legal opinion that the discussion in the portion
of our 2002 Annual Report captioned &#147;Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148;, as
supplemented by the discussion in this Form 8-K, is accurate in all material
respects and fairly summarizes the federal income tax issues discussed in those
sections, and the opinions of counsel referred to in such portion of our 2002
Annual Report, as supplemented by the discussion in this Form 8-K, represent
Sullivan &amp; Worcester LLP&#146;s opinions on those subjects.&nbsp; Specifically,
subject to qualifications and assumptions contained in its opinions, in our
2002 Annual Report and in this Form 8-K, Sullivan &amp; Worcester LLP has given
opinions to the effect that we have been organized and have qualified as a REIT
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;IRC&#148;), for our 1995
through 2002 taxable years, and that our current investments and plan of
operation will enable us to continue to meet the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a REIT under the IRC.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
April 28<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">,</font></b> 2003, we terminated
Wyndham&#146;s occupancy and operations of 15 Summerfield Suites by Wyndham<sup>&#174; </sup>hotels
after a default on lease payments owed to us. We then leased these hotels to
one of our taxable REIT subsidiaries.&nbsp; This taxable REIT subsidiary
engaged Candlewood Management, Inc. (f/k/a Candlewood Management, LLC) to serve
as the manager for these hotels.&#160; This
management contract was terminated on October 6, 2003.&#160; We understood from Candlewood Management,
Inc. that it or its affiliate operated several &#147;qualified lodging facilities&#148;,
within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9)(D) of the IRC, for parties unrelated to
us or the taxable REIT subsidiary.&nbsp; For a hotel operator to qualify as an
&#147;eligible independent contractor&#148; within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9)(A) of
the IRC, it or its affiliates must be actively engaged in the business of
operating &#147;qualified lodging facilities&#148; for parties unrelated to us.&nbsp;
Although there can be no assurance in this regard, we believe that this
arrangement generated rents to us that qualified as &#147;rents from real property&#148;
under the REIT gross income tests summarized in our 2002 Annual Report, because
we believe that Candlewood Management, Inc. operated enough &#147;qualified lodging
facilities&#148;, within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9)(D) of the IRC, for parties
unrelated to us or the taxable REIT subsidiary and thus qualified as such an
eligible independent contractor.&nbsp; We received an opinion of counsel that
Candlewood Management, Inc. should qualify as such an eligible independent
contractor, and that, although the matter is not free from doubt, it is
reasonable for us to rely on such opinion for purposes of the relief provisions
under the REIT gross income tests summarized in our 2002 Annual Report.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
May 12<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">,</font></b> 2003, we terminated
Wyndham&#146;s occupancy and operations of 12 Wyndham<sup>&#174; </sup>hotels after a
default on lease payments owed to us.&nbsp; We then leased these hotels to one
of our taxable REIT subsidiaries. This taxable REIT subsidiary has engaged
Crestline Hotels &amp; Resorts, Inc. to serve as the manager for these
hotels.&nbsp; We believe that Crestline Hotels &amp; Resorts, Inc. is actively
engaged in the business of operating &#147;qualified lodging facilities&#148;, within the
meaning of Section 856(d)(9)(D) of the IRC, for parties unrelated to us or the
taxable REIT subsidiary.&nbsp; Although there can be no assurance in this
regard, we believe that this arrangement generates rents to us that qualify as
&#147;rents from real property&#148; under the REIT gross income tests summarized in our
2002 Annual Report, because we believe that Crestline Hotels &amp; Resorts,
Inc. qualifies under Section 856(d)(9)(A) of the IRC as an &#147;eligible
independent contractor&#148;.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
July 1, 2003, we acquired 16 Staybridge Suites</font><sup><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#174;</font></sup><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
hotels and began leasing them to one of our taxable REIT subsidiaries.&nbsp;
This taxable REIT subsidiary has engaged InterContinental Hotels Group
Resources, Inc. to serve as the manager for these hotels pursuant to a
long-term management agreement.&nbsp; In addition, on October 6, 2003, the
taxable REIT subsidiary which was the lessee of the Summerfield Suites by
Wyndham</font><sup><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#174;</font></sup><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">hotels merged into the taxable REIT
subsidiary that is the lessee of the Staybridge Suites</font><sup><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#174;</font></sup><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
hotels.&#160; In connection with this merger,
the surviving taxable REIT subsidiary became the lessee of the Summerfield
Suites by Wyndham</font><sup><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#174;</font></sup><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">hotels, the management contract with
Candlewood Management, Inc. was terminated, and InterContinental Hotels Group
Resources, Inc. was engaged to manage these <sup>&#160;</sup>hotels.&#160; We believe that
InterContinental Hotels Group Resources, Inc. or its affiliates are actively
engaged in the business of operating &#147;qualified lodging facilities&#148;, within the</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">meaning of Section
856(d)(9)(D) of the IRC, for parties unrelated to us or the taxable REIT
subsidiary, and accordingly, although there can be no assurance in this regard,
we believe that InterContinental Hotels Group Resources, Inc. qualifies as an
&#147;eligible independent contractor&#148; under Section 856(d)(9)(A) of the IRC.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although
there is no clear precedent to distinguish for federal income tax purposes
among leases, management contracts, partnerships, financings, and other
contractual arrangements, we believe that the leases and management agreements
to which our taxable REIT subsidiaries discussed above are a party will be
respected for purposes of the IRC.&nbsp; Accordingly, although there can be no
assurance in this regard, we expect that the rental income we receive from the
taxable REIT subsidiaries will qualify as &#147;rents from real property&#148; under the
REIT gross income tests summarized in our 2002 Annual Report.&nbsp; We will
also take steps to qualify for the 75% and 95% gross income tests under the
relief provision described in our 2002 Annual Report, including for example
attaching an applicable schedule of gross income to our federal income tax
returns as required by Section 856(c)(6)(A) of the IRC.&nbsp; Thus, even if the
IRS or a court ultimately determines that one or more of our operators failed
to operate enough &#147;qualified lodging facilities&#148; for others and thus failed to
qualify as an eligible independent contractor, and that this failure thereby
implicated our compliance with the REIT gross income tests summarized in our
2002 Annual Report, we expect we would qualify for the gross income tests&#146;
relief provision and thereby preserve our qualification as a REIT. If this
relief provision were to apply to us, we would then be subject to a penalty tax
at a 100% rate on the greater of the amount by which we failed the 75% or the
95% gross income test, with adjustments, multiplied by a fraction intended to
reflect our profitability for the taxable year.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restrictions are imposed
on a taxable REIT subsidiary to ensure that it will be subject to an appropriate
level of federal income taxation.&nbsp; For example, if a taxable REIT
subsidiary pays interest, rent, or other amounts to its affiliated REIT in an
amount that exceeds what an unrelated third party would have paid in an arm&#146;s
length transaction, then the REIT generally will be subject to an excise tax
equal to 100% of the excessive portion of the payment.&nbsp; There can be no
assurance that arrangements involving our taxable REIT subsidiaries will not
result in the imposition of one or more of these restrictions or excise taxes,
but we do not believe that we are or will be subject to these impositions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.&#160; Financial
Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160; Exhibits.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 8.1</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[Letterhead
of </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sullivan &amp; Worcester LLP]</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October
10, 2003</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hospitality Properties
Trust<br>
400 Centre Street<br>
Newton, Massachusetts&nbsp; 02458</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following opinion is furnished to Hospitality Properties Trust, a Maryland real
estate investment trust (the &#147;Company&#148;) to be filed with the Securities
Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) as Exhibit 8.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report
on Form 8-K (the &#147;Form 8-K&#148;), to be filed within one week of the date hereof,
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with this opinion, we have
reviewed originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
satisfaction, of corporate records, certificates and statements of officers and
accountants of the Company and of public officials, and such other documents as
we have considered relevant and necessary in order to furnish the opinion
hereinafter set forth.&nbsp; In doing so, we have assumed the genuineness of
all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of
all documents submitted to us as copies, and the authenticity of the originals
of such documents.&nbsp; Specifically, and without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, we have reviewed:&nbsp; (i) the declaration of trust and the
by-laws of the Company, each as amended and restated; (ii) the section in the
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 filed
under the Exchange Act (the &#147;Annual Report&#148;) captioned &#147;Federal Income Tax
Considerations&#148;; and (iii) the section in the Form 8-K captioned &#147;Supplementary
federal income tax considerations&#148;.&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With
respect to all questions of fact on which the opinion set forth below is based,
we have assumed the accuracy and completeness of and have relied on the
information set forth in the Annual Report, the Form 8-K and in the documents
incorporated therein by reference, and on representations made to us by
officers of the Company.&nbsp; We have not independently verified such
information.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
opinion set forth below is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, published administrative
interpretations thereof, and judicial decisions with respect thereto, all as of
the date hereof (collectively, the &#147;Tax Laws&#148;).&nbsp; No assurance can be given
that the Tax Laws will not change.&nbsp; In preparing the discussions with
respect to Tax Laws in the section of the Annual Report captioned &#147;Federal Income
Tax Considerations&#148;, as supplemented by the section of the Form 8-K captioned</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Supplementary
federal income tax considerations&#148;, we have made certain assumptions and
expressed certain conditions and qualifications therein, all of which assumptions,
conditions and qualifications are incorporated herein by reference.&nbsp; With
respect to all questions of fact on which our opinion is based, we have assumed
the initial and continuing truth, accuracy and completeness of: (i) the
information set forth in the Annual Report, the Form 8-K, and in the documents
incorporated therein by reference; and (ii) representations made to us by
officers of the Company or contained in the Annual Report or the Form 8-K, in
each such instance without regard to qualifications such as &#147;to the best
knowledge of&#148; or &#147;in the belief of.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
have relied upon, but not independently verified, the foregoing
assumptions.&nbsp; If any of the foregoing assumptions is inaccurate or
incomplete for any reason, or if the transactions described in the Annual
Report or the Form 8-K are consummated in a manner that is inconsistent with
the manner contemplated therein, our opinion as expressed below may be
adversely affected and may not be relied upon.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based
upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the discussion
with respect to Tax Laws matters in the section of the Annual Report captioned
&#147;Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148;, as supplemented by the discussion in the
Form 8-K captioned &#147;Supplementary federal income tax considerations,&#148; in all
material respects is accurate and fairly summarizes the</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tax Laws issues
addressed therein, and hereby confirm that the opinions of counsel referred to
in said sections represent our opinions on the subject matter thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
opinion is intended solely for the benefit and use of the Company, and is not
to be used, released, quoted, or relied upon by anyone else for any purpose
(other than as required by law) without our prior written consent.&nbsp; We
hereby consent to filing of a copy of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form
8-K, which is incorporated by reference in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-43573, 333-89307, 333-84064) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and to the references to our firm
in the Form 8-K and such Registration Statements.&nbsp; In giving such consent,
we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or under the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.</font></p>

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