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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001574085-20-000033
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200715

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001574085
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				462488594
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14185 DALLAS PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1100
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75254
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(972) 490-9600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14185 DALLAS PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1100
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75254

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20130410
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<div><a name="sA365DCBD038755B9897121EC892869D3"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">July 15, 2020</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">VIA EDGAR</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Office of Real Estate and Commodities</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549-3628</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Phone: &#160;(202) 551-3295</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Re: Braemar Hotels &amp; Resorts Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Filed March 13, 2020</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">File No. 001-35972</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:18px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Braemar Hotels &amp; Resorts Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) received a comment letter from the staff (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Staff</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Commission</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) dated July 9, 2020 with respect to the Company&#8217;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed on March 13, 2020 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Annual Report</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;). The Company is respectfully submitting the responses below to the comments in such comment letter. To facilitate your review, the comments of the Staff have been set forth below in italics and are followed by our responses. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter have the meanings set forth in the Annual Report.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 101</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;">1.We note from your reconciliation on page 107 that you add back Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock dividends to arrive at AFFO available to common stockholders and OP unitholders. Please expand your disclosure to discuss why these particular preferred dividends have been included in AFFO and tell us why you believe it is appropriate to include preferred stock dividends in a measure that is only applicable to common stockholders and OP unitholders</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Response:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">We respectfully acknowledge the Staff's comment. The reason why the Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock dividends were added back to arrive at AFFO available to common stockholders and OP unitholders is because the AFFO reconciliation included in the Company&#8217;s earnings release included the measure of AFFO per share, which assumes the Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock has been converted to common stock, which would result in the elimination of the dividends. Even though we don't show AFFO per share in our Form 10-K, per Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K, Regulation G and the relevant Compliance &amp; Disclosure Interpretations, we believe it makes sense to be consistent with how we report AFFO in our earnings release so&#160;as not to confuse investors.</font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Page 2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Office of Real Estate and Commodities</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">July 15, 2020</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Should you have any additional questions, or wish to clarify any of these matters further, please do not hesitate to contact me.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:360px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Very truly yours,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:360px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">/s/ Deric S. Eubanks</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:360px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Deric S. Eubanks </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:360px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Enclosures</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">cc: &#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Via Email</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Gregory P. Patti, Jr.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft LLP</font></div><div><br></div><div></div>	</div></body>
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