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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;">SECURITIES
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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;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</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;">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT</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;">TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE</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;">SECURITIES 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): <b>May&nbsp;6, 2008 (May&nbsp;6, 2008)</b></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;">400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts&#160; 02458</font></b></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;">617-964-8389</font></b></p>
  
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  May&nbsp;6, 2008, Hospitality Properties Trust, or the Company, issued a press
  release setting forth the Company&#146;s results of operations and financial
  condition for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2008 and also provided
  certain supplemental operating and financial data for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2008.&#160; Copies of the Company&#146;s press release and
  supplemental operating and financial data are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and
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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;">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 hereunto
  duly authorized.</font></p>
  
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
  TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  May 6, 2008 (May 6, 2008)
  HOSPITALITY
  PROPERTIES TRUST
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Maryland
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  1-11527
  04-3262075
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts  02458
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
  617-964-8389
  (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  Check
  the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions:
  o
  Written
    communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
    230.425)
  ¨
  Soliciting
    material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
    240.14a-12)
  ¨
  Pre-commencement
    communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
    CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  ¨
  Pre-commencement
    communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
    CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial
  Condition.
  On
  May 6, 2008, Hospitality Properties Trust, or the Company, issued a press
  release setting forth the Company's results of operations and financial
  condition for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 and also provided
  certain supplemental operating and financial data for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.  Copies of the Company's press release and
  supplemental operating and financial data are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and
  99.2 hereto, respectively.
  Item
  9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)          Exhibits
  T
  he Company hereby furnishes the following
  exhibits:
  99.1         Press release dated May 6, 2008
  99.2         First Quarter 2008 Supplemental Operating and Financial Data
  2
  SIGNATURES
  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 hereunto
  duly authorized.
  HOSPITALITY
    PROPERTIES TRUST
  By:
  /s/
    Mark L. Kleifges
  Name:
  Mark
    L. Kleifges
  Title:
  Treasurer
    and Chief Financial Officer
  Dated:  May 6,
  2008
  3