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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-variant:normal !important;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-variant:normal !important;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-variant:normal !important;">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 TO<br>
  SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE<br>
  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):</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;">April&nbsp;29, 2008</font></b></p>
  
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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;">DiamondRock Hospitality Company</font></b></p>
  
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  name of registrant as specified in charter)</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;">20-1180098</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;">6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite&nbsp;800<br>
  Bethesda, MD 20817</font></b><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></u></b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Principal
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  number, including area code)</font></p>
  
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  registrant under any of the following provisions (<i>see </i>General Instruction A.2. below):</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-indent:-63.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 2.02.&#160; Results of Operations and Financial Condition</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  information in this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K is furnished under Item
  2.02 - &#147;Results of Operations and Financial Condition.&#148; Such information,
  including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for any
  purpose, including for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject to
  the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
  shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any
  general incorporation language in such filing.</font></p>
  
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  April&nbsp;29, 2008, DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a
  press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March&nbsp;21,
  2008. The text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and
  is incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 9.01.&#160; Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>
  
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  Index to Exhibits attached hereto.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>
  
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  <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;">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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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DIAMONDROCK
    HOSPITALITY COMPANY</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: April&nbsp;30, 2008</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Michael D. Schecter</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael D. Schecter</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive
    Vice President, General Counsel and<br>
    Corporate Secretary</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</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):
  April 29, 2008
  DiamondRock Hospitality Company
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in charter)
  Maryland
  001-32514
  20-1180098
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation)
  (Commission File
    Number)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification No.)
  6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 800
  Bethesda, MD 20817
  (Address of Principal
  Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)
  (240) 744-1150
  (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 (
  see
  General Instruction A.2. below):
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
  Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  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
  The
  information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is furnished under Item
  2.02 - "Results of Operations and Financial Condition." Such information,
  including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for any
  purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to
  the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K
  shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any
  general incorporation language in such filing.
  On
  April 29, 2008, DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the "Company") issued a
  press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 21,
  2008. The text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
  is incorporated by reference herein.
  ITEM 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits.
  See
  Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
  2
  SIGNATURE
  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.
  DIAMONDROCK
    HOSPITALITY COMPANY
  Date: April 30, 2008
  By:
  /s/ Michael D. Schecter
  Michael D. Schecter
  Executive
    Vice President, General Counsel and
  Corporate Secretary
  3
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  99.1
  Press release dated
    April 29, 2008.
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