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


                                 APRIL 22, 1999





                       HOST MARRIOTT SERVICES CORPORATION




           DELAWARE                    1-14040                  52-1938672
    (State of Incorporation)         (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
                                      File Number)        Identification Number)




                              6600 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE
                            BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20817
                                 (301) 380-7000




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ITEM 1.  CHANGES IN CONTROL OF REGISTRANT.
    None.

ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
    None.

ITEM 3.  BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP.
    None.

ITEM 4.  CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
    None.

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     On April 22, 1999,  the Company held a conference  call for  investors  and
     analysts that focused on first quarter 1999 earnings.  As part of the call,
     supplemental  charts with  forward-looking  information  were provided (see
     Exhibit 99). During the conference call, the Company stated that it expects
     that price  increases in the first  quarter of 1999 at two large  contracts
     could  increase  operating  profit by $1.0  million  in 1999.  The  Company
     reduced its 1999 corporate overhead budget by $2.0 million, up less than 2%
     excluding  Year 2000 costs in both years,  and  established  a $2.0 million
     cost  reduction  goal in its field  overhead  structure.  Through the first
     quarter of 1999, the Company invested approximately $33 million and expects
     to spend $125 to $135 million in capital  investments,  with $35 million in
     new markets for the 1999 fiscal year.  Depreciation was 4.2% of revenues in
     1998 and the Company expects the  depreciation  margin to increase by 20 to
     30 basis points in 1999. The Company is targeting depreciation to remain in
     this range  over the next  several  years.  Free cash flow is  expected  to
     increase  significantly  in the Company's core business in 2001 and beyond.
     For 1999  and  2000,  the  Company  has  increased  its  after  tax  return
     requirements  for all new  projects to 12% which is two  percentage  points
     above its cost of  capital.  For a typical  ten-year  project,  this  would
     increase  the cash on cash return  from 20% to 25%,  after  corporate  cost
     allocations,  in the first stabilized year of operations. A typical project
     for the Company approved during the past eighteen months had a 2 to 1 sales
     to  investment  ratio and  cash-on-cash  returns  forecast  to  exceed  the
     Company's target.  As discussed in the attached press release,  the Company
     was granted an option for an additional  five-year term at Phoenix Terminal
     IV  with  sales  to  investment  ratio  and  cash-on-cash  returns  for the
     five-year extension projected to be three times and 50%, respectively.  The
     Company forecasts borrowing approximately $40 million under its $75 million
     bank line by the end of 1999 and is preparing  for its interest  payment on
     the Company's  senior notes in May of 2000. The Company will consider other
     alternative  sources of funds such as issuing  unsecured  debt or tendering
     early for its $400 million of senior notes and  recapitalizing  the Company
     to allow for increased share repurchases,  enhanced  financial  flexibility
     and the potential for reducing interest rates.

    The  statements   described  above  and  made  during  the  conference  call
    concerning  the Company's  outlook for 1999 and beyond,  the growth in total
    earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), earnings before interest,  taxes,
    depreciation,  amortization  and other  non-cash items (EBITDA) and earnings
    per  diluted  share  for 1999 and  beyond,  projected  capital  investments,
    projected  free cash flow in 2001 and beyond,  depreciation  margins in 1999
    and  beyond,  after tax  internal  rate of return  on  projects  in 1999 and
    beyond,   cash-on-cash  return  forecasts  in  1999  and  beyond,  sales  to
    investment  ratio in 1999 and beyond,  borrowings  under the  line-of-credit
    agreement for 1999 and beyond and similar  statements  concerning events and
    expectations that are not historical facts are "forward-looking  statements"
    within  the  meaning  of  federal  securities  laws.  These  forward-looking
    statements  are subject to numerous risks and  uncertainties,  including the
    effects of seasonality, airline and tollroad industry fundamentals,  general
    economic  conditions  (including  the  current  economic  downturn in Asia),
    government  regulation,  the potential adverse impact of union labor strikes
    and the Year 2000 issue on operations,  competitive  forces within the food,
    beverage and retail  concessions  industries,  and the  availability of cash
    flow to fund future  capital  expenditures.  Forward-looking  statements are
    inherently uncertain, and investors must recognize that actual results could
    differ  materially  from those  expressed  or implied by the  statements.  A
    detailed  discussion  of these risks and  uncertainties  is contained in the
    Company's  1998  Annual  Report on Form 10-K filed with the  Securities  and
    Exchange Commission.



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ITEM 6.  RESIGNATIONS OF REGISTRANT'S DIRECTORS.
     None.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
       EXHIBIT NO.
           20      Press Release dated April 22, 1999 announcing first quarter 
                   1999 earnings and containing forward-looking statements.
           99      Conference call charts

ITEM 8.  CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.

         None.


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                                   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.




                                         HOST MARRIOTT SERVICES CORPORATION

         APRIL 22, 1999                         /S/ BRIAN W. BETHERS            
-----------------------------           ----------------------------------    
              Date                                Brian W. Bethers
                               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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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

                                 APRIL 22, 1999

                       HOST MARRIOTT SERVICES CORPORATION

           DELAWARE                    1-14040                  52-1938672
    (State of Incorporation)         (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
                                      File Number)        Identification Number)

                              6600 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE
                            BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20817
                                 (301) 380-7000
ITEM 1.  CHANGES IN CONTROL OF REGISTRANT.
    None.

ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
    None.

ITEM 3.  BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP.
    None.

ITEM 4.  CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
    None.

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     On April 22, 1999,  the Company held a conference  call for  investors  and
     analysts that focused on first quarter 1999 earnings.  As part of the call,
     supplemental  charts with  forward-looking  information  were provided (see
     Exhibit 99). During the conference call, the Company stated that it expects
     that price  increases in the first  quarter of 1999 at two large  contracts
     could  increase  operating  profit by $1.0  million  in 1999.  The  Company
     reduced its 1999 corporate overhead budget by $2.0 million, up less than 2%
     excluding  Year 2000 costs in both years,  and  established  a $2.0 million
     cost  reduction  goal in its field  overhead  structure.  Through the first
     quarter of 1999, the Company invested approximately $33 million and expects
     to spend $125 to $135 million in capital  investments,  with $35 million in
     new markets for the 1999 fiscal year.  Depreciation was 4.2% of revenues in
     1998 and the Company expects the  depreciation  margin to increase by 20 to
     30 basis points in 1999. The Company is targeting depreciation to remain in
     this range  over the next  several  years.  Free cash flow is  expected  to
     increase  significantly  in the Company's core business in 2001 and beyond.
     For 1999  and  2000,  the  Company  has  increased  its  after  tax  return
     requirements  for all new  projects to 12% which is two  percentage  points
     above its cost of  capital.  For a typical  ten-year  project,  this  would
     increase  the cash on cash return  from 20% to 25%,  after  corporate  cost
     allocations,  in the first stabilized year of operations. A typical project
     for the Company approved during the past eighteen months had a 2 to 1 sales
     to  investment  ratio and  cash-on-cash  returns  forecast  to  exceed  the
     Company's target.  As discussed in the attached press release,  the Company
     was granted an option for an additional  five-year term at Phoenix Terminal
     IV  with  sales  to  investment  ratio  and  cash-on-cash  returns  for the
     five-year extension projected to be three times and 50%, respectively.  The
     Company forecasts borrowing approximately $40 million under its $75 million
     bank line by the end of 1999 and is preparing  for its interest  payment on
     the Company's  senior notes in May of 2000. The Company will consider other
     alternative  sources of funds such as issuing  unsecured  debt or tendering
     early for its $400 million of senior notes and  recapitalizing  the Company
     to allow for increased share repurchases,  enhanced  financial  flexibility
     and the potential for reducing interest rates.

    The  statements   described  above  and  made  during  the  conference  call
    concerning  the Company's  outlook for 1999 and beyond,  the growth in total
    earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), earnings before interest,  taxes,
    depreciation,  amortization  and other  non-cash items (EBITDA) and earnings
    per  diluted  share  for 1999 and  beyond,  projected  capital  investments,
    projected  free cash flow in 2001 and beyond,  depreciation  margins in 1999
    and  beyond,  after tax  internal  rate of return  on  projects  in 1999 and
    beyond,   cash-on-cash  return  forecasts  in  1999  and  beyond,  sales  to
    investment  ratio in 1999 and beyond,  borrowings  under the  line-of-credit
    agreement for 1999 and beyond and similar  statements  concerning events and
    expectations that are not historical facts are "forward-looking  statements"
    within  the  meaning  of  federal  securities  laws.  These  forward-looking
    statements  are subject to numerous risks and  uncertainties,  including the
    effects of seasonality, airline and tollroad industry fundamentals,  general
    economic  conditions  (including  the  current  economic  downturn in Asia),
    government  regulation,  the potential adverse impact of union labor strikes
    and the Year 2000 issue on operations,  competitive  forces within the food,
    beverage and retail  concessions  industries,  and the  availability of cash
    flow to fund future  capital  expenditures.  Forward-looking  statements are
    inherently uncertain, and investors must recognize that actual results could
    differ  materially  from those  expressed  or implied by the  statements.  A
    detailed  discussion  of these risks and  uncertainties  is contained in the
    Company's  1998  Annual  Report on Form 10-K filed with the  Securities  and
    Exchange Commission.
2

ITEM 6.  RESIGNATIONS OF REGISTRANT'S DIRECTORS.
     None.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
       EXHIBIT NO.
           20      Press Release dated April 22, 1999 announcing first quarter 
                   1999 earnings and containing forward-looking statements.
           99      Conference call charts

ITEM 8.  CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.

         None.
3

                                   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.

                                         HOST MARRIOTT SERVICES CORPORATION

         APRIL 22, 1999                         /S/ BRIAN W. BETHERS            
-----------------------------           ----------------------------------    
              Date                                Brian W. Bethers
                               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer