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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Xenia Hotels&nbsp;&amp; Resorts, Inc. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-0141677</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orlando, Florida 32801 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(407) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">246-8100</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Xenia Hotels&nbsp;&amp; Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(full title of the plan) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Marcel Verbaas </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chair
  and Chief Executive Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orlando, Florida 32801 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(407) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">246-8100</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Taylor C. Kessel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior
  Vice President and General Counsel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orlando, Florida 32801 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(407) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">246-8100</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cathy
  A. Birkeland </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60611 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(312)&nbsp;876-7700</FONT> </B></P>
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  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;smaller reporting company&#148;, and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744;</P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is being filed to register the offer and sale of an additional
  2,250,000 shares (the &#147;Additional Shares&#148;) of Common Stock of the Company to be issued under the Plan. On March&nbsp;27, 2025, the Company&#146;s Board of Directors increased the authorized number of shares under the Plan from 11,750,000
  to 14,000,000, which the Company&#146;s stockholders approved on May&nbsp;13, 2025. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this Registration Statement incorporates by reference and makes a part
  hereof the contents of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-201829)</FONT> filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  &#147;Commission&#148;) on February&nbsp;2, 2015 relating to the registration of offers and sales of 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT>
  (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-238708)</FONT> filed by the Company with the Commission on May&nbsp;27, 2020 relating to the registration of offers and sales of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan, and the contents of
  the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-272087)</FONT> filed by the Company with the Commission on May&nbsp;19, 2023 relating to the registration of offers
  and sales of 2,750,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document incorporated by reference herein or therein. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;1. Plan Information
  </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation
  of Documents by Reference </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company or the Plans are incorporated herein by
  reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">A.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001616000/000161600025000022/xhr-20241231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2025. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">B.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001616000/000161600025000046/xhr-20250331.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A>, for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2025. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">C.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The portions of our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001616000/000161600025000037/xhr-20250330.htm">Definitive
   Proxy Statement</A> on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2025, incorporated by reference in Part III of our Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024.
  </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">D.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Our Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001616000/000161600025000017/xhr-20250130.htm">January
  <U></U>&nbsp;31, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600025000057/xhr-20250513.htm">May&nbsp;14, 2025</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">E.</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000119312515006255/d767140d1012ba.htm">Form
   10</A>, as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-36594),</FONT> filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;9, 2015 under section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended by the description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock
  contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616000/000161600023000025/xenia202210kexhibit41.htm">Exhibit 4.1</A> to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended
  December&nbsp;31, 2022, including any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and prior to the
  filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">de-registers</FONT> all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Company will not, however, incorporate by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed &#147;filed&#148; with the Commission, including any
  information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> unless, and except to the extent, specified in such reports. </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;4. Description of Securities </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits
  </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Number</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Description of
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d26551dex51.htm">Opinion of Venable LLP.</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001616000/000161600025000037/xhr-20250330.htm">Xenia Hotels&nbsp;
  &amp; Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan, as amended (filed as Appendix A and Appendix B to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed on March&nbsp;31, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d26551dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;9. Undertakings </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
  the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of Florida, on
  May&nbsp;15, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>Xenia Hotels&nbsp;&amp; Resorts, Inc., a Maryland Corporation</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Marcel Verbaas</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Marcel Verbaas</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Chair and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Taylor C. Kessel and Marcel Verbaas,
  and each acting alone, his true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
  any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration
  Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
  registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">By:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ MARCEL VERBAAS</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Chair and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Marcel Verbaas</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ ATISH SHAH</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer)</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Atish Shah</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ JOSEPH T. JOHNSON</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Joseph T. Johnson</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ DENNIS D. OKLAK</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Lead Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Dennis D. Oklak</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ KEITH E. BASS</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Keith E. Bass</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ THOMAS M. GARTLAND</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ BEVERLY K. GOULET</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ ARLENE ISAACS-LOWE</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ MARY ELIZABETH McCORMICK</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;15, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ TERRENCE MOOREHEAD</P></TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2025.
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Maryland
  20-0141677
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700
  Orlando, Florida 32801
  (407)
  246-8100
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan
  (full title of the plan)
  Marcel Verbaas
  Chair
  and Chief Executive Officer
  200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700
  Orlando, Florida 32801
  (407)
  246-8100
  Taylor C. Kessel
  Senior
  Vice President and General Counsel
  200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 2700
  Orlando, Florida 32801
  (407)
  246-8100
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copy to:
  Cathy
  A. Birkeland
  Latham & Watkins LLP
  330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800
  Chicago, Illinois 60611
  (312) 876-7700
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company", and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
  This Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  is being filed to register the offer and sale of an additional
  2,250,000 shares (the "Additional Shares") of Common Stock of the Company to be issued under the Plan. On March 27, 2025, the Company's Board of Directors increased the authorized number of shares under the Plan from 11,750,000
  to 14,000,000, which the Company's stockholders approved on May 13, 2025. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form
  S-8,
  this Registration Statement incorporates by reference and makes a part
  hereof the contents of the Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (File
  No. 333-201829)
  filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  "Commission") on February 2, 2015 relating to the registration of offers and sales of 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (File
  No. 333-238708)
  filed by the Company with the Commission on May 27, 2020 relating to the registration of offers and sales of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan, and the contents of
  the Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (File
  No. 333-272087)
  filed by the Company with the Commission on May 19, 2023 relating to the registration of offers
  and sales of 2,750,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document incorporated by reference herein or therein.
  PART I
  Item 1. Plan Information
  Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
  Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
  PART II
  Item 3. Incorporation
  of Documents by Reference
  The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company or the Plans are incorporated herein by
  reference:
  A.
  The Company's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 25, 2025.
  B.
  The Company's Quarterly Report on
  Form
  10-Q
  , for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2025.
  C.
  The portions of our
  Definitive
   Proxy Statement
  on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2025, incorporated by reference in Part III of our Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
  D.
  Our Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed with the Commission on
  January
  31, 2025
  and
  May 14, 2025
  .
  E.
  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on
  Form
   10
  , as amended (File
  No. 001-36594),
  filed with the Commission on January 9, 2015 under section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended by the description of the Company's Common Stock
  contained in
  Exhibit 4.1
  to the Company's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended
  December 31, 2022, including any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and prior to the
  filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
  de-registers
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. The Company will not, however, incorporate by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed "filed" with the Commission, including any
  information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of the Company's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  unless, and except to the extent, specified in such reports.
  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities
  Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Not applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description of
  Exhibit
  5.1
  Opinion of Venable LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG LLP.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to the Registration Statement).
  99.1
  Xenia Hotels 
  & Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan, as amended (filed as Appendix A and Appendix B to the Company's Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed on March 31, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).
  107
  Filing Fee Table
  Item 9. Undertakings
  Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
  the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of Florida, on
  May 15, 2025.
  Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Maryland Corporation
  By:
  /s/ Marcel Verbaas
  Marcel Verbaas
  Chair and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Taylor C. Kessel and Marcel Verbaas,
  and each acting alone, his true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
  any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration
  Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
  registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  By:
  /s/ MARCEL VERBAAS
  Chair and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Marcel Verbaas
  By:
  /s/ ATISH SHAH
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer)
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Atish Shah
  By:
  /s/ JOSEPH T. JOHNSON
  Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Joseph T. Johnson
  By:
  /s/ DENNIS D. OKLAK
  Lead Director
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Dennis D. Oklak
  By:
  /s/ KEITH E. BASS
  Director
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Keith E. Bass
  By:
  /s/ THOMAS M. GARTLAND
  Director
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Thomas M. Gartland
  By:
  /s/ BEVERLY K. GOULET
  Director
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Beverly K. Goulet
  By:
  /s/ ARLENE ISAACS-LOWE
  Director
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Arlene Isaacs-Lowe
  By:
  /s/ MARY ELIZABETH McCORMICK
  Director
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Mary Elizabeth McCormick
  By:
  /s/ TERRENCE MOOREHEAD
  Director
  May 15, 2025
  Name:
  Terrence Moorehead