CNL Hotels & Resorts Completes the Sale of 30 Hotels for Estimated Net Gain of $37 Million
June 20 2005 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
CNL Hotels & Resorts Completes the Sale of 30 Hotels for
Estimated Net Gain of $37 Million ORLANDO, Fla., June 20
/PRNewswire/ -- CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc., the nation's
second-largest hotel real estate investment trust ("REIT"),
announced today it has completed its previously announced sale of
30 non-strategic hotel properties to certain affiliates of Ashford
Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE:AHT) for $465 million. The total net
gain to CNL Hotels & Resorts is an estimated $37 million.
Thomas J. Hutchison III, chief executive officer of CNL Hotels
& Resorts, stated, "We believe the sale of these 30
non-strategic assets capitalizes on today's favorable lodging
fundamentals and enhances the overall quality of our portfolio.
With this disposition, we further our efforts to actively recycle
capital while intensifying our strategic focus on the ownership and
acquisition of distinctive lodging assets." The 30 hotels sold
include: the Courtyard Alpharetta, Courtyard Crystal City,
Courtyard Foothill Ranch, Courtyard Overland Park, Courtyard Palm
Desert, Courtyard Weston, Residence Inn - Ann Arbor, Residence Inn
- Fishkill, Residence Inn - Sacramento, Residence Inn - Tyler,
Residence Inn - Warwick, Residence Inn - Wilmington, Residence Inn
Cottonwood, Residence Inn Merrifield, Residence Inn Mira Mesa,
Residence Inn Orlando, Residence Inn Palm Desert, Residence Inn Sea
World, Residence Inn, River Plaza Ft. Worth, SpringHill Suites
Centreville, SpringHill Suites Charlotte, SpringHill Suites
Gaithersburg, SpringHill Suites Raleigh, TownePlace Suites - Ft.
Worth, TownePlace Suites - Miami, TownePlace Suites - Miami Lakes,
TownePlace Suites Mt. Laurel, TownePlace Suites Newark, TownePlace
Suites Scarborough and TownePlace Suites Tewksbury. About CNL
Hotels & Resorts, Inc. CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc. owns one
of the most distinctive portfolios in the lodging industry, with a
focus on luxury resorts and upper-upscale properties. With the
closing of this transaction, the company now has nearly $6 billion
in total assets with more than 100 hotels and resorts across North
America that operate under independent brands and corporate brands
such as Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt. For more information, please
visit http://www.cnlhotels.com/ . Safe Harbor Statement Under The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act Of 1995 Certain statements
and information included in this release constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are based on current expectations, estimates and
projections about future events, including but not limited to, the
expected use of proceeds from the disposition of the 30 properties.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of CNL Hotels & Resorts (the
"Company") to be materially different from any future results,
performance, or achievements expressed or implied in such
forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in
its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Although the Company believes its current expectations are based
upon reasonable assumptions, the Company can give no assurance that
expectations will be attained or that the properties will be sold
or, if sold, will be sold on the indicated terms. DATASOURCE: CNL
Hotels & Resorts CONTACT: C. Brian Strickland, EVP, CFO,
Treasurer & Corporate Secretary, +1-407-650-1000, or Lauren
Harris, Vice President, Marketing & Communications,
+1-407-650-1205, both of CNL Hotels & Resorts Web site:
http://www.cnlonline.com/
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