HT Hersha Hospitality Trust

Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT) owner of nationally franchised premium full service and select service hotels, announced that the Company will release its financial results for the third quarter of 2008 on Thursday, November 6, 2008, before the opening of market trading. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 10:00 AM Eastern time. Hosting the call will be Mr. Jay H. Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Neil H. Shah, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Mr. Ashish Parikh, Chief Financial Officer. The live conference call can be accessed by dialing (800) 562-8369 or (913) 312-1298 for international participants. A replay of the call will be available from 1:00 PM Eastern time on November 6, 2008, through midnight Eastern time on November 20, 2008. The replay can be accessed by dialing (888) 203-1112 or (719) 457-0820 for international participants. The passcode for the call and the replay is 6400170. About Hersha Hospitality Hersha Hospitality Trust is a self-advised real estate investment trust, which owns interests in 77 hotels, totaling 9,752 rooms, primarily along the Northeast Corridor from Boston to Washington D.C. The Company also owns hotels in Northern California and Scottsdale, Arizona. Hersha focuses on high quality upscale hotels in high barrier to entry markets. For additional information, visit www.hersha.com. Forward Looking Statement Certain matters within this press release are discussed using forward-looking language as specified in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and, as such, August involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that August cause the actual results or performance to differ from those projected in the forward-looking statement. For a description of these factors, please review the information under the heading �Risk Factors� included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the SEC.