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ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST ANNOUNCES SALE OF THE COURTYARD BOSTON DOWNTOWN

1. AHT sold Courtyard Boston Downtown for $123 million, enhancing liquidity. 2. The sale helps deleverage the BAML Highland Pool loan significantly. 3. Improved market sentiment is noted, aiding AHT's GRO initiative. 4. AHT experienced strong revenue growth in December. 5. Revenues from sales and properties support financial stability.

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Why Bullish?

The significant asset sale increases liquidity and reduces debt, potentially raising AHT's stock value. Similar past asset sales led to positive market performance.

How important is it?

The asset sale directly impacts cash flow and debt levels, crucial for AHT's operations.

Why Short Term?

Immediate liquidity increase and reduced loan leverage may boost investor confidence in the near term. Past asset sales resulted in quick stock price reactions.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) ("Ashford Trust" or the "Company") announced today that it has completed the sale of the 315-room Courtyard Boston Downtown located in Boston, Massachusetts for $123.0 million ($390,500 per key). "We are pleased to announce the closing of the sale of the Courtyard Boston Downtown," commented Stephen Zsigray, Ashford Trust's President and Chief Executive Officer. "This sale not only deleverages our BAML Highland Pool loan, but also results in significant capital expenditure savings going forward. We are encouraged by the improved sentiment we are seeing in both the transaction and financing markets and the progress we are making with our recently announced GRO AHT initiative as evidenced by the strong revenue growth we achieved in December." Ashford Hospitality Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing predominantly in upper upscale, full-service hotels. Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements and assumptions in this press release contain or are based upon "forward-looking" information and are being made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities regulations. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "potential," "intend," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "approximately," "believe," "could," "project," "predict," or other similar words or expressions. Additionally, statements regarding the following subjects are forward-looking by their nature: our business and investment strategy; anticipated or expected purchases, sales or dispositions of assets; our projected operating results; completion of any pending transactions; our plan to pay off strategic financing; our ability to restructure existing property-level indebtedness; our ability to secure additional financing to enable us to operate our business; our understanding of our competition; projected capital expenditures; and the impact of technology on our operations and business. Such forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions, and expectations of our future performance taking into account all information currently known to us. These beliefs, assumptions, and expectations can change as a result of many potential events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans, and other objectives may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider this risk when you make an investment decision concerning our securities. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are only made as of the date of this press release. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We will not publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances, changes in expectations or otherwise except to the extent required by law. SOURCE Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM? 440k+ Newsrooms & Influencers 9k+ Digital Media Outlets 270k+ Journalists Opted In

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