Ashford Trust Announces Acquisition Of 9-Hotel Portfolio For $224 Million

9-hotel portfolio consists of 8 select-service hotels and 1 full-service hotel with 1,251 total rooms - Purchase price equates to an estimated forward 12-month cap rate of 7.5% and an estimated forward 12-month EBITDA multiple of 11.6x

Acquisition Highlights:

• 9-hotel portfolio consists of 8 select-service hotels and 1 full-service hotel with 1,251 total rooms
• Purchase price equates to an estimated forward 12-month cap rate of 7.5% and an estimated forward 12-month EBITDA multiple of 11.6x
• Well-located and diversified portfolio proximate to stable demand generators
• Relatively new assets with average age of 7 years
• Remington Lodging to take over property management at closing

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) ("Ashford Trust" or the "Company") announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 9-hotel portfolio for total consideration of $224 million in cash ($179,000 per key).  The Company anticipates financing the portfolio with non-recourse debt of approximately $179 million.  Upon closing, all of the properties will be managed by Remington Lodging.

The purchase price represents a trailing 12-month cap rate of 7.2% on net operating income and a trailing 12.1x EBITDA multiple.  On a forward 12-month basis, the purchase price represents an estimated cap rate of 7.5% on net operating income and an estimated 11.6x EBITDA multiple.  On a trailing 12-month basis, the portfolio achieved RevPAR of $100, with occupancy of 76% and Average Daily Rate of $131.

The portfolio includes: 

"We are pleased to announce this strategic and accretive transaction.  This portfolio afforded us the opportunity to acquire well-placed, well-conditioned assets with strong and diverse brands that will expand the geographic footprint of our platform," said Monty J. Bennett, Ashford Trust's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  "With the installation of Remington property management at all of these properties, we see substantial upside to the operating performance across this portfolio."

Ashford Hospitality Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing opportunistically in the hospitality industry across all segments and at all levels of the capital structure primarily within the United States.