Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company's portfolio consists of upscale hotels and upper upscale full-service hotels. The Company owns its lodging investments and conducts its business through Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership (Ashford Trust OP). Its hotel properties are primarily branded under the brands of Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and Intercontinental Hotel Group. The Company operates through one segment: direct hotel investments. It has a portfolio consisting of approximately 68 consolidated operating hotel properties, which represent over 16,736 total rooms. It owns a 15.1 % ownership in OpenKey, Inc. It owns four consolidated operating hotel properties, which represent 405 total rooms owned through a 99.0% ownership interest in Stirling REIT OP, LP (Stirling OP). The Company also has an investment in an entity that owns the Meritage Resort and Spa and the Grand Reserve at the Meritage (the Meritage Investment) in Napa, California.