Hersha Hospitality Announces First Quarter 2009 Earnings

Hersha Hospitality Trust (HT) 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 DC. The Company also owns hotels in Northern California and Scottsdale, Arizona. Hersha focuses on high quality upscale hotels in high barrier to entry markets