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Host Marriott Reports a Loss of $8 million for 1st Qtr,
Compared to Profit of $27 million a Year Ago - 
RevPAR Declines 12.3%
Hotel Operational Data
BETHESDA, Md., May 1, 2002 - Host Marriott Corporation (NYSE: HMT), the nation's largest hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced results of operations for the first quarter ended March 22, 2002.  Operating results for the first quarter, although they remain below prior year levels, reflect steady improvement in the travel and leisure industry, supported by a strengthening economy.  The results include the following:
  • Comparative Funds From Operations ("FFO") were $.25 per diluted share for the first quarter ended March 22, 2002 versus FFO of $.41 per diluted share for the first quarter ended March 23, 2001.
  • Earnings before Interest Expense, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization and other non-cash items ("EBITDA") for the first quarter 2002 were $205 million versus $238 million for the first quarter 2001.
  • For the first quarter of 2002 the Company's diluted loss per share was $.03 versus diluted earnings per share of $.12 for the first quarter of 2001.
  • Total revenues were $790 million for the first quarter 2002 versus $873 million for the first quarter 2001.
Operating Results
    
Comparable RevPAR for the first quarter declined 12.3% and operating profit margins declined by 0.2 percentage points. The Company's first quarter RevPAR decline was the result of a 9.4% reduction in average room rate and occupancy declines of 2.4 percentage points.  The Company's urban, resort and convention hotels, which represent 71% of first quarter EBITDA, had a strong RevPAR performance with a decline of only 8.7%, a result of a decline in average room rate of 7.9% while occupancy was down less than one percentage point from last year.
    
Mr. Christopher J. Nassetta, president and chief executive officer, stated, "We are very pleased with the continuing strong improvement in operating results in the first quarter which significantly exceeded our expectations. We continue to see steady improvements in RevPAR each month, which has been helped by the strengthening economy. We continue to work with our operators to control operating expenses, which have resulted in an industry leading margin decline of less than a quarter of a percentage point.  We expect these positive trends will continue throughout 2002."
    
Balance Sheet
    
As of March 22, 2002, the Company had $341 million in cash on hand and no amounts outstanding on its bank credit facility.  Additionally, the Company has no significant maturities until 2005 and approximately 90% of its debt has a fixed interest rate with a weighted average cost of 7.94%.  The Company intends to negotiate a new long-term bank credit facility during 2002 that will be smaller but more flexible than the existing agreement.
    
Mr. Robert Parsons, executive vice president and chief financial officer, stated, "Our focused approach to maintaining a strong balance sheet and liquidity provides us with the financial flexibility that will enable us to take advantage of opportunities as they arise that will enhance shareholder value."
    
2002 Outlook

The Company's updated guidance for RevPAR for full year 2002 is a range between flat to down 2%.  Based upon this guidance the Company estimates the following:

  •  FFO per share for the full year should be in the range of $1.12 to $1.22; and
  •  EBITDA for the full year should be between $875 and $915 million.
The Company policy on dividends generally has been to distribute the minimum amount necessary to maintain REIT status.  The Company expects to reinstate the dividend on the common stock later this year if it continues to see improvement in operations.  The Company intends to continue to pay dividends on its QUIPs and preferred stock.
    
Mr. Nassetta added, "We are hopeful that the positive trends we have seen thus far will continue for the rest of the year and into 2003. We believe that the significant decline in supply for 2003 and the next several years, matched with increasing demand from a strengthening economy, should ultimately result in meaningful growth in RevPAR, earnings, dividends and shareholder value."
 
 
HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION
Consolidated Balance Sheets (a)
(unaudited, in millions)
                                                      March 22,   December 31,
                                                         2002        2001
                           ASSETS
    Property and equipment, net                          $6,939       $6,999
    Notes and other receivables (including
     amounts due from affiliates of $6 million
     and $6 million, respectively)                           54           54
    Due from Manager                                        150          141
    Investments in affiliates                               137          142
    Other assets                                            562          536
    Restricted cash                                         115          114
    Cash and cash equivalents                               341          352
                                                         $8,298       $8,338
 

            LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
    Debt
        Senior notes                                     $3,231       $3,235
        Mortgage debt                                     2,228        2,261
        Other                                               106          106
                                                          5,565        5,602
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses                   124          121
    Other liabilities                                       302          321
            Total liabilities                             5,991        6,044

    Minority interest                                       213          210
    Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable
     convertible preferred securities of a
     subsidiary whose sole assets are the
     convertible subordinated debentures due
     2026 ("Convertible Preferred
     Securities")                                           475          475

    Shareholders' equity
    Cumulative redeemable preferred stock
     (liquidation preference $25 per share),
     50 million shares authorized; 14.2
     million shares issued and outstanding                  339          339
    Common stock, 750 million shares
     authorized; 264.6 million shares and
     263.2 million shares issued and
     outstanding, respectively                                3            3
    Additional paid-in capital                            2,068        2,051
    Accumulated other comprehensive loss                     (3)          (5)
    Retained deficit                                       (788)        (779)
            Total shareholders' equity                    1,619        1,609
                                                         $8,298       $8,338

    (a) Our consolidated balance sheets have been prepared without audit.
        Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been omitted.  The unaudited consolidated balance sheets should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.

HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION 
Consolidated Statements of Operations (a)
(unaudited, in millions, except per share amounts)

                                                        Twelve weeks ended
                                                  March 22,         March 23,
                                                      2002              2001

    Revenues
     Hotel sales
      Rooms                                            $465              $522
      Food and beverage                                 244               253
      Other                                              55                64
        Total hotel sales                               764               839
     Rental income (b)                                   26                34
        Revenues                                        790               873

    Expenses
     Rooms                                              111               121
     Food and beverage                                  175               191
     Hotel departmental costs and deductions            196               208
     Management fees                                     36                52
     Taxes, insurance and other property-
      level expenses                                     62                65
     Depreciation and amortization                       84                77
     Corporate expenses                                  13                 8
     Other expense                                        4                 2

    Operating profit                                    109               149
     Minority interest expense                           (5)              (15)
     Interest income                                      3                 8
     Interest expense                                  (105)             (103)
     Net gains on property transactions                   1                 1
     Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates           (4)                2
     Dividends on convertible preferred
      securities of subsidiary trust                     (7)               (7)

    Income (loss) before income taxes                    (8)               35
    Provision for income taxes                           (4)               (3)

    Income (loss) from continuing operations            (12)               32
    Discontinued operations (c)
    Gain on disposal                                      7                 -

    Income (loss) before extraordinary items             (5)               32
    Extraordinary gain (c)                                6                 -

    Net income                                           $1               $32

    Less:  preferred dividends                           (9)               (5)

    Net income (loss) available to common
     shareholders                                       $(8)              $27

    Basic earnings (loss) per common share            $(.03)             $.12

    Diluted earnings (loss) per common share          $(.03)             $.12

    (a) Our consolidated statements of operations have been prepared without
        audit. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been omitted.  The unaudited consolidated statements of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.
    (b) Rental income for the twelve weeks ended March 22, 2002 and March 23,
        2001 includes: 1) lease income from our HPT leases of $15 million for both periods, 2) lease income from full-service properties of $10 million and $18 million, respectively, and 3) office building rental income of $1 million for both periods. As of March 23, 2001, we had five full-service properties that received lease income. We repurchased the lessee entities with respect to four of those properties in June 2001, terminating the leases for financial reporting purposes. Therefore, we currently receive lease income with respect to only one full-service property. Corresponding expenses for the aforementioned rental income for the twelve weeks ended March 22, 2002 and March 23, 2001 include rental expense relating to our HPT leases of $16 million for both periods and office building expenses of $1 million for both periods. These expenses are included in taxes, insurance and other property-level expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.
    (c) We adopted SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
        Long-Lived Assets," effective January 1, 2002. Gains and losses from all subsequent sales of real estate, as well as any income or loss from the property prior to disposal, are required to be recorded as discontinued operations. In January 2002 we transferred the St. Louis Marriott Pavilion to the lender. The gain on the extinguishment of the debt has been recorded as an extraordinary item. All other gains and losses are recorded as discontinued operations.  The total gain of $13 million is net of taxes of $8 million.

HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION
Hotel Operational Data
Comparable Property Statistics
(unaudited)

                             Comparable by Region
                   As of March 22, 2002     Twelve weeks ended March 22, 2002
                                                         Average
                    No. of      No. of       Average    Occupancy
                Properties(a)   Rooms       Daily Rate Percentages  RevPAR(b)

    Atlanta           15        6,543       $142.84        69.2%      $98.78
    DC Metro          13        4,995        134.90        62.8        84.74
    Florida           13        7,594        173.41        79.7       138.15
    International      4        1,636         94.21        64.0        60.31
    Mid-Atlantic       9        6,221        176.77        76.2       134.69
    Mountain           8        3,310        128.20        68.5        87.84
    New England        6        2,279        117.02        57.9        67.81
    North Central     15        5,394        112.40        62.0        69.64
    Pacific           23       11,812        157.25        70.5       110.88
    South Central     12        6,513        140.37        78.7       110.50
       All Regions   118       56,297        148.12        70.9%      105.08
 

                             Comparable by Region

                             Twelve weeks ended March 23, 2001
                                          Average                     Percent
                            Average      Occupancy                  Change in
                          Daily Rate    Percentages    RevPAR(b)      RevPAR

    Atlanta                $157.35          72.8%     $114.60        (13.8)%
    DC Metro                159.07          65.1       103.54        (18.2)
    Florida                 192.56          80.7       155.38        (11.1)
    International           101.09          69.1        69.83        (13.6)
    Mid-Atlantic            190.85          75.5       144.17         (6.6)
    Mountain                124.20          73.3        91.09         (3.6)
    New England             133.77          60.9        81.49        (16.8)
    North Central           127.39          64.3        81.95        (15.0)
    Pacific                 181.21          74.5       135.04        (17.9)
    South Central           146.97          79.3       116.57         (5.2)
       All Regions          163.48          73.3%      119.85        (12.3)%
 

                          Other Portfolio Statistics
                    As of March 22, 2002    Twelve weeks ended March 22, 2002
                                                         Average
                     No. of      No. of      Average    Occupancy
                 Properties(a)    Rooms     Daily Rate Percentages  RevPAR(b)

    Ritz-Carlton(c)    9          3,536     $241.68        66.2%     $159.91
 

                          Other Portfolio Statistics
                             Twelve weeks ended March 23, 2001
                                          Average                     Percent
                            Average      Occupancy                  Change in
                          Daily Rate    Percentages    RevPAR(b)      RevPAR

    Ritz-Carlton(c)        $270.58         71.4%      $193.27        (17.3)%
 

    (a) Comparable properties consist of the 118 properties owned, directly
        or indirectly, by us for the first quarter of 2002 and 2001, excluding hotels with non-comparable operating environments as a result of acquisitions, dispositions, property damage and expansion and development projects.
    (b) RevPAR represents room revenue per available room, which measures
        daily room revenues generated on a per room basis, excluding food and beverage revenues or other ancillary revenues generated by the property.
    (c) Includes nine Ritz-Carlton properties currently owned by us for all
        periods presented, excluding the Ritz-Carlton, Naples Golf Resort, which was placed in service in January 2002.

                          HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION
                            Hotel Operational Data
                Property Statistics by Region (All Properties)
                                 (unaudited)
                    As of March 22, 2002    Twelve Weeks Ended March 22, 2002
                                                           Average
                     No. of      No. of      Average      Occupancy
                   Properties     Rooms     Daily Rate   Percentages   RevPAR

    Atlanta            15        6,543      $142.84        69.2%      $98.78
    DC Metro           13        4,995       134.90         62.8       84.74
    Florida            14        7,889       176.57         79.2      139.92
    International       6        2,548       109.25         65.4       71.45
    Mid-Atlantic       10        6,725       175.57         75.4      132.32
    Mountain            8        3,310       128.14         68.5       87.80
    New England         6        2,279       117.02         57.9       67.81
    North Central      15        5,394       112.40         62.0       69.64
    Pacific            23       11,812       157.25         70.5      110.88
    South Central      12        6,513       139.51         77.5      108.05
       All Regions    122       58,008       148.55        70.7%      105.04

                            Twelve weeks ended March 23, 2001
                                          Average                    Percent
                            Average      Occupancy                 Change in
                          Daily Rate    Percentages    RevPAR        RevPAR
    Atlanta                $157.35         72.8%      $114.60       (13.8)%
    DC Metro                159.07          65.1       103.54        (18.2)
    Florida                 192.56          80.7       155.38         (9.9)
    International           101.09          69.1        69.83           2.3
    Mid-Atlantic            196.40          75.3       147.80        (10.5)
    Mountain                133.77          73.9        98.84        (11.2)
    New England             133.77          60.9        81.49        (16.8)
    North Central           127.39          64.3        81.95        (15.0)
    Pacific                 181.21          74.5       135.04        (17.9)
    South Central           146.97          79.3       116.57         (7.3)
       All Regions          165.51         73.4%       121.43       (13.5)%
 

                          HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION
                            Hotel Operational Data
        Schedule of Property Level Results (Comparable Properties) (a)
                           (unaudited, in millions)
                                                       Twelve weeks ended
                                                March 22, 2002  March 23, 2001

    Number of hotels (b)                                118             118
    Number of rooms                                  56,297          56,300
    Percent change in RevPAR                          (12.3)%
    Operating profit margin                            27.0            27.2

    Revenues
        Room                                           $467            $533
        Food and beverage                               246             263
        Other                                            57              67
    Total hotel sales                                   770             863

    Expenses
        Room                                            110             122
        Food and beverage                               175             195
        Other                                            31              34
        Management fees, ground rent and other costs    246             277
    Total operating expenses                            562             628

    Operating profit (c)                               $208            $235

    (a) Hotel sales and expenses represent the unaudited comparable gross
        hotel results, which includes room, food and beverage and other hotel revenues and expenses generated by our 118 comparable properties, without consideration of whether these properties are leased to outside parties.  During the twelve weeks ended March 22, 2002 and March 23, 2001, one and five of our hotels, respectively, were leased to third parties for which we recorded rental income. As a result, for those properties, the sales and expenses are not subject to our system of internal accounting controls. We have presented this information because we feel that it may be useful to investors in determining the unleveraged economic value of our properties. However, this should not be deemed to be a method for the calculation of the market value of either Host REIT or the hotel properties.  It also does not represent the value at which we could sell the properties on the open market.
    (b) Comparable properties consist of the 118 properties owned, directly or
        indirectly by us for the same period of time in each period covered, and excludes hotels with non-comparable operating environments as a result of acquisitions, dispositions, property damage and expansion and development projects.
    (c) As stated above, these results represent comparable property-level
        results and are not the revenues or operating profit of Host REIT for all periods presented.  Further, certain significant cost items normally recorded under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States including interest expense, lease payments, depreciation and amortization have not been included in the calculation of property-level profit. Additionally, the property-level profit does not reflect our EBITDA reported herein.

Host Marriott is a Fortune 500 lodging real estate company that currently owns or holds controlling interests in 122 upscale and luxury hotel properties primarily operated under premium brands, such as Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt, Four Seasons, and Hilton.  
    
Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities regulations.  

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Also See Host Marriott Reports Diluted Earnings Per Share of $.08 for the Full Year 2001, Versus $.63 for Full Year 2000; Hotel Operational Data / Feb 2002
Host Marriott Corp Reports 1st Qtr Occupancy of 73.3% vs 76.2%, RevPAR Increased 0.2% / May 2001 


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