ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR), a leading hotel real estate investor and the nation's largest independent management company, today announced that the company will release fourth-quarter 2008 financial results on Thursday, March 12, 2009, before the market's opening. Management will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. ET to discuss those results.

The call will be hosted by Chief Executive Officer Thomas F. Hewitt and Chief Financial Officer Bruce Riggins. Stockholders and other interested parties may listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call on the Internet by logging onto Interstate's Web site, www.ihrco.com, or www.streetevents.com, or may call 800-547-5524, reference number 11126433. (International investors may call 303-262-2005.) A recording of the call will be available by telephone until midnight on Thursday, March 19, 2009, by dialing 800-405-2236, reference number 11126433. (International investors may call 303-590-3000.) A replay of the conference call will be posted on Interstate Hotels & Resorts' Web site through April 12, 2009.

Interstate Hotels & Resorts has ownership interests in 57 hotels and resorts, including seven wholly owned assets. Together with these properties, the company and its affiliates manage a total of 225 hospitality properties with more than 46,000 rooms in 37 states, the District of Columbia, Russia, Mexico, Belgium, Canada and Ireland. Interstate Hotels & Resorts also has contracts to manage 16 to be built hospitality properties with approximately 4,000 rooms. For more information about Interstate Hotels & Resorts, visit the company's Web site: www.ihrco.com.


    Contact:
    Bruce Riggins
    Chief Financial Officer
    (703) 387-3344

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