ARLINGTON, Va., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR), a leading hotel real estate investor and the nation's largest independent operator of full- and select- service hotels, today announced that the company will release second-quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 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, http://www.ihrco.com , or http://www.streetevents.com , or may call 800-257-7063, reference number 11117346. (International investors may call 303-262-2061.) A recording of the call will be available by telephone until midnight on Wednesday, August 13, 2008, by dialing 800-405-2236, reference number 11117346. (International investors may call 303-590-3000.) A replay of the conference call will be posted on Interstate Hotels & Resorts' Web site through September 6, 2008.

As of June 30, 2008, Interstate Hotels & Resorts had ownership interests in 55 hotels and resorts, including seven wholly owned assets. Together with these properties, the company and its affiliates managed a total of 221 hospitality properties with nearly 46,000 rooms in 36 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 3,800 rooms. For more information about Interstate Hotels & Resorts, visit the company's Web site: http://www.ihrco.com .

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