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Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing predominantly in upper upscale, full-service hotels in the United States. The AHT news feed on Stock Titan aggregates company press releases and related coverage so readers can follow developments affecting this hotel-focused REIT and its capital structure.
Recent news for Ashford Hospitality Trust highlights several recurring themes. The company reports on hotel portfolio transactions, including agreements to sell specific properties such as Le Pavillon in New Orleans, Residence Inn San Diego Sorrento Mesa, Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake, and Residence Inn Evansville East. These announcements often explain how asset sales relate to deleveraging the portfolio, improving cash flow after debt service, and reducing future capital expenditure needs.
Another key category of AHT news involves financing and balance sheet actions. Press releases and corresponding 8-K filings describe refinancing of mortgage loans secured by hotels, such as the Renaissance Nashville Hotel, and extensions of loan facilities like the Highland mortgage loan secured by 18 hotels. These items detail loan terms, maturity dates, and interest rate structures, and they illustrate how the company manages its secured debt.
Investors can also track dividend and preferred stock updates, including declarations of quarterly and monthly dividends on multiple preferred series and, more recently, the suspension of preferred dividends to preserve liquidity while the Board evaluates strategic alternatives. Additional news covers earnings release schedules, conference call information, the formation of a Special Committee to review strategic alternatives, and adoption of a Rights Agreement aimed at preserving tax benefits.
By following AHT news on this page, readers can monitor hotel asset sales, refinancing activity, dividend decisions, and governance developments that shape Ashford Hospitality Trust’s hotel REIT strategy over time.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has completed strategic asset sales of two properties for a combined $33 million. The transactions include the Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake for $27 million and the Residence Inn Evansville East for $6 million.
The combined sale price represents a 1.3% capitalization rate on net operating income (adjusted for anticipated capital expenditures) or a 45.3x Hotel EBITDA multiple for the twelve months ended July 31, 2025. Without adjusting for capital spend, these metrics are 2.0% and 28.1x respectively.
The company indicates these non-core asset dispositions align with their GRO AHT performance improvement initiative, helping to deleverage the platform and enhance portfolio cash flow after debt service.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has successfully extended its Highland mortgage loan, which is secured by 18 hotels. The loan's maturity date has been extended from April 9, 2025, to January 9, 2026, with an additional six-month extension option to July 9, 2026, subject to certain conditions.
As part of the extension agreement, the loan was reduced to $733.6 million, representing approximately 68% of the appraised value. The Highland pool of assets, recently appraised at nearly $1.1 billion, is the most valuable in Ashford Trust's portfolio. The loan now carries a floating interest rate of SOFR + 4.13%.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT), a REIT focused on upper upscale hotels, has declared preferred stock dividends for Q3 2025. The company announced dividend payments for multiple preferred stock series:
Series D (8.45%) will pay $0.5281 per share, Series F and G (7.375%) will each pay $0.4609 per share, and Series H and I (7.50%) will each pay $0.46875 per share. Additionally, monthly dividends were declared for Series J ($0.16667), Series K (varying rates: $0.17500, $0.17292, or $0.17083), Series L ($0.15625), and Series M ($0.16042). All dividends are payable on October 15, 2025, to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2025.
As of June 30, 2025, AHT had 7,699,923 Series J shares, 747,299 Series K shares, 112,181 Series L shares, and 145,232 Series M shares outstanding.Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has announced a definitive agreement to sell the 242-room Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake in Houston, Texas for $27.0 million. The transaction is expected to close in June 2025. The sale price represents a 3.2% capitalization rate on net operating income (23.6x Hotel EBITDA) when adjusted for anticipated capital expenditures, or a 5.0% cap rate (15.2x Hotel EBITDA) excluding capital spend, based on the twelve months ended April 30, 2025.
The sale aligns with AHT's "GRO AHT" initiative and will help deleverage their Morgan Stanley 17 Pool loan while resulting in significant capital expenditure savings. The company is actively pursuing additional opportunistic asset sales as part of its transformation strategy.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has released its preliminary Q1 2025 results, reporting key performance metrics in its hotel portfolio. The company achieved an occupancy rate of approximately 68% with an Average Daily Rate of $196, resulting in Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) of $133.
The comparable RevPAR showed a 3.2% increase compared to Q1 2024, with monthly improvements of 3.8%, 4.3%, and 1.9% for January, February, and March 2025, respectively. The company attributes its performance to the ongoing benefits of its GRO AHT initiative, which has positively impacted both top and bottom lines.
Management reports continued progress in extending and refinancing loans, while maintaining focus on revenue maximization and expense minimization across their portfolio of upper-upscale, full-service hotels, despite recent industry-wide uncertainty.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has successfully extended its Morgan Stanley Pool mortgage loan secured by 17 hotels. The loan extension includes:
- Extension from original November 2024 maturity to March 2026
- Two additional one-year extension options, potentially extending to March 2028
- Current loan balance of $409.8 million
- Continued floating interest rate of SOFR + 3.39%
- Enhanced flexibility for asset release upon sale
Following this extension and February's refinancing of 16 hotels, approximately 60% of AHT's outstanding debt now has final maturities in 2027 and beyond. The company continues to focus on investing predominantly in upper-upscale, full-service hotels.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has announced its preferred stock dividend declarations for Q2 2025. The company declared dividends for multiple series of preferred stock:
- Series D (8.45%): $0.5281 per share
- Series F & G (7.375%): $0.4609 per share
- Series H & I (7.50%): $0.46875 per share
- Series J: Monthly payments of $0.16667 per share
- Series K: Various monthly payments ranging from $0.17083 to $0.17500 per share
All dividends will be paid on July 15, 2025, to stockholders of record as of June 30, 2025, except for monthly dividends which have specific payment dates in May, June, and July 2025. As of March 31, 2025, there were 7,677,717 shares of Series J and 759,086 shares of Series K Redeemable Preferred Stock outstanding.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT), a REIT specializing in upper upscale, full-service hotels, has announced its schedule for first quarter 2025 earnings release and conference call.
The company will release its Q1 2025 financial results after market close on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. A conference call to discuss the results will be held the following day, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Investors can join the interactive teleconference by dialing (646) 307-1963. A replay will be available until May 14, 2025, at (609) 800-9909 with confirmation number 9727869. Additionally, a live broadcast will be available on the company's website www.ahtreit.com, with an online replay accessible for approximately one year.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has announced significant operational changes through its largest property manager, Remington, as part of its 'GRO AHT' initiative. The changes include property-level headcount reductions, reduced travel expenses, PTO policy modifications, and cuts in contracted services.
These strategic adjustments are expected to generate over $11 million in incremental Hotel EBITDA. Combined with previously implemented ancillary revenue initiatives and corporate expense reductions, the company projects over $30 million per year in incremental EBITDA, progressing toward its ambitious $50 million annual run-rate EBITDA improvement goal.
The initiative aims to optimize financial performance and enhance shareholder value for the upper-upscale, full-service hotels REIT.
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