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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), a REIT specializing in upper upscale, full-service hotels, has scheduled its third quarter 2025 earnings release and conference call. The company will release Q3 2025 results after market close on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
The earnings conference call will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. ET. Investors can access the interactive call at (646) 307-1963, with a replay available through November 12, 2025. A live webcast will be accessible on the company's website at www.ahtreit.com, with the replay available for approximately one year.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has successfully refinanced the mortgage loan for its 673-room Renaissance Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The new non-recourse loan of $218.1 million replaces the previous $267.2 million loan and features significantly improved terms.
The refinancing includes a two-year term with three one-year extension options through September 2030. The interest rate has been reduced from SOFR + 3.98% to SOFR + 2.26%. Additionally, the preferred equity investment was increased by $53.0 million with its rate of return reduced from 14% to 11.14%.
This refinancing demonstrates AHT's ability to secure favorable financing terms in the current market and is expected to generate substantial annual interest expense savings.
Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) has announced a definitive agreement to sell its 150-room Residence Inn San Diego Sorrento Mesa for $42.0 million ($280,000 per key). The transaction is expected to close in October 2025.
When adjusted for anticipated capital expenditures of $16.0 million, the sale represents a 5.7% capitalization rate on net operating income and a 15.3x Hotel EBITDA multiple. Without considering the capital expenditures, the sale reflects a 7.9% cap rate and 11.1x Hotel EBITDA multiple based on the twelve months ended July 31, 2025.
The sale aligns with the company's strategy to opportunistically reduce leverage and create shareholder value.
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.