Holloway Lodging REIT announces hotel sale

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HALIFAX, July 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Holloway Lodging Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HLR.UN) ("Holloway") announces that it has sold the Super 8^® hotel located in Three Hills, Alberta for $4.5 million. Holloway expects to record a gain on the sale of approximately $1.0 million and to generate net proceeds (after mortgage repayment and estimated closing costs) of approximately $0.6 million. The hotel generated negative cash flow after debt service.

Following repayment of the mortgage on this property, Holloway expects to have approximately $110.5 million of debt outstanding and $3.7 million of cash on hand.

ABOUT HOLLOWAY LODGING REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST

Holloway is a real estate investment trust focused on acquiring, owning and operating select and limited service lodging properties and a small complement of full service hotels primarily in secondary, tertiary and suburban markets.  Holloway owns 17 hotels with 1,665 rooms.  Holloway's trust units trade on the TSX under the symbol HLR.UN.

This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws.  Forward-looking information may relate to Holloway's future outlook and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding Holloway's future financial position, business strategy, financial results, plans and objectives, including, in particular, the anticipated gain on the sale of the Super 8^® hotel in Three Hills, Alberta, the debt repayment referred to above and the expected debt outstanding. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by terms such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue" or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.  Forward-looking information is subject to certain factors, including risks and uncertainties, that could cause actual results to differ materially from what the REIT currently expects and there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Some of these risks and uncertainties are described under "Risk Factors" in Holloway's annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2011 which is available on the REIT's profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.  The REIT does not intend to update or revise any such forward-looking information should its assumptions and estimates change.

Michael Rapps, Chairman, at [phone] or Jane Rafuse, Chief Financial Officer, at [phone].