Exhibit 99.1          
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                  MARRIOTT HOTEL PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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                            1998 First Quarter Report
                        Limited Partner Quarterly Update

Presented  for your review is the 1998 First Quarter  Report for Marriott  Hotel
Properties Limited Partnership (the "Partnership").  The 1998 First Quarter Form
10-Q  immediately  follows  this letter and replaces  the First  Quarter  Report
format  previously  used  by  the  Partnership.  The  information  presented  is
essentially  the  same as the  information  given in prior  years  with  certain
additional   items  required  by  the  rules  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission.  Discussion of the Partnership's performance and Hotel operations is
included in Item 2, Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and  Results of  Operations.  You are  encouraged  to review  this report in its
entirety.  If you have any further questions  regarding your investment,  please
contact Host Marriott Partnership Investor Relations at (301) 380-2070.

Host Marriott Corporation Real Estate Investment Trust

On April 17, 1998, Host Marriott  Corporation ("Host Marriott"),  parent company
of the General Partner of the Partnership, announced that its Board of Directors
has authorized the company to reorganize its business operations to qualify as a
real estate investment trust ("REIT") to become effective as of January 1, 1999.
As part of the REIT  conversion,  Host Marriott  expects to form a new operating
partnership (the "Operating  Partnership")  and limited partners in certain Host
Marriott  full-service  hotel  partnerships  and joint  ventures,  including the
Partnership,  are  expected  to  be  given  an  opportunity  to  receive,  on  a
tax-deferred basis, Operating Partnership units in the new Operating Partnership
in exchange for their current partnership interest. We will keep you informed on
the status of this matter.

Cash Distributions

On May 4, 1998, the Partnership  made a cash  distribution of $1,500 per limited
partner unit. The  distribution  represented  $540 per limited partner unit from
1997  operations and $960 per limited partner unit related to first quarter 1998
operations.   The  Partnership   currently  expects  to  make  an  interim  1998
distribution in November 1998.

Orlando World Center Expansion

As reported to you in the 1997 Annual  Report,  in March 1998,  the  Partnership
announced its plans to expand the Orlando World Center. The expansion includes a
500-room  tower  with a new  parking  garage,  expansion  of the  existing  JW's
Steakhouse  restaurant,  redesign of the existing  golf course and  constructing
15,000 square feet of additional meeting space.  Construction of the new parking
garage began on May 4, 1998.

On April 15, 1998, the Partnership  successfully completed the financing for the
expansion of the Orlando World Center hotel.  The lender is obligated to provide
up to  $88  million  to  fund  the  costs  related  to the  construction  of the
expansion.  During the construction  period, the Partnership is required to make
interest  only  payments at the fixed  interest rate of 7.48% with such interest
payments funded by the construction loan. Upon completion of the expansion,  the
Partnership  would be  required  to pay  principal  and  interest  at the  fixed
interest rate of 7.48%  amortized  over the remaining term of the loan. The loan
matures on January 1, 2008.