EXHIBIT 4.4

                          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1

                                 by and between

                          HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

                                       and

                       STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

                             as of February 25, 1998




           SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 1998




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                          HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST
                                 $150,000,000 of
                           7.00% Senior Notes due 2008

                                                        


         This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1 (this "Supplemental  Indenture") made
and entered into as of February 25, 1998 between HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST, a
Maryland real estate investment trust (the "Company"), and STATE STREET BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company, as Trustee (the "Trustee").

                                WITNESSETH THAT:

         WHEREAS,  the Company and the Trustee have  executed  and  delivered an
Indenture,  dated as of  February  25, 1998 (the  "Indenture"),  relating to the
Company's issuance, from time to time, of various series of debt securities; and

         WHEREAS,  the Company has determined to issue debt securities  known as
its  7.00  %  Senior  Notes  due  2008  in  an  aggregate  principal  amount  of
$150,000,000; and

         WHEREAS,  the Indenture  provides that certain terms and conditions for
each series of debt securities issued by the Company thereunder may be set forth
in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture;

         NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

                                    ARTICLE 1

                                  DEFINED TERMS

         Section 1.1 The following  definitions  supplement,  and, to the extent
inconsistent with, replace the definitions in Section 101 of the Indenture:

         "Acquired  Debt"  means Debt of a Person (i)  existing at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection  with the  acquisition
of assets  from such  Person's,  in each  case,  other  than  Debt  incurred  in
connection  with, or in  contemplation  of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or
such  acquisition.  Acquired  Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of
the  related  acquisition  of assets  from any  Person or the date the  acquired
Person becomes a Subsidiary.

         "Annual Debt Service" as of any date means the maximum  amount which is
expensed  in any  12-month  period for  interest  on Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.

         "Business  Day" means any day other than a Saturday  or Sunday or a day
on which  banking  institutions  in The City of New York or in the city in which
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, are required or authorized
to close.

         "Capital  Stock" means,  with respect to any Person,  any capital stock
(including preferred stock), shares, interests, participation or other ownership
interests  (however  designated)  of such Person and any rights (other than debt
securities  convertible  into or exchangeable  for capital  stock),  warrants or
options to purchase any thereof.

         "Consolidated  Income  Available for Debt Service" for any period means
Earnings from Operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries  plus amounts which
have been deducted,  and minus amounts which have been added,  for the following
(without duplication): (i) interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
(ii) cash  reserves  made by lessees as  required  by the  Company's  leases for
periodic  replacement and refurbishment of the Company's assets, (iii) provision
for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (iv) amortization
of debt discount and deferred  financing  costs,  (v)  provisions  for gains and
losses on properties and property depreciation and amortization, (vi) the effect
of any  noncash  charge  resulting  from a change in  accounting  principles  in
determining  Earnings from Operations for such period and (vii)  amortization of
deferred charges.

         "Debt" of the Company or any Subsidiary means, without duplication, any
indebtedness  of the Company or any Subsidiary,  whether or not  contingent,  in
respect of (i)  borrowed  money or  evidenced  by bonds,  notes,  debentures  or
similar  instruments,  (ii)  indebtedness  for  borrowed  money  secured  by any
Encumbrance existing on property owned


by the Company or any Subsidiary,  to the extent of the lesser of (x) the amount
of indebtedness so secured and (y) the fair market value of the property subject
to  such  Encumbrance,  (iii)  the  reimbursement  obligations,   contingent  or
otherwise,  in connection with any letters of credit actually issued (other than
letters of credit issued to provide  credit  enhancement or support with respect
to other  indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary  otherwise  reflected as
Debt hereunder) or amounts  representing  the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase  price of any  property  or  services,  except  any such  balance  that
constitutes  an  accrued  expense  or trade  payable,  or all  conditional  sale
obligations  or  obligations  under  any  title  retention  agreement,  (iv) the
principal  amount of all  obligations  of the  Company  or any  Subsidiary  with
respect to redemption,  repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock,
or (v) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee which is
reflected on the Company's  consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in
accordance with GAAP, to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness  under
(i) through  (iii)  above,  that any such items  (other than  letters of credit)
would  appear as a liability  on the  Company's  consolidated  balance  sheet in
accordance with GAAP, and also includes,  to the extent not otherwise  included,
any  obligation by the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as
obligor,  guarantor or otherwise  (other than for purposes of  collection in the
ordinary course of business),  Debt of another Person (other than the Company or
any Subsidiary) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by
the Company or any  Subsidiary  whenever  the Company or such  Subsidiary  shall
create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).

         "Disqualified  Stock"  means,  with respect to any Person,  any Capital
Stock of such Person which by the terms of such  Capital  Stock (or by the terms
of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is  exchangeable or
exercisable),  upon the  happening of any event or  otherwise  (i) matures or is
mandatorily  redeemable,  pursuant to a sinking  fund  obligation  or  otherwise
(other than  Capital  Stock which is  redeemable  solely in exchange  for common
stock or shares),  (ii) is convertible  into or  exchangeable or exercisable for
Debt or  Disqualified  Stock, or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof,  in whole or in part (other  than  Capital  Stock  which is  redeemable
solely in exchange for common stock or shares),  in each case on or prior to the
stated maturity of the Notes.

         "Earnings from Operations" for any period means net earnings  excluding
gains  and  losses on sales of  investments,  extraordinary  items and  property
valuation  losses,  as reflected in the financial  statements of the Company and
its  Subsidiaries  for  such  period,  determined  on a  consolidated  basis  in
accordance with GAAP.

         "Encumbrance"  means any  mortgage,  lien,  charge,  pledge or security
interest of any kind.

         "Make-Whole  Amount" means, in connection with any optional  redemption
or  accelerated  payment of any Note,  the excess,  if any, of (i) the aggregate
present value as of the date of such  redemption or accelerated  payment of each
dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive
of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would
have been payable in respect of such dollar if such  redemption  or  accelerated
payment had not been made,  determined by  discounting,  on a semiannual  basis,
such principal and interest at the  Reinvestment  Rate  (determined on the third
Business  Day  preceding  the  date  such  notice  of  redemption  is  given  or
declaration of  acceleration  is made) from the  respective  dates on which such
principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated
payment had not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
being  redeemed or paid.  For purposes of this  Supplemental  Indenture  and the
Notes, references in the Indenture to the payment of the principal (and premium,
if any) and  interest on the Notes shall be deemed to include the payment of the
Make-Whole Amount, if any, due upon redemption with respect to the Notes.

         "Notes" means the Company's 7.00% Senior Notes, due 2008,  issued under
this Supplemental  Indenture and the Indenture,  as amended or supplemented from
time to time.

         "Reinvestment  Rate"  means a rate per annum  equal to the sum of 0.25%
(twenty-five  one  hundredths  of  one  percent)  plus  the  yield  on  treasury
securities at constant maturity under the heading "Week Ending" published in the
Statistical  Release under the caption  "Treasury  Constant  Maturities" for the
maturity  (rounded to the nearest month)  corresponding to the remaining life to
maturity,  as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no
maturity  exactly  corresponds  to such  maturity,  yields for the two published
maturities  most closely  corresponding  to such  maturity  shall be  calculated
pursuant to the immediately  preceding  sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall
be  interpolated  or  extrapolated  from such yields on a  straight-line  basis,
rounding in each of such relevant  periods to the nearest month. For purposes of
calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published
prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

         "Secured Debt" means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge
or security interest of any kind.

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         "Statistical   Release"  means  the  statistical   release   designated
"H.15(519)"  or any  successor  publication  which is  published  weekly  by the
Federal  Reserve System and which  establishes  yields on actively traded United
States  government  securities  adjusted  to  constant  maturities  or,  if such
statistical release is not published at the time of any determination under this
Supplemental  Indenture,  then any publicly  available  source of similar market
data which shall be designated by the Company.

         "Subsidiary"  means any corporation or other entity of which a majority
of (i) the voting power of the voting equity  securities or (ii) the outstanding
equity interests of which are owned,  directly or indirectly,  by the Company or
one or  more  other  Subsidiaries  of the  Company.  For  the  purposes  of this
definition,  "voting equity  securities"  means equity  securities having voting
power for the election of directors,  whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of security has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

         "Total  Assets" as of any date  means the sum of (i) the  Undepreciated
Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
determined  in  accordance  with GAAP (but  excluding  accounts  receivable  and
intangibles).

         "Total  Unencumbered  Assets" means the sum of (i) those  Undepreciated
Real Estate Assets not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money and (ii) all
other assets of the Company and its  Subsidiaries  not subject to an Encumbrance
for borrowed money  determined in accordance  with GAAP (but excluding  accounts
receivable and intangibles).

         "Undepreciated  Real  Estate  Assets"  as of any  date  means  the cost
(original cost plus capital  improvements)  of real estate assets of the Company
and  its  Subsidiaries  on  such  date,  before  depreciation  and  amortization
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

         "Unsecured  Debt"  means  Debt  which  is  not  secured  by  any of the
properties of the Company or any Subsidiary.

                                    ARTICLE 2

                               TERMS OF THE NOTES

         Section 2.1 Pursuant to Section 301 of the  Indenture,  the Notes shall
have the following terms and conditions:

         (a) Title; Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount; Form of Notes. The
Notes shall be Registered  Securities  under the Indenture and shall be known as
the  Company's  "7.00%  Senior  Notes due 2008." The Notes will be limited to an
aggregate  principal  amount of  $150,000,000,  and except as  provided  in this
Section and in Section 306 of the  Indenture,  the Company shall not execute and
the Trustee shall not  authenticate or deliver Notes in excess of such principal
amount.  The Notes (together with the Trustee's  certificate of  authentication)
shall be  substantially  in the  form of  Exhibit  A  hereto,  which  is  hereby
incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.

         The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more  registered  global
security  without coupons  ("Global  Notes") which will be deposited with, or on
behalf of, The Depository Trust Company  ("DTC"),  and registered in the name of
DTC's nominee,  Cede & Co. Except under the  circumstance  described  below, the
Notes will not be issuable in definitive form.  Unless and until it is exchanged
in whole or in part for the individual notes represented  thereby, a Global Note
may not be  transferred  except  as a whole by DTC to a  nominee  of DTC or by a
nominee of DTC to DTC or another  nominee of DTC or by DTC or any nominee of DTC
to a successor depository or any nominee of such successor.

         So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of a Global Note,
DTC or such nominee,  as the case may be, will be  considered  the sole owner or
holder of the Notes  represented by such Global Note for all purposes under this
Supplemental Indenture. Except as described below, owners of beneficial interest
in Notes  evidenced  by a Global  Note will not be  entitled  to have any of the
individual Notes represented by such Global Note registered in their names, will
not  receive or be entitled  to receive  physical  delivery of any such Notes in
definitive  form and will not be considered the owners or holders  thereof under
the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.

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         If DTC is at any time  unwilling,  unable or  ineligible to continue as
depository and a successor  depository is not appointed by the Company within 90
days, the Company will issue individual Notes in exchange for the Global Note or
Global Notes  representing such Notes. In addition,  the Company may at any time
and in its sole  discretion,  subject  to certain  limitations  set forth in the
Indenture,  determine not to have any of such Notes  represented  by one or more
Global Notes and, in such event, will issue individual Notes in exchange for the
Global Note or Global Notes  representing the Notes.  Individual Notes so issued
will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

         (b) Interest and Interest  Rate. The Notes will bear interest at a rate
of 7.00% per annum,  from  February 25, 1998 or from the  immediately  preceding
Interest  Payment  Date to which  interest has been paid or duly  provided  for,
payable  semi-annually  in  arrears  on March 1 and  September  1 of each  year,
commencing  September  1,  1998  (each of which  shall be an  "Interest  Payment
Date"),  to the Persons in whose names the Notes are  registered in the Security
Register at the close of  business  on the  February 15 or August 15 (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, next  preceding  such Interest  Payment
Date (each, a "Record Date").

         (c) Principal Repayment;  Currency. The stated maturity of the Notes is
March 1,  2008,  provided,  however,  the Notes may be earlier  redeemed  at the
option of the Company as provided in paragraph (c) below.  The principal of each
Note  payable  on its  maturity  date  shall be paid  against  presentation  and
surrender  thereof  at  the  Corporate  Trust  Office  of the  Trustee,  located
initially at Two International Place, Boston,  Massachusetts 02110, in such coin
or currency  of the United  States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for the  payment of public or private  debts.  The  Company  will not pay
Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) on the Notes.

         (d)  Redemption at the Option of the Company;  Acceleration.  The Notes
will be subject to redemption at any time at the option of the Company, in whole
or in part,  upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'  notice to each Holder
of Notes to be redeemed at its address appearing in the Security Register,  at a
price equal to the sum of (i) the principal  amount of the Notes being redeemed,
plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date
and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount. Upon the acceleration of the Notes in accordance
with  Section 502 of the  Indenture,  the  principal  amount of the Notes,  plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon and the Make-Whole Amount,  shall become due
and payable immediately.

         (e) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or  transmitted by
any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Company shall be directed
to it at 400 Centre Street, Newton,  Massachusetts 02158, Attention:  President;
notices to the  Trustee  shall be  directed  to it at Two  International  Place,
Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, Re:
Hospitality Properties Trust 7.00% Senior Notes due 2008.

         (f) Global  Note  Legend.  Each  Global  Note shall bear the  following
legend on the face thereof:

         UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF THE
         DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY,  A NEW  YORK  CORPORATION  ("DTC"),  TO THE
         COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
         AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS  REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
         OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
         ANY  PAYMENT  IS MADE  TO CEDE & CO.  OR TO  SUCH  OTHER  ENTITY  AS IS
         REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE
         OR OTHER USE  HEREOF  FOR  VALUE OR  OTHERWISE  BY OR TO ANY  PERSON IS
         WRONGFUL  INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED  OWNER HEREOF,  CEDE & CO., HAS AN
         INTEREST HEREIN.

         (g)  Applicability  of Discharge,  Defeasance  and Covenant  Defeasance
Provisions.  The  Discharge,  Defeasance and Covenant  Defeasance  provisions in
Article Fourteen of the Indenture will apply to the Notes.

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                                    ARTICLE 3

                              ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

         Section 3.1 In addition  to the  covenants  of the Company set forth in
Article Ten of the Indenture, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes:

         (a)      Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.

                  (i) The Company will not,  and will not permit any  Subsidiary
         to,  incur  any  Debt  if,  immediately  after  giving  effect  to  the
         incurrence of such  additional Debt and the application of the proceeds
         thereof,  the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the
         Company and its  Subsidiaries  on a  consolidated  basis  determined in
         accordance  with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum  ("Adjusted  Total
         Assets") of (without  duplication)  (i) the Total Assets of the Company
         and its  Subsidiaries as of the end of the calendar  quarter covered in
         the Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K, or the Quarterly  Report on
         Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently  filed with the Securities
         and Exchange  Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the
         Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), with
         the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such  additional  Debt and (ii)
         the purchase  price of any real estate  assets or mortgages  receivable
         acquired,  and the amount of any securities  offering proceeds received
         (to the extent that such  proceeds were not used to acquire real estate
         assets or mortgages  receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Company
         or any  Subsidiary  since the end of such calendar  quarter,  including
         those  proceeds  obtained in  connection  with the  incurrence  of such
         additional Debt.

                  (ii)  In  addition  to  the  foregoing   limitations   on  the
         incurrence  of Debt,  the  Company  will not,  and will not  permit any
         Subsidiary  to,  incur any Secured  Debt if,  immediately  after giving
         effect  to the  incurrence  of such  additional  Secured  Debt  and the
         application of the proceeds thereof,  the aggregate principal amount of
         all outstanding  Secured Debt of the Company and its  Subsidiaries on a
         consolidated basis is greater than 40% of Adjusted Total Assets.

                  (iii)  In  addition  to  the  foregoing   limitations  on  the
         incurrence  of Debt,  the  Company  will not,  and will not  permit any
         Subsidiary  to,  incur  any Debt if the  ratio of  Consolidated  Income
         Available  for Debt  Service to the Annual  Debt  Service  for the four
         consecutive  fiscal  quarters most recently  ended prior to the date on
         which such  additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than
         1.5x,  on a pro forma  basis  after  giving  effect  thereto and to the
         application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption
         that (i) such Debt and any other Debt  incurred  by the Company and its
         Subsidiaries  since the first day of such  four-quarter  period and the
         application  of the proceeds  therefrom,  including to refinance  other
         Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period;  (ii) the repayment
         or  retirement  of any other Debt by the Company  and its  Subsidiaries
         since the first date of such  four-quarter  period  had been  repaid or
         retired at the  beginning of such period  (except  that, in making such
         computation,  the amount of Debt under any  revolving  credit  facility
         shall be  computed  based upon the average  daily  balance of such Debt
         during  such  period);  (iii)  in the  case  of  Acquired  Debt or Debt
         incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such
         four-quarter  period,  the related  acquisition  had occurred as of the
         first day of such period with  appropriate  adjustments with respect to
         such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and (iv)
         in the case of any  acquisition  or  disposition  by the Company or its
         Subsidiaries  of any  asset or group of  assets  since the first day of
         such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or
         asset purchase or sale, such  acquisition or disposition or any related
         repayment  of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with
         the  appropriate  adjustments  with  respect  to  such  acquisition  or
         disposition being included in such pro forma  calculation.  If the Debt
         giving rise to the need to make the foregoing  calculation or any other
         Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant  four-quarter  period
         bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the
         Annual Debt  Service,  the interest rate on such Debt shall be computed
         on a pro forma basis as if the average  interest  rate which would have
         been in effect during the entire such four-quarter  period had been the
         applicable rate for the entire such period.

         (b)  Maintenance  of Total  Unencumbered  Assets.  The  Company and its
Subsidiaries  will maintain at all times Total  Unencumbered  Assets of not less
than 200% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of
the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

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                                    ARTICLE 4

                          ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         For purposes of this Supplemental  Indenture and the Notes, in addition
to the Events of Default  set forth in Section  501 of the  Indenture,  it shall
also  constitute an "Event of Default" if a default  under any bond,  debenture,
note or other evidence of indebtedness of the Company  (including a default with
respect to any other series of securities), or under any mortgage,  indenture or
other  instrument  of the  Company  under  which there may be issued or by which
there may be secured or evidenced  any  indebtedness  for money  borrowed by the
Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Company has guaranteed
or for which the  Company  is  directly  responsible  or  liable as  obligor  or
guarantor)  having  an  aggregate  principal  amount  outstanding  of  at  least
$20,000,000  ,  whether  such  indebtedness  now  exists or shall  hereafter  be
incurred or created,  which  default  shall have  resulted in such  indebtedness
becoming or being  declared due and payable  prior to the date on which it would
otherwise  have become due and payable,  without such  indebtedness  having been
discharged  or such  acceleration  having been  rescinded  or annulled  within a
period of ten days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified
mail,  to the  Company by the  Trustee or to the  Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding  Notes, a written
notice  specifying  such  default  and  requiring  the  Company  to  cause  such
indebtedness  to be  discharged  or cause such  acceleration  to be rescinded or
annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder.

                                    ARTICLE 5

                                  EFFECTIVENESS

         This  Supplemental  Indenture shall be effective for all purposes as of
the date and time this Supplemental Indenture has been executed and delivered by
the Company and the Trustee in accordance with Article Nine of the Indenture. As
supplemented  hereby,  the Indenture is hereby  confirmed as being in full force
and effect.

                                    ARTICLE 6

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         Section 6.1 In the event any provision of this  Supplemental  Indenture
shall be held invalid or unenforceable  by any court of competent  jurisdiction,
such holding shall not invalidate or render  unenforceable  any other  provision
hereof or any provision of the Indenture.

         Section 6.2 To the extent that any terms of this Supplemental Indenture
or the Notes are inconsistent with the terms of the Indenture, the terms of this
Supplemental or the Notes shall govern and supersede such inconsistent terms.

         Section  6.3  This  Supplemental  Indenture  shall be  governed  by and
construed in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

         Section  6.4 This  Supplemental  Indenture  may be  executed in several
counterparts,  each  of  which  shall  be an  original  and all of  which  shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.

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         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Company  and the  Trustee  have  caused this
Supplemental  Indenture  to be  executed  as an  instrument  under seal in their
respective corporate names as of the date first above written.

                                     HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST



                                     By: /s/ John G. Murray
                                         Name:  John G. Murray
                                         Title: President and Secretary


                                     STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
                                        COMPANY, as Trustee


                                     By:  /s/ James E. Mogavero
                                          Name: James E. Mogavero
                                          Title: Vice President

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                                    EXHIBIT A
                                 (Face of Note)

                           7.00% Senior Notes due 2008
No.                                                               $__________

                          HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

promises  to  pay  to   _______________________________________   or  registered
assigns, the principal sum of  _____________________________________  Dollars on
March 1, 2008.

                  Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1.
                  Record Dates:  February 15 and August 15.

CUSIP No:  44106MAA0


                                          HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST



                                          By:______________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


Dated:

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee


By:
         Authorized Officer

                                      A - 1


                                 (Back of Note)

                          HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST

                           7.00% Senior Notes due 2008

         Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture (as defined below) unless otherwise indicated.

         1.  Interest.  Hospitality  Properties  Trust,  a Maryland  real estate
investment  trust (the  "Company"),  promises to pay  interest on the  principal
amount of this Note at the rate and in the manner specified below.

         The Company shall pay in cash interest on the principal  amount of this
Note at the rate per annum of 7.00%. The Company will pay interest semi-annually
in arrears on March 1 and  September 1 of each year,  commencing on September 1,
1998 or if any such day is not a Business Day (as defined in the Indenture),  on
the next succeeding  Business Day (each an "Interest  Payment Date"), to Holders
of record on the immediately preceding February 15 and August 15.

         Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year  consisting of
twelve 30-day  months.  Interest shall accrue from the most recent date to which
interest  has been paid or, if no interest  has been paid,  from the date of the
original issuance of the Notes.

         2.  Method of  Payment.  The  Company  will pay  interest  on the Notes
(except defaulted  interest) to the Persons who are registered  Holders of Notes
at the close of business on the record date next preceding the Interest  Payment
Date,  even if such Notes are  canceled  after such record date and on or before
such Interest Payment Date. The Company will pay principal and interest in money
of the United  States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts. The Company,  however, may pay principal,  premium, if
any, and interest by check payable in such money.  It may mail an interest check
to a Holder's registered address.

         3.  Indenture.  The  Company  issued the Notes under an  Indenture  and
Supplemental  Indenture  No. 1  thereto,  each  dated as of  February  25,  1998
(collectively,  the "Indenture")  between the Company and the Trustee. The terms
of the Notes  include  those stated in the  Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust  Indenture  Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code ss.ss.
77aaa-77bbbb)  as in effect on the date of the Indenture.  The Notes are subject
to all such terms,  and Holders of the Notes are referred to the  Indenture  and
such Act for a statement of such terms.  The terms of the Indenture shall govern
any inconsistencies between the Indenture and the Notes. The Notes are unsecured
general  obligations  of  the  Company  limited  to  $150,000,000  in  aggregate
principal amount.

         4. Optional Redemption.  The Notes will be subject to redemption at any
time at the option of the  Company,  in whole or in part,  upon not less than 30
nor more than 60 days' notice, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the
principal  amount of the Notes being redeemed,  plus accrued and unpaid interest
to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount.

         As used herein the term  "Make-Whole  Amount" means, in connection with
any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Notes, the excess, if any,
of (i)  the  aggregate  present  value  as of the  date of  such  redemption  or
accelerated  payment of each dollar of principal  being redeemed or paid and the
amount of interest  (exclusive of interest  accrued to the date of redemption or
accelerated  payment)  that would have been payable in respect of such dollar if
such  redemption  or  accelerated  payment  had not  been  made,  determined  by
discounting,  on  a  semiannual  basis,  such  principal  and  interest  at  the
Reinvestment  Rate (as defined  herein)  (determined  on the third  Business Day
preceding  the date  such  notice  of  redemption  is given  or  declaration  of
acceleration  is made) from the  respective  dates on which such  principal  and
interest would have been payable if such  redemption or accelerated  payment had
not been  made,  over (ii) the  aggregate  principal  amount of the Notes  being
redeemed or paid.

         As used  herein  the term  "Reinvestment  Rate"  means a rate per annum
equal to the sum of 0.25%  (twenty-five  one hundredths of one percent) plus the
yield on treasury  securities  at  constant  maturity  under the  heading  "Week
Ending"  published  in the  Statistical  Release (as defined  herein)  under the
caption "Treasury Constant  Maturities" for the maturity (rounded to the nearest
month)  corresponding to the remaining life to maturity,  as of the payment date
of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity  exactly  corresponds to
such maturity, yields for the two published

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maturities  most closely  corresponding  to such  maturity  shall be  calculated
pursuant to the immediately  preceding  sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall
be  interpolated  or  extrapolated  from such yields on a  straight-line  basis,
rounding in each of such relevant  periods to the nearest month. For purposes of
calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published
prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

         As used herein the term  "Statistical  Release"  means the  statistical
release designated  "H.15(519)" or any successor  publication which is published
weekly by the Federal  Reserve System and which  establishes  yields on actively
traded United States government  securities  adjusted to constant maturities or,
if such  statistical  release is not published at the time of any  determination
under the Supplemental Indenture,  then any publicly available source of similar
market data which shall be designated by the Company.

         5.  Mandatory  Redemption.  The  Company  shall not be required to make
sinking fund or redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

         6. Notice of Redemption.  Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the  Redemption  Date to each Holder of
Notes to be redeemed at its  registered  address.  Notes may be redeemed in part
but only in whole multiples of $1,000,  unless all of the Notes held by a Holder
are to be redeemed.  On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue
on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

         7. Denominations,  Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form
without coupons in denominations  of $1,000 and integral  multiples of $1,000 in
excess  thereof.  The  transfer  of Notes  may be  registered  and  Notes may be
exchanged as provided in the Indenture.  The Security  Registrar and the Trustee
may require a Holder,  among other things, to furnish  appropriate  endorsements
and  transfer  documents  and to pay  any  taxes  and  fees  required  by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not exchange or register
the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption.  Also, it
need not  exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days
before the  mailing  of a notice of  redemption  of Notes,  or during the period
between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

         8.  Defaults and  Remedies.  In case an Event of Default (as defined in
the Indenture)  with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing,
the principal hereof may be declared,  and upon such  declaration  shall become,
due and payable,  in the manner,  with the effect and subject to the  provisions
provided in the Indenture.

         9. Actions of Holders. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the
holders of not less than a majority  of the  aggregate  principal  amount of the
outstanding  Notes,  subject to certain exceptions as provided in the Indenture,
on behalf of the holders of all such Notes at a meeting  duly called and held as
provided  in  the  Indenture,  to  make,  give  or  take  any  request,  demand,
authorization,  direction,  notice,  consent, waiver or other action provided in
the Indenture to be made, given or taken by the holders of the Notes,  including
without  limitation,   waiving  (a)  compliance  by  the  Company  with  certain
provisions of the  Indenture,  and (b) certain past defaults under the Indenture
and their  consequences.  Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting
of the holders of the Notes in accordance  with the  provisions of the Indenture
shall be conclusive and binding upon such holders and upon all future holders of
this Note and other Notes issued upon the  registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange heretofore or in lieu hereof

         10. Persons Deemed Owners. The Company,  the Trustee,  and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note
is registered on the Security Register as its absolute owner for all purposes.

         11. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

         12.   Governing   Law.  THE  INTERNAL  LAW  OF  THE   COMMONWEALTH   OF
MASSACHUSETTS SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES.

         13. No Personal  Liability.  THE  DECLARATION  OF TRUST OF THE COMPANY,
AMENDED AND  RESTATED ON AUGUST 21,  1995,  A COPY OF WHICH,  TOGETHER  WITH ALL
AMENDMENTS  THERETO  (THE  "DECLARATION"),  IS DULY  FILED IN THE  OFFICE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS  AND TAXATION OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND,  PROVIDES THAT
THE NAME

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"HOSPITALITY  PROPERTIES  TRUST"  REFERS TO THE TRUSTEES  UNDER THE  DECLARATION
COLLECTIVELY  AS  TRUSTEES,  BUT NOT  INDIVIDUALLY  OR  PERSONALLY,  AND THAT NO
TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE HELD TO
ANY PERSONAL  LIABILITY,  JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY,  FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM
AGAINST,  THE COMPANY.  ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH THE COMPANY,  IN ANY WAY, SHALL
LOOK  ONLY  TO THE  ASSETS  OF THE  COMPANY  FOR THE  PAYMENT  OF ANY SUM OR THE
PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.

         The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to:

                           Hospitality Properties Trust
                           400 Centre Street
                           Newton, MA 02158
                           Telecopier No.:  (617) 969-5730
                           Attention: President

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM


         To assign  this Note,  fill in the form  below:  (I) or (we) assign and
transfer this Note to


                  (Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)




              (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint
to  transfer  this Note on the books of the  Company.  The agent may  substitute
another to act for him.



Date:

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                                            (Sign exactly as your name appears
                                             on the face of this Note)

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