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                              KALMIA INVESTORS, LLC
                               601 CARLSON PARKWAY
                                    SUITE 200
                           MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA 55305

         KALMIA ANNOUNCES INCREASE TO 117,025 IN NUMBER OF UNITS SOUGHT
           AT $725 PER UNIT IN TENDER OFFER FOR WESTIN HOTELS LIMITED
                                   PARTNERSHIP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Minnetonka,  Minnesota, January 14, 2004. Kalmia Investors, LLC ("Kalmia") today
announced  that it has  raised  to  117,025  the  number  of  Units  of  Limited
Partnership  Interest  in  Westin  Hotels  Limited  Partnership  that  Kalmia is
offering  to  purchase  at $725 per Unit in cash in its  current  tender  offer.
Accordingly, proration no longer applies to the Kalmia Offer. Previously, Kalmia
had been seeking only 50,000 Units.  All other conditions of the Offer remain in
effect

The 117,025 Units,  together with the Units that Kalmia already owns, constitute
100%  of the  outstanding  Units,  but  Kalmia's  Offer  is not  conditioned  on
receiving a minimum number of Units.

The Offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, dated January 8, 2004,
as amended, and the related Agreement of Sale and accompanying  documents,  each
of which more fully sets forth the terms of the Offer. The Offer is scheduled to
expire on February 9, 2004 at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time.

THIS PRESS  RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE,  NOR A  SOLICITATION  OF AN
OFFER TO SELL THE UNITS. THE OFFER IS MADE ONLY BY THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND THE
RELATED AGREEMENT OF SALE AND IS NOT BEING MADE TO (NOR WILL TENDERS BE ACCEPTED
FROM)  HOLDERS OF UNITS IN ANY  JURISDICTION  WHICH THE OFFER OR THE  ACCEPTANCE
THEREOF WILL NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION;
IN THOSE  JURISDICTIONS  WHERE SECURITIES LAWS REQUIRE THE OFFER TO BE MADE BY A
LICENSED  BROKER OR  DEALER,  THE OFFER  SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE ON BEHALF OF
KALMIA ONLY BY ONE OR MORE REGISTERED BROKERS OR DEALERS LICENSED UNDER THE LAWS
OF SUCH JURISDICTION.



For further information, contact:

Kalmia Investors, LLC
Investor Relations
(800) 547-0854