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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549



                                   FORM 8-K
                                        



                Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 2, 1998



                 Marriott Hotel Properties Limited Partnership
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                                                
          Delaware                      0-14381            52-1436985
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(State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission File   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)     Number)            Identification No.)


           10400 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland          20817
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          (Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 380-2070

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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     Marriott Hotel Properties Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") is one of
eight limited partnerships which is included in a proposed acquisition by merger
into subsidiaries of Host Marriott, L.P., as described in the preliminary
Prospectus/Consent Solicitation Statement as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on Form S-4 (SEC File No. 333-55807) on June 2, 1998.  On
June 15, 1998, the General Partner sent the Limited Partners of the Partnership
a letter to inform them of the proposed transaction and provide them with the
estimated Exchange Value of the Partnership.  Such letter is being filed as an
exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

         (c)  Exhibits

99.1     Letter to Limited Partners of the Partnership, dated June 15, 1998.

 
                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                MARRIOTT HOTEL PROPERTIES LIMITED 
                                PARTNERSHIP             

                                By:  HOTEL PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT, 
                                     INC., its general partner


Date:  June 19, 1998           By:  /s/  Earla L. Stowe
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                                   Name:   Earla L. Stowe
                                   Title:  Vice President and Chief Accounting
                                           Officer

 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                             Description
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99.1                                    Letter to Limited Partners of the 
                                        Partnership, dated June 15, 1998.