EXHIBIT 99.1
 
September 10, 1998



Dear Limited Partner:

     Subject: Record Date for Voting in Forthcoming Consent Solicitation is
                               September 18, 1998

As previously  reported,  Host Marriott  Corporation ("Host  Marriott"),  parent
company of the General Partner of the  Partnership,  announced on April 17, 1998
that its Board of Directors authorized Host Marriott to restructure its business
operations to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT").  Host Marriott
currently anticipates that the restructuring will become effective as of January
1, 1999. As part of the REIT  conversion,  Host Marriott  formed a new operating
partnership  (the "Operating  Partnership")  through which the REIT will conduct
its full-service lodging business.  The Operating Partnership expects to propose
a merger with certain Host Marriott  full-service  hotel  partnerships and joint
ventures,  including this  Partnership.  Limited  Partners would receive limited
partnership  units in the  Operating  Partnership  that  they  could  retain  or
exchange  for  either  Common  Shares  of the  REIT or a Note  of the  Operating
Partnership.

In connection with the merger, the Operating Partnership and the REIT have filed
a  Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-4  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission,  which has not yet been declared effective. The Record Date is being
provided to you at this time for  information  purposes only. This letter is not
intended  to provide you with the  information  you will need in order to make a
decision  regarding this  transaction and does not constitute  solicitation of a
consent or offer of a security.  Limited  Partners will have an  opportunity  to
vote on this Partnership's participation in the merger and certain amendments to
this Partnership's partnership agreement in connection with a prospectus/consent
solicitation statement currently expected to be mailed later this month.

Those  Limited  Partners  whose  ownership  is  reflected  on the records of the
General  Partner as of September 18, 1998 will be eligible to vote on the merger
and the proposed  amendments.  All transfer  documents  received by our Transfer
Agent  prior to  September  18,  1998  will be  transferred  and a  confirmation
statement  will be mailed within  approximately  five business days. If you have
any  questions  regarding  a transfer  in  process,  you may contact the General
Partner at 301/380-2070 or our Transfer Agent at 800/797-6812.

Sincerely yours,

MARRIOTT MARQUIS CORPORATION
General Partner

/s/ Bruce F. Stemerman

Bruce F. Stemerman
President