Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc · NYSE:AHT

Ashford Hospitality Trust — Investor Presentation (March 2013)

38 slides from Ashford Hospitality Trust's investor presentation, Mar 7, 2013

  1. Slide 1: Ashford Hospitality Trust March 2013

    JAX& ASHFORD NYY HOSPITALITY TRUST March 2013

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor

    Safe Harbor 2 In keeping with the SEC's "Safe Harbor"guidelines, certain statements made during this presentation could be considered forward-looking and subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from those projected. When we use the words "will likely

  3. Slide 3: Total Shareholder Return

    Total Shareholder Return 41% 24% 134% 128% 28% 35% 79% 91% 14% 0% 46% -21% -43% -29% -17% 22% -50% -25% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 1-Yr 2-Yr 3-Yr 4-Yr 5-Yr 6-Yr 7-Yr 8-Yr 9-yr AHT Peer Avg. Peer average includes: BEE, CHSP, CLDT, DRH, FCH, HST, HT, INN, LHO, PEB, RLJ, SHO Trailing Total Sharehold

  4. Slide 4: Economic & Industry Overview

    Economic & Industry Overview 4

  5. Slide 5: Real GDP Growth

    Real GDP Growth % 5 Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce: BEA & Historical Statistics of the United States: - Cambridge -20.0% -15.0% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 2012 Real GDP Growth: 2.2%

  6. Slide 6: Hotel Demand Driven by Economy

    Hotel Demand Driven by Economy 6 Source: Smith Travel Research & U.S. Dept. of Commerce: BEA -8.0 -6.0 -4.0 -2.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 Real GDP Growth Hotel Demand Growth R-squared = 0.58

  7. Slide 7: U.S. Demand Will Outpace Supply

    U.S. Demand Will Outpace Supply 7 -8.0 -6.0 -4.0 -2.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 Yea r- o v e r- Year % G ro wt h Supply Growth Demand Growth PKF Forecast Source: Smith Travel Research & PKF

  8. Slide 8: RevPAR Forecast - PKF

    RevPAR Forecast - PKF 8 7.7% 6.1% -2.0% -16.7% 5.4% 8.2% 6.8% 6.2% 8.8% 6.5% 3.5% -20.0% -15.0% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013F 2014F 2015F 2016F Historical RevPAR Growth Forecasted RevPAR Growth 4-Year RevPAR Growth CAGR: 6.2% Source: Smith Travel Researc

  9. Slide 9: Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates (2-Year)

    Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates 9 − With strong potential RevPAR gains, those companies with reasonable flow-throughs could experience significant EBITDA growth − PKF estimates 2-year cumulative EBITDA growth of about 26%* *Based on PKF RevPAR/ADR/Occupancy projections and EBITDA growth resul

  10. Slide 10: Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates (4-Year)

    Potential Industry EBITDA Growth Rates 10 − With strong potential RevPAR gains, those companies with reasonable flow-throughs could experience significant EBITDA growth − PKF estimates 4-year cumulative EBITDA growth of about 48%* CUMULATIVE 4-YEAR EBITDA GROWTH COMPOUNDED 4-YEAR REVPAR GROWTH RATE

  11. Slide 11: Company Highlights

    Company Highlights 11

  12. Slide 12: Company Snapshot

    Company Snapshot 12 Portfolio Statistics* Total Enterprise Value $4.3 B Total Gross Assets $4.9 B Peer Comparison 2nd Largest # of Hotels 122 # of Owned Rooms 25,573 # of Property Managers 5 $ ADR $135.24 $ RevPAR $99.19 RevPAR Growth % 5.1% Financial Statistics* Recent Share Price $11.68 (2/27/13)

  13. Slide 13: Portfolio Overview

    Portfolio Overview 13 2% 58% 3% 37% Chain Scale* Luxury Upper Upscale Upper Midscale Upscale 31% 3% 5% 53% 4% 3% Brand Family* Hilton Hyatt Starwood Marriott IHG Independent 24% 4% 23% 49% Segmentation Group Contract Leisure Transient Corporate Transient *2012 EBITDA 73% 17% 10% MSA* Top 25 Top 50 O

  14. Slide 14: Low Supply Growth in Ashford Markets

    Low Supply Growth in Ashford Markets 14 Source: PKF forecast *Weighted average supply growth based on % of total EBITDA in respective markets, net of average room exits 2013 SUPPLY GROWTH PKF NATIONAL ESTIMATE ASHFORD MARKETS* 0.8% 0.7%

  15. Slide 15: Capital Hilton – Washington D.C.

    Capital Hilton – Washington D.C. 15

  16. Slide 16: Crowne Plaza Key West

    Crowne Plaza Key West le : = = —S 0 Bs! ZY ASHFORD 16 NW nospitacity trust

  17. Slide 17: Hyatt Regency Coral Gables

    Hyatt Regency Coral Gables 17

  18. Slide 18: Renaissance Nashville Hotel

    Renaissance Nashville Hotel 18

  19. Slide 19: Hilton Boston Back Bay

    Hilton Boston Back Bay 19

  20. Slide 20: Asset Management Outperformance

    Asset Management Outperformance 20 39% 8% 49% 41% 50% 55% 51% 37% 53% 104% 63% 65% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Peer Avg AHT − Ashford consistently beats peers in hotel EBITDA flow throughs Peers include: BEE, CHSP, DRH, FCH, HST, HT, LHO, PEB, SHO (2012 excludes DRH) S

  21. Slide 21: Attractive Dividend Yield & Coverage

    5.1% 4.8% 4.3% 4.1% 3.9% 3.8% 3.6% 3.2% 2.8% 2.2% 2.0% - - - 1.7x 1.8x 1.6x 1.8x 2.5x 3.4x 2.3x 2.9x 2.4x 3.4x 2.4x - 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% CLDT INN HT CHSP RLJ AHT DRH LHO Peer Avg HST PEB BEE FCH SHO A F F O C ove ra g e Divid e n d Yiel d Dividend

  22. Slide 22: Compelling Valuation

    Compelling Valuation 22 − Ashford is currently trading below the peer average on an EBITDA multiple and price per key basis Source: Company filings, SNL, Street research & First Call (as of 2/27/13) $445 $392 $363 $292 $285 $270 $257 $253 $237 $169 $167 $151 $145 $114 0.0x 2.0x 4.0x 6.0x 8.0x 10.0x

  23. Slide 23: Most Highly-Aligned Management

    Most Highly-Aligned Management 23 21% 15% 6% 5% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% AHT HT INN CLDT FCH RLJ HST CHSP SHO DRH BEE LHO PEB Insider ownership % Source: Company Filings

  24. Slide 24: Low Risk on Balance Sheet

    Low Risk on Balance Sheet 24 Strong liquidity • Excess cash flow • Undrawn $165m credit facility • $186m of unrestricted cash at the end of 2012 Highest leveraged loans have longest time to maturity Upcoming maturities have solid debt yields • No remaining 2013 maturities • 2012 weighted average deb

  25. Slide 25: Highland Hospitality Update

    Highland Hospitality Update 25

  26. Slide 26: Highland EBITDA Flows

    Highland EBITDA Flows 26 32.7% 83.0% 93.8% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% One Year Pre-Takeover One Year Post-Takeover 2012

  27. Slide 27: Highland NOI Exceeds Underwriting

    $79 $82 $86 $88 $91 $93 $95 $100 $96 $70 $75 $80 $85 $90 $95 $100 $105 Mar 2011 TTM Jun 2011 TTM Sep 2011 TTM Dec 2011 TTM Mar 2012 TTM Jun 2012 TTM Sep 2012 TTM Dec 2012 TTM U/W for Dec 2012 NO I $ ( in m il li o n s) Highland NOI Exceeds Underwriting 27

  28. Slide 28: The Melrose – Washington D.C. Before/After

    The Melrose – Washington D.C. 28 BEFORE AFTER

  29. Slide 29: The Churchill – Washington D.C. Before/After

    The Churchill – Washington D.C. 29 BEFORE AFTER

  30. Slide 30: Executive Bios

    Executive Bios 30

  31. Slide 31: Management Team: Monty J. Bennett

    Management Team 31 Monty J. Bennett Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Mr. Bennett serves as Founder, Chairman, & Chief Executive Officer of Ashford Hospitality Trust, a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) formed in August 2003. Ashford focuses exclusively on investing in the hospitality industry ac

  32. Slide 32: Management Team: Douglas A. Kessler

    Management Team 32 Douglas A. Kessler President Mr. Kessler is the President of Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) and a member of the Board of Directors. He had previously served as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Acquisitions for the Company. Mr. Kessler has spearheaded virtually all of Ash

  33. Slide 33: Management Team: David A. Brooks

    Management Team 33 David A. Brooks Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Prior to joining Remington Hotel Corporation and Ashford Financial Corporation in January of 1992, Mr. Brooks, a licensed CPA and attorney, practiced law with the law firm of Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay in both Houston and Dal

  34. Slide 34: Management Team: David Kimichik

    Management Team 34 David Kimichik Chief Financial Officer Mr. Kimichik has served as the Chief Financial Officer for Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. since May 2003. In addition to his duties as Chief Financial Officer he has held the position of Director of Asset Management where he was responsible

  35. Slide 35: Management Team: Deric S. Eubanks

    Management Team 35 Deric S. Eubanks, CFA Senior Vice President of Finance As Senior Vice President of Finance, Mr. Eubanks is responsible for assisting the CEO and CFO with all corporate finance and financial reporting initiatives and capital market activities including equity raises, debt financing

  36. Slide 36: Management Team: Rob Hays

    Management Team 36 Rob Hays Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance & Strategy Mr. Hays has served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance & Strategy of Ashford Hospitality Trust since 2010 and has been with the Company since April 2005. Mr. Hays is responsible for the formation and executio

  37. Slide 37: Management Team: Jeremy Welter

    Management Team 37 Jeremy Welter Executive Vice President of Asset Management Mr. Welter has served as the Executive Vice President of Asset Management for Ashford Hospitality Trust since January 2011. In his current role, Mr. Welter presides over Ashford's lodging portfolio consisting of 122 hotels

  38. Slide 38: Ashford Hospitality Trust March 2013

    JAX& ASHFORD NYY HOSPITALITY TRUST March 2013

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