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September 12, 2007 Holloway Lodging Real Estate Investment Trust closes acquisition of Holiday Inn Express hotel for $11.3 millionHALIFAX, Sep. 12, 2007 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) -- /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION ON U.S. WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE

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Holloway Lodging Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HLR.UN) ("Holloway" or the "REIT") announces that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Kamloops, British Columbia. The hotel was purchased for cash consideration of $11.3 million.

The hotel had an occupancy rate of 79.3% and an average daily rate of approximately $101 for the trailing twelve months as of May 31, 2007. It is the leader in the limited service segment in the Kamloops market.

"Management is excited about acquiring the Holiday Inn Express in Kamloops, BC and believes that it is consistent with our goal of generating stable cash distributions and expanding Holloway's asset base through accretive acquisitions and internal growth initiatives" said Mr. Glenn Squires, Holloway's Chief Executive Officer.

ABOUT HOLLOWAY LODGING REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST

Holloway is a real estate investment trust focused on acquiring, owning and operating select and limited service lodging properties and a small complement of full service hotels primarily in secondary, tertiary and suburban markets and providing investors with stable distributions. With this acquisition, Holloway now owns 21 hotels with 2,310 rooms. Holloway's units and convertible debentures trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols HLR.UN, HLR.DB and HLR.DB.A, respectively.

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SOURCE: HOLLOWAY LODGING REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST

Mr. Glenn Squires, Chief Executive Officer of the REIT; Ms. Tracy Sherren, Chief
Financial Officer of the REIT, (902) 457-1907

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