Article: Hilton Sells Two Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotels for $17.2 Million; Keeps Management Contracts.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT) announced today that the company has sold two Homewood Suites by Hilton properties to Apple REIT Six, Inc., for $17.2 million.

Hilton will retain long-term management agreements for both extended-stay properties, which are located in Fort Worth, Texas (137 rooms) and Nashville, Tennessee (121 rooms). Including this transaction, Hilton manages 23 Homewood Suites properties for Apple REIT Companies.

"We are pleased to have been able to sell these assets at an attractive price and to a franchisee that we hold in high regard," said Robert M. La Forgia, chief financial officer for Hilton Hotels ...

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