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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001232582-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHT"
cik: "0001232582"
company_name: "ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:41:07.572846+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ashford Hospitality Trust enters agreements to sell two hotels for $153.5M total; closes two prior sales

## Summary
- Definitive agreement to sell La Posada de Santa Fe (157 rooms) for $57.5M ($364K/key); closing expected March 2026.
- Definitive agreement to sell Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront (333 rooms) for $96M ($288K/key); closing expected March 2026.
- Closed sales of Embassy Suites Houston Galleria and Austin Arboretum (300 rooms) for $27M ($90K/key) in gross proceeds.
- Together, four sales expected to improve annual cash flow by >$2M and save $55.5M in future capital expenditures.
- Proceeds primarily used to retire debt; company cites strong buyer demand and deleveraging strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001232582-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHT
- cik: 0001232582
- company_name: ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000027/0001232582-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000027/aht-20260224.htm

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