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DiamondRock Hospitality Announces First Quarter 2011 Earnings Release and Conference Call

04/19/11

BETHESDA, Md., April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --

DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the "Company") (NYSE: DRH) will report financial results for its fiscal first quarter 2011 before the market opens on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. A conference call for investors and other interested parties is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) the same day. Management will discuss the Company's fiscal first quarter 2011 results. The information to be discussed on the call will be contained in the Company's earnings release, which will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website atwww.drhc.com.

The conference call will be accessible by telephone and through the Internet. Interested individuals are invited to listen to the call by telephone at 888-679-8040. International callers may dial 617-213-4851. The participant passcode is 17417532. To participate on the webcast, log on to www.drhc.com or www.earnings.com 15 minutes before the call to download the necessary software.

For those unable to listen to the call live, a taped rebroadcast will be available beginning two hours after completion of the live call through May 10, 2011. To access the rebroadcast, dial 888-286-8010, or internationally at 617-801-6888, and request passcode number 10551989. A replay of the call will also be available on the Internet at www.drhc.com or www.earnings.com for one year.

About the Company

DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a leading self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) that is an owner of premium hotel properties throughout the United States. The Company owns 23 hotels with over 10,700 rooms and holds the senior loan on a 443-room hotel. For further information, please visit DiamondRock Hospitality Company's website at www.drhc.com.

COMPANY CONTACT

Chris King
(240) 744-1150

SOURCE DiamondRock Hospitality Company