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DiamondRock Hospitality Announces Third Quarter 2007 Earnings Release and Conference Call

09/27/07

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the "Company") (NYSE: DRH) will report financial results for its fiscal third quarter 2007 on Tuesday, October 16, 2007. A conference call for investors and other interested parties is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the same day. Management will discuss the Company's fiscal third quarter 2007 results and its business outlook for the remainder of 2007. 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 at www.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 888-680-0894. International callers may dial 617-213-4860. The participant passcode is 63024278. 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 October 23, 2007. To access the rebroadcast, dial 888-286-8010, or internationally at 617-801-6888, and request passcode number 56597106. A replay of the call will also be available on the Internet at www.drhc.com or www.earnings.com for 30 days.

About DiamondRock Hospitality Company

DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) that is an owner and acquirer of premium hotel properties. DiamondRock owns 21 hotels with approximately 10,000 rooms. For further information, please visit DiamondRock's website at www.drhc.com.

SOURCE  DiamondRock Hospitality Company
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    /CONTACT:  Mark Brugger of DiamondRock Hospitality Company,
+1-240-744-1150, info@drhc.com /
    /Web site: http://www.drhc.com
               http://www.earnings.com /
    (DRH)

CO:  DiamondRock Hospitality Company
ST:  Maryland
IN:  FIN RLT
SU:  CCA

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