UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 6, 2006

DiamondRock Hospitality Company


(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Maryland

 

001-32514

 

20-1180098


 


 


(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 800
Bethesda,  MD 20817

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

(240) 744-1150
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 6, 2006, DiamondRock Hospitality Company will give a slideshow to its investors at an investment conference in New York City.  In compliance with Regulation FD, the slides shown to the investors are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and are incorporated by this reference.



SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY

 

 

 

Date:  June 6, 2006

By:

 

 

 


 

 

Michael D. Schecter

 

 

General Counsel and Secretary




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Exhibit No.

 

Description


 


99.1

 

Creating Value – DiamondRock Slideshow – June 2006



Exhibit 99.1

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

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CREATING VALUE
June 2006

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Active Start to 2006

Completed Secondary Offering ($240 million)

 

 

Acquired 2 Hotels ($367 million)

 

 

Completed 3 Major Renovation Projects

 

 

Delivered Strong Operating Results that Exceeded Guidance

[CHART APPEARS HERE]

Note: January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006, Source: FactSet

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DRH Portfolio

17 hotels

 

 

7,678 rooms

 

 

$120 RevPAR

 

 

11 markets

 

 

Multiple brands and managers

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Comparative Performance – 2006 YTD

Indexed Total Return Price Change

Total Return of 29% since January 1, 2006 and 49% since IPO.

 

 

Enterprise Value of $1.6 billion

 

 

Market Capitalization of $1.1 billion

 

 

Efficient Capital Structure

[CHART APPEARS HERE]

Note: January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006, Source: FactSet and Bloomberg

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How DiamondRock Creates Value

Brand Conversions

 

 

 

 

Power of the Brand

 

 

 

ROI Projects

 

 

 

 

Incremental Value Creation

 

 

 

Scheduled Renovation and Modernization

 

 

 

 

Sustained Long Term Value Creation


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Brand Conversions
Power of the Brand

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Brand Conversions – Power of the Brands

Courtyard Marriott 5th Avenue

Reflagged in January 2005

 

 

 

Rooms renovation Q3 2005

 

 

 

Outstanding RevPAR growth

 

 

 

 

43% in 2005

 

 

 

 

32.1% in 2006F

[GRAPHICS APPEAR HERE]

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Brand Conversions – Power of the Brands

Oak Brook Hills Resort Marriott

Reflagged in July 2005

 

 

127-acre resort

 

 

384- room hotel and a championship golf course

 

 

$15M in renovations will start Q4 2006

 

 

Projected 2006 RevPAR growth of 25.8%

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ROI Projects
Incremental Value Creation

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ROI Projects – Adding Keys

Courtyard Marriott Midtown East

Creating 5 incremental keys

 

 

$250k of total estimated cost

 

 

Approximately $250k in 2007 of incremental EBITDA

[GRAPHICS APPEAR HERE]

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ROI Projects – Adding Keys

Chicago Marriott Downtown

Creating 6 incremental keys by relocating Concierge Lounge

 

 

To be completed in time for the autumn season

 

 

New rooms will generate concierge rate premium

 

 

$300k of total estimated cost

 

 

Approximately $300k in 2007 of incremental EBITDA

[GRAPHICS APPEAR HERE]

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ROI Projects – Adding Meeting Space

Los Angeles Airport Marriott 

Converted closed specialty restaurant into new  3,600 sq. ft of meeting space

 

 

Implementing strategy to replace $45 contract room rates with $100+ group room nights (RN’s)

 

 

Group RN’s projected to increase 13% vs. 2005

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ROI Projects – Adding Meeting Space

Salt Lake City Marriott

Reconfigured a closed specialty restaurant into 2,600 sq. ft of flexible meeting and pre-function space

 

 

$450k of total cost

 

 

35% projected unlevered yield

 

 

Approximately $165k annual incremental EBITDA

[GRAPHIC APPEARS HERE]

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ROI Projects – Adding Meeting Space

Bethesda Marriott Suites

Recently converted 2 “last sell” rooms into meeting space

 

 

$310k of total cost

 

 

40% projected unlevered yield

[GRAPHICS APPEAR HERE]

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ROI Projects – Adding Meeting Space

Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa

Recently converted underutilized squash courts into four meeting rooms (4,400 sq. ft)

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ROI Projects – Adding Meeting Space

Chicago Downtown Marriott

 

On the Magnificent Mile

 

 

Converting closed specialty restaurant into meeting space

 

 

4,670 sq. ft

[GRAPHICS APPEAR HERE]

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ROI Projects – Adding Meeting Space

Griffin Gate Marriott Resort

Converting unprofitable restaurant into 2,500 sq. ft junior ballroom and 1,100 sq. ft pre-function space

 

 

$1.5 million of total estimated cost

 

 

38.7% projected unlevered yield in the first year

[GRAPHICS APPEARS HERE]

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ROI Projects – Adding Meeting Space

Torrance Marriott

[GRAPHICS APPEAR HERE]

Converting low margin lounge into high margin banquet space

 

 

$700k of total estimated cost

 

 

30% projected unlevered yield


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ROI Projects – Adding Outlets

Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort

Sand Bar Project

Converted closed service area into a beach bar

 

 

$145K of total cost

 

 

80% of projected unlevered yield

[GRAPHICS APPEAR HERE]

Sand Bar “BEFORE”

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ROI Projects – Adding Outlets

Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star
Marriott Beach Resort

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Sand Bar Project
”After

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Other ROI Projects

Griffin Gate Resort & Spa

 

 

 

 

Converting dysfunctional lower lobby space into 6,500 sq. ft. spa

 

 

 

 

$1.9 million in estimated cost

 

 

 

 

23% projected unlevered yield in the first year

[GRAPHIC APPEARS HERE]

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Scheduled Renovations and Modernization
Sustained Long Term Value Creation



Scheduled Renovations - Guestrooms

Bethesda Marriott Suites

Completed March 2006

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Scheduled Renovations - Guestrooms

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Courtyard
Marriott
Midtown East

Completed March 2006

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Scheduled Renovations - Guestrooms

[GRAPHICS APPEAR HERE]

Courtyard
Marriott
5th Avenue

Completed Q3 2005

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Scheduled Renovations - Guestrooms

Torrance Marriott
Completed January 2006

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Scheduled Renovations – Meeting Space

Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Ballroom renovation – completed Q4 2005

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Future Renovations

Guestroom Renovations

 

 

Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort & Conference Center – Early 2007

 

 

Orlando – Late 2006

 

 

LAX – Late 2006

 

 

Ballroom Renovation

 

 

Worthington Renaissance – Late 2006 and Early 2007


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Renovation Summary- 2005, 2006 and Q1 2007

Renovated in 2005/2006

 

Brand
Conversion

 

Guestrooms

 

Meeting Space

 

ROI projects

 


 



 



 



 



 

Marriott Atlanta Alpharetta

 

 

 

 

 

2007/2008

 

 

2007/2008

 

 

 

 

Atlanta Westin Perimeter Center

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

 

2008

 

 

 

 

Bethesda Marriott Suites

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

SpringHill Suites Buckhead

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

Courtyard Marriott Fifth Avenue

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

n/a

 

 

 

 

Courtyard Marriott Midtown East

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

Chicago Downtown Marriott

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

2007

 

 

X

 

Frenchman’s Reef and Morningstar Marriott Beach Resort

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

Griffin Gate Marriott Resort

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

Los Angeles Airport Marriott

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

Oak Brook Hills Resort and Conference Center

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

Orlando Airport Marriott

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

Salt Lake City Marriott

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

 

2008

 

 

X

 

Lodge at Sonoma Renaissance

 

 

 

 

 

2008

 

 

2008

 

 

 

 

Torrance Marriott

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

Vail Marriott Mountain Resort and Spa

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

Renaissance Worthington

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 

 

X

 

 

 

 


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Safe Harbor

Certain statements made during this presentation are forward-looking and are subject to risks and uncertainties.  The forward-looking statements made are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future performance, taking into account all information currently available to us.  Actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements made during this presentation.  When we use the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “will,” “intend” or other similar expressions, we are identifying forward-looking statements.  The forward-looking statements made during this presentation are subject to the safe harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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CREATING VALUE
June 2006