Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Announces The Election Of Sheila C. Bair To Its Board Of Directors

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:HST) today announced that on October 31, 2012 the board of directors increased its size from eight to nine directors and elected Ms. Sheila C. Bair to the Board of Directors. 

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Ms. Bair has an extensive background in banking and finance and is the former Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, where she served in that capacity from 2006 to 2011.  From 2002 to 2006 she was the Dean's Professor of Financial Regulatory Policy for the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.  She also served as Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury (2001 to 2002), Senior Vice President for Government Relations of the New York Stock Exchange (1995 to 2000), Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1991 to 1995), and as counsel to Kansas Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (1981 to 1988).  She continues her work on financial policy issues as a senior advisor to the Pew Charitable Trusts and as chair of the Systemic Risk Council, a public interest group which monitors progress on the implementation of financial reforms.  She is also an accomplished author and has written several books on financial issues, including educational writings on money and finance for children.

"We are very pleased to have Ms. Bair join our board.  Her significant expertise and leadership in banking, government and finance will be an excellent addition to our board," said W. Edward Walter, president and chief executive officer of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

A BOUT H OST H OTELS & R ESORTS

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is an S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company and is the largest lodging real estate investment trust and one of the largest owners of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The Company currently owns 104 properties in the United States and 16 properties internationally totaling approximately 65,000 rooms. The Company also holds non-controlling interests in a joint venture in Europe that owns 14 hotels with approximately 4,400 rooms and a joint venture in Asia that owns one hotel with approximately 300 rooms in Australia and a minority interest in seven hotels with approximately 1,750 rooms in India, two of which recently opened in Bangalore and five that are in various stages of development in two cities. Guided by a disciplined approach to capital allocation and aggressive asset management, the Company partners with premium brands such as Marriott ^®, Ritz-Carlton ^®, Westin ^®, Sheraton ^®, W ^®, St. Regis ^®, Le Meridien ^®, The Luxury Collection ^®, Hyatt ^®, Fairmont ^®, Four Seasons ^®, Hilton ^®, Swissotel ^®, ibis ^®, Pullman ^®, and Novotel ^®* in the operation of properties in over 50 major markets worldwide. For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.hosthotels.com.

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