MARRIOTT HOTEL PROPERTIES LTD PARTNERSHIP
8-K, 1998-06-19
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                      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 2, 1998



                 Marriott Hotel Properties Limited Partnership
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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          Delaware                      0-14381            52-1436985
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(State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission File   (I.R.S. Employer
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           10400 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, Maryland          20817
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          (Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 380-2070

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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     Marriott Hotel Properties Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") is one of
eight limited partnerships which is included in a proposed acquisition by merger
into subsidiaries of Host Marriott, L.P., as described in the preliminary
Prospectus/Consent Solicitation Statement as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on Form S-4 (SEC File No. 333-55807) on June 2, 1998.  On
June 15, 1998, the General Partner sent the Limited Partners of the Partnership
a letter to inform them of the proposed transaction and provide them with the
estimated Exchange Value of the Partnership.  Such letter is being filed as an
exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

         (c)  Exhibits

99.1     Letter to Limited Partners of the Partnership, dated June 15, 1998.
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                                  SIGNATURES

     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.

                                MARRIOTT HOTEL PROPERTIES LIMITED 
                                PARTNERSHIP             

                                By:  HOTEL PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT, 
                                     INC., its general partner


Date:  June 19, 1998           By:  /s/  Earla L. Stowe
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                                   Name:   Earla L. Stowe
                                   Title:  Vice President and Chief Accounting
                                           Officer
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                             Description
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99.1                                    Letter to Limited Partners of the 
                                        Partnership, dated June 15, 1998.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

MARRIOTT HOTEL PROPERTIES
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP_____________________________________________________________
                         Department 908                           (301) 380-2070
                         10400 Fernwood Road
                         Bethesda, MD  20817-1109



June 15, 1998



Dear Limited Partner:

In our 1998 First Quarter Report, the Partnership reported that, on April 17,
1998, Host Marriott Corporation ("Host Marriott"), parent company of the General
Partner, announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to
reorganize its business operations to qualify as a real estate investment trust
("REIT").  The REIT conversion currently is expected to become effective as of
January 1, 1999. As part of the REIT conversion, Host Marriott expects to form a
new operating partnership (the "Operating Partnership") that will  own
substantially all of its full-service lodging business.

The Operating Partnership expects to propose a merger with certain Host Marriott
full-service hotel partnerships and joint ventures, including this Partnership,
in which limited partners would be given an opportunity to receive, on a tax-
deferred basis, Operating Partnership units in the Operating Partnership in
exchange for their current limited partnership units. The Operating Partnership
units would be redeemable by the limited partner for freely traded Host Marriott
shares (or the cash equivalent thereof) at any time after one year from the
closing of the merger.  Limited partners will be able to vote on  this
Partnership's participation in the merger later this year through a consent
solicitation.

On June 2, 1998, Host Marriott filed a preliminary Prospectus/Consent
Solicitation Statement (the "Consent Solicitation") relating to the Operating
Partnership's proposed acquisition by merger of this Partnership and up to seven
other limited partnerships owning full-service hotels in which Host Marriott or
its subsidiary acts as general partner. In order to assist you with your
financial planning, we are providing you with the preliminary valuation
information on your Partnership units as disclosed in the preliminary Consent
Solicitation. The estimated exchange value is $ 141,425 per Partnership unit
(the estimated "Exchange Value"). The preliminary Exchange Value is subject to
adjustment to reflect various closing and
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other adjustments and the final Exchange Value information will be set forth
in the final Consent Solicitation you will receive later this year.

The estimated Exchange Value is being provided to you at this time for
information purposes only. In this letter, we have not attempted to provide you
with all of the detail relating to the methodologies, variables, assumptions and
estimates used in determining the estimated Exchange Value. The final Exchange
Value likely will differ from the estimated Exchange Value set forth above and
such difference may be material. The Consent Solicitation that will be mailed to
you to solicit your approval of a merger of the Partnership will contain the
final Exchange Value for a Partnership unit as well as a discussion of the
methodologies, variables, assumptions and estimates used to determine such final
Exchange Value.

The solicitation period is expected to commence on or about September 15 and the
merger, if approved, would close by the end of the year (although there is no
assurance that this will be the case). Please keep the General Partner apprised
of your current mailing address in order to facilitate the prompt delivery of
the Consent Solicitation to you.

If you have any further questions regarding the Partnership or any aspect of
your investment, please contact Host Marriott Partnership Investor Relations at
301/380-2070 or the address above.  We look forward to the opportunity to be of
assistance to you.

Sincerely yours,

HOTEL PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT, INC.
General Partner

/s/ Bruce F. Stemerman

Bruce F. Stemerman
President


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