Winston Hotels Announces Date for Second Quarter Results and Conference Call

Business Wire, July 18, 2005

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Winston Hotels, Inc. (NYSE:WXH), today announced that the Company will announce financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005 prior to the opening of the market on Thursday, August 4, 2005.

Also, on August 4th at 10 a.m. (EST) Winston Hotels, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss the results. To hear the call, please dial 888-428-4478. Please state that you are dialing into the Winston Hotels, Inc. second quarter results call. A replay of the call will be available for seven days after the call by dialing 800-475-6701 access code #789703.

The call can also be accessed via the Internet live or as a replay at www.winstonhotels.com. The conference call will be available for replay on the Company's web site shortly after the call and for 30 days thereafter.

Raleigh, North Carolina-based Winston Hotels, Inc. is a real estate investment trust specializing in the development, acquisition, and repositioning of, and provision of subordinated financing to, premium limited-service, upscale extended-stay and full-service hotels, with a portfolio increasingly weighted toward the leading brands in the lodging industry's upscale segment. The company currently owns or is invested in 49 hotels with an aggregate of 6,886 rooms in 15 states, which includes: 42 wholly owned properties with an aggregate of 5,963 rooms; a 49 percent ownership interest in one joint-venture hotel with 118 rooms; a 48.78 percent ownership interest in one joint venture hotel with 147 rooms; and a 13.05 percent ownership interest in five joint-venture hotels with 658 rooms. For more information about Winston Hotels, visit the Winston Hotels Web site at www.winstonhotels.com.