BOY Boykin Lodging

Boykin Lodging Sets Date for 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders CLEVELAND, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boykin Lodging Company (NYSE:BOY), a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that it will hold its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the Embassy Suites Southfield, 28100 Franklin Road, Southfield, Michigan, beginning at 2:00 p.m., eastern time. Holders of record of the Company's common shares as of the close of business on March 28, 2005 will be entitled to vote at the meeting and will receive the Company's proxy statement related to the Annual Meeting via mail. Boykin Lodging Company is a real estate investment trust that focuses on the ownership of full-service, upscale commercial and resort hotels. The Company currently owns interests in 24 hotels containing a total of 7,166 rooms located in 16 states, and operating under such internationally known brands as Doubletree, Marriott, Hilton, Radisson, Embassy Suites, and Courtyard by Marriott among others. For more information about Boykin Lodging Company, visit the Company's website at http://www.boykinlodging.com/ . Certain matters discussed within this press release may contain "forward- looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regarding the Company, including those statements regarding the Company's and management's beliefs and expectations. Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this release are forward- looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in those statements. Among other things, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements include financial performance, real estate conditions, execution of hotel acquisition programs, changes in local or national economic conditions, and other similar variables and other matters disclosed in the Company's filings with the SEC, which can be found on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/ . Contact: Tara Szerpicki Investor Relations Boykin Lodging Company (216) 430-1333 DATASOURCE: Boykin Lodging Company CONTACT: Tara Szerpicki, Investor Relations of Boykin Lodging Company, +1-216-430-1333, or Web site: http://www.boykinlodging.com/

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