Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which invests in the hospitality industry. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and currently employs 101 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2003-08-26. The firm's portfolio consists of upscale hotels and upper upscale full-service hotels. The firm owns its lodging investments and conducts its business through Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership (Ashford Trust OP). Its hotel properties are primarily branded under the brands of Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and Intercontinental Hotel Group. The firm operates through one segment: direct hotel investments. The company has a portfolio consisting of approximately 68 consolidated operating hotel properties, which represent over 16,736 total rooms. The company owns a 15.1 % ownership in OpenKey, Inc. The company owns four consolidated operating hotel properties, which represent 405 total rooms owned through a 99.0% ownership interest in Stirling REIT OP, LP (Stirling OP). The firm also has an investment in an entity that owns the Meritage Resort and Spa and the Grand Reserve at the Meritage (the Meritage Investment) in Napa, California.