RLJ Lodging Trust Names Sean M. Mahoney Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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USA, Bethesda, Maryland. July 26, 2018

RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) announced that
Sean M. Mahoney will join the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective August 1, 2018. Mr. Mahoney
will report directly to Leslie D. Hale, the Company's incoming President
and Chief Executive Officer.

“We are excited to welcome Sean to the RLJ team. Sean is a seasoned
REIT executive with broad industry experience and deep financial
knowledge with a proven track record of prudent balance sheet
management. He is well-respected by the investment community and will be
a great addition to RLJ,” stated Leslie D. Hale.

Mr. Mahoney recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer of DiamondRock Hospitality Company
(NYSE:DRH), a lodging real estate investment trust, from September 2008
through March 2018. In this role, Mr. Mahoney led the finance and
accounting teams, oversaw all capital markets activity, and played an
active role in corporate strategy and planning, investor relations,
acquisition and dispositions, and risk management. Earlier in his
career, Mr. Mahoney worked in the audit practices of Arthur Andersen,
KPMG and Ernst & Young. Mr. Mahoney received a B.S. in accounting
from Syracuse University in 1993.