Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company’s principal business objectives are to generate returns on its invested capital and long-term growth in cash flow to maximize total returns to its stockholders. The Company operates in the direct hotel investment segment of the hotel lodging industry. It owns interests in 16 hotel properties in seven states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands with approximately 4,181 total rooms (3,946 net rooms). The hotel properties in its portfolio are predominantly located in United States urban and resort locations. The Company owns 14 of its hotel properties directly, and the remaining two hotel properties through an investment in a majority-owned consolidated joint venture entity. All of the hotel properties in its portfolio are asset-managed by Ashford LLC. The Company’s hotel properties include Marriott Seattle Waterfront, Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile and other.