BETHESDA, Md., March 12, 2018 — DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the "Company") (NYSE: DRH) today announced that Briony Quinn has been promoted to Senior Vice President & Treasurer.

"We are pleased to announce that Briony Quinn has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Treasurer," stated Mark W. Brugger, President and Chief Executive Officer of DiamondRock Hospitality. "I am confident that she will excel in her new role. Briony has been an integral part of the growth of DiamondRock for over a decade and brings a wealth of knowledge about the Company and the portfolio to her new role. Over the past few years, she has played an expanding role in capital markets transactions and balance sheet management."

Ms. Quinn joined DiamondRock in 2007 as Assistant Corporate Controller and was promoted to Vice President and Corporate Controller in 2008 and to Chief Accounting Officer in 2014. Prior to DiamondRock, Ms. Quinn was the Vice President of Finance and Accounting for Meristar Hospitality Corporation, a publicly-traded lodging real estate investment trust. Ms. Quinn is a former certified public accountant and has previously held roles at a number of audit and consulting firms, including Arthur Andersen and Beers & Cutler.