Gaylord Entertainment Announces First Quarter Earnings Conference Call

    Business Editors

    NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2005--Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE:GET), today announced that it will release its first quarter 2005 earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, April 28, 2005. Management will hold a conference call to discuss the quarter's results and the company's outlook at 10:00 a.m. ET of the same day.
    This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at Gaylord Entertainment's Investor Relation's Web site at http://ir.gaylordentertainment.com.
    The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

    Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET), a leading hospitality and entertainment company based in Nashville, Tenn., owns and operates three industry-leading brands - Gaylord Hotels (www.gaylordhotels.com) its network of upscale, meetings-focused resorts, ResortQuest (www.resortquest.com), the nation's largest vacation rental property management company and the Grand Ole Opry (www.opry.com), the weekly showcase of country music's finest performers for 79 consecutive years. The Company's entertainment brands and properties include the Radisson Hotel Opryland, Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat, Springhouse Links, Wildhorse Saloon and WSM-AM. For more information about the Company, visit www.gaylordentertainment.com.

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CONTACT: Gaylord Entertainment Company Key Foster (Investor Relations), 615-316-6132 kfoster@gaylordentertainment.com

KEYWORD: TENNESSEE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TRAVEL ENTERTAINMENT EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: Gaylord Entertainment Company

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