Gaylord Entertainment Invites Investors and the Media to Webcast Of CI

    Business Editors

    NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2005--Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) today announced that it will participate in the 14th Annual CIBC Lodging, Gaming and Leisure Forum held in New York, NY on Thursday, March 3rd, 2005 at 8:45 am EST. Key Foster, Vice President of Treasury and Investor Relations for Gaylord Entertainment, will participate in a panel discussion, with representatives of attending companies and industry experts, regarding a range of key issues affecting the lodging, gaming and leisure industries today.
    Please contact CIBC World Markets for additional details regarding the conference.
    This panel discussion is being web cast and will be accessible at Gaylord Entertainment's Investor Relations web site, http://ir.gaylordentertainment.com. To listen to the live web cast, please go to the Investor Relations web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be made available shortly after the presentation and will run for 30 days.
    Please visit the events section of Gaylord's Investor Relations web site to view a complete calendar of events and receive event reminders.

    About Gaylord Entertainment

    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, please visit www.gaylordentertainment.com.

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CONTACT: Gaylord Entertainment Investor Relations David Kloeppel, CFO 615-316-6101 dkloeppel@gaylordentertainment.com or Key Foster VP of Treasury and Investor Relations 615-316-6132 kfoster@gaylordentertainment.com or Sloane & Company Monica Huang 212-446-1874 mhuang@sloanepr.com or Media: Gaylord Entertainment Greg Rossiter, VP of Corporate Communications 615-316-6302 grossiter@gaylordentertainment.com or Sloane & Company Dan O'Connor 212-446-1865 doconnor@sloanepr.com

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