Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 1, 2009, MHI Hospitality Corporation (the "Company") announced that it had filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed rights offering relating to non-transferable subscription rights to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share. A copy of the press release announcing the October 12, 2009 record date of the proposed rights offering is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K report and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, are provided pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" hereunder for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release by MHI Hospitality Corporation announcing the proposed rights offering dated October 1, 2009.

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