Lasalle Hotel Properties (LHO) 10-K 2014 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees

LaSalle Hotel Properties:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Forms S-3 (No. 333-185081) and on Forms S-8 (Nos. 333-196411, 333-158873, 333-125058, 333-104056, 333-86911, and 333-72265) of LaSalle Hotel Properties of our reports dated February 18, 2015, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of LaSalle Hotel Properties as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, which reports appear in the December 31, 2014 annual report on Form 10-K of LaSalle Hotel Properties. Our reports refer to a change in the method of accounting for discontinued operations.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois

February 18, 2015