Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) 8-K Other Events

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-69853, 333-78091, 333-93157, 333-31352, 333-51946, 333-40854, 333-98207, 333-113901, 333-117229, 333-144195, and 333-150159) on Form S-3 and (Nos. 333-75055, 333-28683, 333-75057, 333-75059 and 033-66622) on Form S-8 of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. of our report dated February 25, 2008, except as to notes 1, 4, 5, 10, 12 and 16, which are as of November 21, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and the related financial statement schedule of real estate and accumulated depreciation, which report appears in the current report on Form 8-K of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. dated November 21, 2008.

Our report with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of real estate and accumulated depreciation makes reference to the Company changing its method of accounting for contingences related to income taxes in 2007 due to the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48,Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.

/s/ KPMG LLP

McLean, Virginia

November 21, 2008