EXHIBIT 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
and
The Partners
Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (333-117229, 333-166380, 333-166381, 333-171605, and 333-178118) on Form S-3 and (Nos. 333-75055, 333-28683, 333-75057, 333-75059, 333-161488, 033-66622, and 333-171607) on Form S-8 of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. of (i) our reports dated February 22, 2012, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2011 and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, and (ii) our report dated February 22, 2012, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), capital, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2011 and the related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2011, which reports appear in the December 31, 2011 annual report on Form 10-K of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P.
/s/ KPMG LLP
McLean, Virginia
February 22, 2012