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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
The Board of Directors
Doubletree Corporation:
 
     The audits referred to in our report dated February 27, 1996, included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1995, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995 included in the
registration statement. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial
statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.
 
     We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Orange County, California
May 6, 1996