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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors
Doubletree Corporation:
 
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (no.
333-23619) on Form S-3 and registration statements (no. 333-18219) and (no.
33-92354) on Form S-8 of Doubletree Corporation and (no. 333-08237) of Red Lion
of our report dated March 17, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Doubletree Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1996, which report appears in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K
of Doubletree Corporation.
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Phoenix, Arizona
March 28, 1997