EXHIBIT 23.4
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
 
CapStar Hotel Company:
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of our report, dated January 31, 1997, except as to Note 8 for which
the date is July 16, 1997, on our audit of the combined financial statements of
Chi-Town Partners, L.P. and St. Elmo's Partners, L.P. for the year ended
December 31, 1996. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts."
 
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
September 16, 1997