Exhibit 23.2

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  Registration  Statement on
Form S-8 of Lodgian,  Inc.  pertaining to the Lodgian 1998 Short-term  Incentive
Compensation  Plan,  the  Lodgian  1998  Stock  Incentive  Plan and the  Lodgian
Non-employee  Directors'  Stock Plan of our report  dated April 20,  1998,  with
respect to the balance sheet of Lodgian,  Inc. as of April 17, 1998, included in
Lodgian's Amendment No. 1 to its Registration  Statement on Form S-4, dated July
22, 1998.


January 19, 1999                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
West Palm Beach, FL                             Ernst & Young LLP