Exhibit 23.2
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              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

      We consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" and
"Selected Financial Information" and to the use of our report dated May 27,
1998, on our audit of Hersha Hospitality Trust, our report dated May 27, 1998,
on our audit of Hersha Hospitality Management, L.P., and our report dated March
21, 1998, on our audit of the Combined Selling Entities - Initial Hotels in this
Registration Statement and related prospectus of Hersha Hospitality Trust.


                        MOORE STEPHENS, P.C.
                        Certified Public Accountants.

   
Cranford, New Jersey
July ___, 1998