Exhibit 23.2

              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,  except as to the Notes to the Financial  Statements as
 to which the date is December 4, 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  Entities - Initial Hotels  in  this  Registration  Statement
 and  related  prospectus  of  Hersha Hospitality Trust.


                                    MOORE STEPHENS, P.C.
                                    Certified Public Accountants.

Cranford, New Jersey
December 7, 1998