Exhibit 23

                       [LETTERHEAD OF KPMG APPEARS HERE]

                             ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-60545) on Form S-8 (for the Non-Employee Directors' Incentive Plan), the
registration statement (No. 333-60539) on Form S-8 (for the Incentive Plan), the
registration statement (No. 333-61731) on Form S-8 (for The Employee Stock
Purchase Plan), and the registration statement (No. 333-84531) on Form S-3 of
MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. of our report dated January 28, 2000 relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and owners' equity, and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears
in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of MeriStar Hotel & Resorts,
Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP

Washington, D.C.
March 15, 2000