Exhibit 23.4



               Statement Regarding Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

Hospitality's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated April 15, 2002 (as amended by
Current Report on Form 8-K/A on April 18, 2002) and September 12, 2002 include
balance sheets of Marriott Residence Inn Limited Partnership (a Delaware limited
partnership) as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related statements of
operations, changes in partners' capital and cash flows for each of the three
fiscal years in the period ended December 31, 2001, together with the
accompanying audit report of Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen"). After reasonable
efforts, we have been unable to obtain the written consent of Andersen to the
incorporation by reference of such financial statements and audit report into
our registration statement on Form S-4 (no. 333-101194) and the related
prospectus (the "Registration Statement"). Therefore, we have dispensed with the
requirement to file Andersen's consent in reliance on Rule 437a under the
Securities Act of 1933. Because Andersen has not consented to the inclusion of
its report in the Registration Statement, you will not be able to recover
against Andersen under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 for any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by
Andersen that are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein.