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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                              ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation:



We consent to the use of our report dated February 2, 2001 relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar Hospitality Corporation and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2000, and the financial statement schedule
of real estate and accumulated depreciation, which report appears in the
December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of MeriStar Hospitality Corporation
incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement of MeriStar
Hospitality Operating Partnership and MeriStar Hospitality Finance Corp. on Form
S-4 (File No. 333-63768).



We consent to the use of our report dated May 30, 2001 relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, partners' capital and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, and the financial statement
schedule of real estate and accumulated depreciation, included herein and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in Amendment No. 2 to the
Registration Statement of MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership and
MeriStar Hospitality Finance Corp. on Form S-4 (File No. 333-63768).



/s/ KPMG LLP


Washington, D.C.
August 27, 2001