EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation


We consent to the use of our reports dated March 20, 2002, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, 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, 2001, and the related
financial statement schedule of real estate and accumulated depreciation, and
the related supplementary consolidating information, which reports appear in the
December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K/A of MeriStar Hospitality Operating
Partnership, L.P. incorporated herein by reference, and our report dated January
28, 2002, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar
Hospitality Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, 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,
2001, and the related financial statement schedule of real estate and
accumulated depreciation which report appears in the December 31, 2001 annual
report on Form 10-K/A of MeriStar Hospitality Corporation incorporated herein by
reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
registration statement on Form S-4.

/s/ KPMG LLP


Washington, D.C.
May 16, 2002