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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITOR CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Doubletree Corporation:
 
   
     The audits referred to in our report dated February 27, 1996, included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1995, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995 included in the
Registration Statement, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto. This financial
statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule
based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when
considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.
    
 
   
     We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Registration Statement, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto.
    
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Orange County, California
   
October 4, 1996