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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-88093 and No. 333-86133) of Interstate
Hotels Corporation and its subsidiaries of our report dated February 16, 2000
relating to the financial statements, which appears in the Annual Report to
Shareholders, which is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.



March 29, 2000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania