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                  FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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                          FORM 10-Q SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Fairfield Inn by Marriott
Limited Partnership, (the "Partnership"), on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended September 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, in the capacities and on the
date indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) the
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) the information contained in the
Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
results of operations of the Partnership.


Date:  December 19, 2003                    /s/  Michael L. Ashner
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                                                 Michael L. Ashner
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

Date:  December 19, 2003                    /s/  Thomas C. Staples
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                                                 Thomas C. Staples
                                                 Chief Financial Officer