Exhibit 99.2



                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



     I, Ashish R. Parikh, Chief Financial Officer of Hersha Hospitality Trust,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Annual Report of Hersha Hospitality Trust
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 fully complies with the
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and that the information contained in such Form 10-K fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of Hersha
Hospitality Trust.


               March 31, 2003              By:  /s/ Ashish R. Parikh
                                              --------------------------------
                                           Name:  Ashish R. Parikh
                                           Title: Chief Financial Officer



This certificate is being submitted in accordance with the procedure provided in
Section III of SEC Release No. 33-8212, 34-47551, IC-25967 (March 21, 2003) for
treatment as a document 'accompanying' the Annual Report on Form 10-K to which
it is attached and not as a document 'filed' as a part of such Annual Report.
This certificate shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of
Hersha Hospitality Trust's Securities Act registration statements. A signed
original of this written statement required by Section Sec. 906 has been
provided to Hersha Hospitality Trust and will be retained by Hersha Hospitality
Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
request.