EXHIBIT 32.2
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In  connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Hersha Hospitality
Trust (the "Company") for the period ending September 30, 2003 as filed with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Ashish
R.  Parikh,  Chief  Financial  Officer  of  the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  Sec.  1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec. 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 Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

     (2)     the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


/s/  Ashish R Parikh
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Ashish  R.  Parikh
Chief  Financial  Officer
November  13,  2003




A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be retained
by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its
staff upon request.