EXHIBIT 32.1
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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 March 31, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Hasu P.
Shah,  Chief  Executive  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;  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/ Hasu P. Shah
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Hasu P. Shah
Chief Executive Officer
May 17, 2004


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.