Exhibit 3.8.1


                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                              Lodgian Ontario, Inc.

      FIRST: That the name of the corporation is Lodgian Ontario, Inc.

      SECOND: The name of this corporation's initial agent for service of
process in the State of California is:

                             C T CORPORATION SYSTEM

      THIRD: This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of
stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to
issue is: One Thousand (1,000).

      FOURTH: The purpose Of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or
the practice of a profession, permitted to be incorporated by the California
Corporations Code.

      FIFTH: The liability of the directors of this corporation for monetary
damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California
law.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles this June
3, 1998.


            /s/ Barbara Lowes
            --------------------------------
            BARBARA LOWES

            INCORPORATOR




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