Exhibit 23.3


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-60463) on Form S-8 (MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Incentive Plan), the
registration statement (No. 333-60465) on Form S-8 (MeriStar Hospitality
Corporation Non-employee Director's Incentive Plan), the registration statement
(No. 333-66229) on Form S-3 and the registration statement (No. 333-37888) on
Form S-8 (MeriStar Hospitality Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan) of our
report dated January 28, 2002, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets
of MeriStar Hospitality Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and
2000 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2001, and the related financial statement schedule of real estate
and accumulated depreciation, and our reports dated March 20,2002, with respect
to the consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar Hospitality Operating
Partnership, L.P. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, partners' capital, and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2001 and the
related financial statement schedule of real estate and accumulated
depreciation, and the related supplementary consolidating information, which
reports appear in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K/A of MeriStar
Hospitality Corporation.

KPMG LLP

Washington, D.C.
May 7, 2002