POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING PURPOSES

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Michael D. Barnello, Alfred L. Young, Kenneth G. Fuller and
Kenneth D. Shoop as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or trustee of LaSalle Hotel Properties (the "Company"), Forms
3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned
may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing, which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 18th day of July, 2016.

/s/ Stuart L. Scott
Stuart L. Scott
Chairman of the Board