Exhibit 23

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-60545) on Form S-8 (for the Non-Employee Directors' Incentive Plan), the
registration statement (No. 333-60539) on Form S-8 (for the Incentive Plan), the
registration statement (No. 333-61731) on Form S-8 (for The Employee Stock
Purchase Plan), and the registration statement (No. 333-84531) on Form S-3 of
MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. of our report dated January 29, 2002, with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 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; which report appears in the December
31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Washington, D.C.
March 5, 2002