Exhibit 23.1


                        INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated February 11, 2003, with respect to
the consolidated balance sheets of Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and
subsidiaries (formerly Interstate Hotels Corporation) as December 31, 2002, and
the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2002,
incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "experts" in the registration statement on Form S-3.

/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP
McLean, Virginia
August 1, 2003