SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


      Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  November 14, 2002


                            HERSHA HOSPITALITY TRUST
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       Maryland                       005-55249                  251811499
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission File No.)       (I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation)                                       Identification  No.)


                            148 Sheraton Drive, Box A
                       New Cumberland, Pennsylvania  17070
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                 (717) 770-2405
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                      N/A
          (former name or former address, if changed since last report)



ITEM  9.     REGULATION  FD  DISCLOSURE

     On  November  14,  2002,  the  registrant  filed  with  the  Commission its
Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10-Q  for  the  period  ended  September  30,  2002
accompanied  by  the  certification  of  Hasu  P.  Shah,  the registrant's chief
executive  officer,  and  Ashish  R.  Parikh,  the  registrant's chief financial
officer,  required  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec.
906  of  the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Conformed copies of the certification
are  attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  99.1.

ITEM  7.     FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS  AND  EXHIBITS

               (c)  Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1   Certification  of  Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
               Officer.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.

                                            HERSHA  HOSPITALITY  TRUST


Date:  November 14, 2002                    By:     /s/  Ashish  R.  Parikh
                                                    -----------------------
                                            Name:   Ashish R. Parikh
                                            Title:  Chief Financial Officer


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                                LIST OF EXHIBITS

99.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.


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