Attached files

file filename
8-K - HERSHA HOSPITALITY TRUST 8-K 8-17-2010 - HERSHA HOSPITALITY TRUSTform8k.htm
EX-99.4 - EXHIBIT 99.4 - HERSHA HOSPITALITY TRUSTex99_4.htm
EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - HERSHA HOSPITALITY TRUSTex99_1.htm
EX-99.2 - EXHIBIT 99.2 - HERSHA HOSPITALITY TRUSTex99_2.htm
EX-99.3 - EXHIBIT 99.3 - HERSHA HOSPITALITY TRUSTex99_3.htm

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Hersha Hospitality Trust:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-82666, No. 333-113058, No. 333-142073, No. 333-142075, No. 333-147113, No. 333-156661, No. 333-163121, No. 333-163122, No. 333-163123) on Form S-3 and (No. 333-122657, No. 333-151314) on Form S-8 of Hersha Hospitality Trust and subsidiaries of our report dated March 4, 2010,  except as to notes 10 and 12, which are as of August 17, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Hersha Hospitality Trust and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, which report appears in the accompanying Form 8-K of Hersha Hospitality Trust.

/s/ KPMG LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 17, 2010
 
 
1