Exhibit 13



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



The Partners

MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P.:



We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of
MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P. and subsidiaries (the Partnership) as listed in the accompanying index. In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the financial statement schedule as
listed in the accompanying index. These consolidated financial statements and the financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Partnerships management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements and the financial statement schedule based on our audits.



We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.



In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of MeriStar Hospitality
Operating Partnership, L.P. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information
set forth therein.



We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of the Partnerships internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, based on criteria established in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 15, 2005, expressed an unqualified opinion on managements assessment of, and the effective operation of, internal control over financial
reporting.



/s/    KPMG LLP

---

KPMG LLP



McLean, VA

March 15, 2005



---

MERISTAR HOSPITALITY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.



CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER
31, 2004 AND 2003

(Dollars and units in thousands)



|                                                                               |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ---- | --------- | - | ---- | - | --------- | -
|                                                                               |  | 2004 |           |   | 2003 |  
|ASSETS                                                                         |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Property and equipment                                                         |  | $    | 2,581,720 |   |      | $ | 2,481,752 |  
|Accumulated depreciation                                                       |  |      | (506,632  | ) |      |   | (446,032  | )
|                                                                               |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|                                                                               |  |      | 2,075,088 |   |      |   | 2,035,720 |  
|                                                                               |  |     
|Assets held for sale                                                           |  |      |          |   |      |   | 51,169    |  
|Restricted cash                                                                |  |      | 58,413    |   |      |   | 42,523    |  
|Investment in affiliate                                                        |  |      | 84,528    |   |      |   | 15,000    |  
|Note receivable from Interstate Hotels & Resorts                               |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |  
|Insurance claim receivable                                                     |  |      | 76,056    |   |      |   |          |  
|Prepaid expenses and other assets                                              |  |      | 34,230    |   |      |   | 47,033    |  
|Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $691 and $2,040 |  |      | 33,719    |   |      |   | 64,709    |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                                                      |  |      | 60,533    |   |      |   | 230,876   |  
|                                                                               |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|                                                                               |  | $    | 2,422,567 |   |      | $ | 2,487,030 |  
|                                                                               |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS CAPITAL                                              |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Long-term debt                                                                 |  | $    | 1,369,299 |   |      | $ | 1,381,555 |  
|Notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality Corporation                              |  |      | 203,977   |   |      |   | 256,473   |  
|Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                          |  |      | 72,253    |   |      |   | 80,014    |  
|Accrued interest                                                               |  |      | 41,165    |   |      |   | 46,813    |  
|Due to Interstate Hotels & Resorts                                             |  |      | 21,799    |   |      |   | 16,411    |  
|Other liabilities                                                              |  |      | 11,553    |   |      |   | 11,045    |  
|                                                                               |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Total liabilities                                                              |  |      | 1,720,046 |   |      |   | 1,792,311 |  
|                                                                               |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)                                        |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Minority interests                                                             |  |      | 2,418     |   |      |   | 2,496     |  
|Redeemable OP units at redemption value, 2,298 and 3,510 outstanding           |  |      | 19,187    |   |      |   | 35,926    |  
|Partners capitalCommon OP Units 87,367 and 66,790 issued and outstanding     |  |      | 680,916   |   |      |   | 656,297   |  
|                                                                               |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  
|                                                                               |  | $    | 2,422,567 |   |      | $ | 2,487,030 |  
|                                                                               |  |      |           |   |      |   |           |  



The accompanying notes
are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



2



---

MERISTAR HOSPITALITY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.



CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004, 2003 AND 2002

(Dollars in thousands, except per unit amounts)



|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -------- | - | ---- | - | -------- | ---- |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                                                                         |  | 2004 |          |   | 2003 |   |          | 2002 | 
|Revenue:                                                                                                 |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Hotel operations:                                                                                        |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Rooms                                                                                                    |  | $    | 507,897  |   |      | $ | 488,883  |      |  | $ | 503,951  |  
|Food and beverage                                                                                        |  |      | 212,132  |   |      |   | 200,795  |      |  |   | 199,148  |  
|Other hotel operations                                                                                   |  |      | 54,111   |   |      |   | 61,657   |      |  |   | 61,093   |  
|Office rental, parking and other revenue                                                                 |  |      | 5,032    |   |      |   | 6,276    |      |  |   | 8,300    |  
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Total revenue                                                                                            |  |      | 779,172  |   |      |   | 757,611  |      |  |   | 772,492  |  
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Hotel operating expenses:                                                                                |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Rooms                                                                                                    |  |      | 129,007  |   |      |   | 123,479  |      |  |   | 120,668  |  
|Food and beverage                                                                                        |  |      | 153,150  |   |      |   | 145,691  |      |  |   | 141,120  |  
|Other hotel operating expenses                                                                           |  |      | 34,480   |   |      |   | 36,429   |      |  |   | 33,297   |  
|Office rental, parking and other expenses                                                                |  |      | 2,395    |   |      |   | 2,798    |      |  |   | 3,186    |  
|Other operating expenses:                                                                                |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|General and administrative, hotel                                                                        |  |      | 123,502  |   |      |   | 120,002  |      |  |   | 120,832  |  
|General and administrative, corporate                                                                    |  |      | 14,215   |   |      |   | 11,913   |      |  |   | 6,487    |  
|Property operating costs                                                                                 |  |      | 117,077  |   |      |   | 113,995  |      |  |   | 112,385  |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                                                            |  |      | 98,786   |   |      |   | 93,506   |      |  |   | 96,498   |  
|Property taxes, insurance and other                                                                      |  |      | 56,965   |   |      |   | 61,237   |      |  |   | 53,195   |  
|Loss on asset impairments                                                                                |  |      | 4,974    |   |      |   | 27,334   |      |  |   |         |  
|Write-down of note receivable with Interstate Hotels & Resorts                                           |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   | 14,517   |  
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Operating expenses                                                                                       |  |      | 734,551  |   |      |   | 736,384  |      |  |   | 702,185  |  
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Equity in income of and interest earned from unconsolidated affiliates, net of impairment charge in 2003 |  |      | 13,147   |   |      |   | (17,631  | )    |  |   | 7,608    |  
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Operating income                                                                                         |  |      | 57,768   |   |      |   | 3,596    |      |  |   | 77,915   |  
|Minority interest                                                                                        |  |      | 79       |   |      |   | 62       |      |  |   | 15       |  
|Interest expense, net                                                                                    |  |      | (126,927 | ) |      |   | (140,623 | )    |  |   | (136,125 | )
|(Loss) gain on early extinguishments of debt                                                             |  |      | (7,967   | ) |      |   | 4,085    |      |  |   |         |  
|Change in fair value of non-hedging derivatives, net of swap payments                                    |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   | (4,446   | )
|Loss on fair value of non-hedging derivatives                                                            |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   | (4,735   | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Loss before income taxes and discontinued operations                                                     |  |      | (77,047  | ) |      |   | (132,880 | )    |  |   | (67,376  | )
|Income tax benefit                                                                                       |  |      | 367      |   |      |   | 3,689    |      |  |   | 1,331    |  
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Loss from continuing operations                                                                          |  |      | (76,680  | ) |      |   | (129,191 | )    |  |   | (66,045  | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Discontinued operations:                                                                                 |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Loss from discontinued operations before income tax                                                      |  |      | (22,587  | ) |      |   | (275,313 | )    |  |   | (105,364 | )
|Income tax benefit                                                                                       |  |      | 134      |   |      |   | 67       |      |  |   | 590      |  
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Loss from discontinued operations                                                                        |  |      | (22,453  | ) |      |   | (275,246 | )    |  |   | (104,774 | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net loss                                                                                                 |  | $    | (99,133  | ) |      | $ | (404,437 | )    |  | $ | (170,819 | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Preferred distributions                                                                                  |  |      | (141     | ) |      |   | (565     | )    |  |   | (565     | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net loss applicable to common unitholders                                                                |  | $    | (99,274  | ) |      | $ | (405,002 | )    |  | $ | (171,384 | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net loss applicable to general partner unitholders                                                       |  | $    | (96,464  | ) |      | $ | (381,922 | )    |  | $ | (157,718 | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net loss applicable to limited partner unitholders                                                       |  | $    | (2,810   | ) |      | $ | (23,080  | )    |  | $ | (13,666  | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Basic and diluted loss per share:                                                                        |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Loss from continuing operations                                                                          |  | $    | (0.91    | ) |      | $ | (2.41    | )    |  | $ | (1.36    | )
|Loss from discontinued operations                                                                        |  |      | (0.27    | ) |      |   | (5.11    | )    |  |   | (2.15    | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net loss per basic and diluted share                                                                     |  | $    | (1.18    | ) |      | $ | (7.52    | )    |  | $ | (3.51    | )
|                                                                                                         |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  



The accompanying notes
are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



3



---

MERISTAR HOSPITALITY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.



CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS CAPITAL

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004, 2003 AND 2002

(Dollars in thousands)



|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------- | - |  | - | --------- | -
|                                                                                               |  | Units      |   |  |   |          
|Balance at January 1, 2002                                                                     |  | 44,524,147 |   |  | $ | 1,045,190 |  
|                                                                                               |  |           
|Comprehensive loss:                                                                            |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Net loss                                                                                       |  |           |   |  |   | (170,819  | )
|Foreign currency translation adjustment                                                        |  |           |   |  |   | 205       |  
|Reclassification of loss on derivatives due to repayment of hedged debt                        |  |           |   |  |   | 4,735     |  
|Change in valuation of hedging derivative instruments                                          |  |           |   |  |   | 511       |  
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Comprehensive loss                                                                             |  |            |   |  |   | (165,368  | )
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Contributions                                                                                  |  | 480,548    |   |  |   | 3,156     |  
|Contribution from general partner related to amortization of unearned stock-based compensation |  |           |   |  |   | 1,649     |  
|Repurchase of units                                                                            |  | (87,906    | ) |  |   | (1,318    | )
|Redemption of OP Units                                                                         |  | 313,930    |   |  |   | 6,502     |  
|Allocations from redeemable OP Units                                                           |  |           |   |  |   | 26,533    |  
|Distributions                                                                                  |  |           |   |  |   | (1,344    | )
|Balance at December 31, 2002                                                                   |  | 45,230,719 |   |  | $ | 915,000   |  
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|                                                                                               |  |           
|Comprehensive loss:                                                                            |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Net loss                                                                                       |  |           |   |  |   | (404,437  | )
|Foreign currency translation adjustment                                                        |  |           |   |  |   | 6,075     |  
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Comprehensive loss                                                                             |  |            |   |  |   | (398,362  | )
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Contributions                                                                                  |  | 20,751,227 |   |  |   | 134,439   |  
|Contribution from general partner related to amortization of unearned stock-based compensation |  |           |   |  |   | 1,349     |  
|Repurchase of units                                                                            |  | (77,119    | ) |  |   | (376      | )
|Redemption of OP Units                                                                         |  | 884,797    |   |  |   | 21,761    |  
|Allocations to redeemable OP Units                                                             |  |           |   |  |   | (17,514   | )
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Balance at December 31, 2003                                                                   |  | 66,789,624 |   |  | $ | 656,297   |  
|                                                                                               |  |           
|Comprehensive loss:                                                                            |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Net loss                                                                                       |  |           |   |  |   | (99,133   | )
|Foreign currency translation adjustment                                                        |  |           |   |  |   | 977       |  
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Comprehensive loss                                                                             |  |            |   |  |   | (98,156   | )
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Contributions                                                                                  |  | 20,471,393 |   |  |   | 123,970   |  
|Contribution from general partner related to amortization of unearned stock-based compensation |  |           |   |  |   | 2,329     |  
|Repurchase of units                                                                            |  | (26,753    | ) |  |   | (164      | )
|Redemption of OP Units                                                                         |  | 132,646    |   |  |   | 606       |  
|Allocations to redeemable OP Units                                                             |  |           |   |  |   | (3,966    | )
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  
|Balance at December 31, 2004                                                                   |  | 87,366,910 |   |  | $ | 680,916   |  
|                                                                                               |  |            |   |  |   |           |  



The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



4



---

MERISTAR HOSPITALITY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.



CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004, 2003 AND 2002

(Dollars in thousands)



|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -------- | - | ---- | - | -------- | ---- |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                                                          |  | 2004 |          |   | 2003 |   |          | 2002 | 
|Operating activities:                                                                     |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net loss                                                                                  |  | $    | (99,133  | ) |      | $ | (404,437 | )    |  | $ | (170,819 | )
|Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                                             |  |      | 102,114  |   |      |   | 111,891  |      |  |   | 125,365  |  
|Loss on asset impairments                                                                 |  |      | 12,337   |   |      |   | 320,037  |      |  |   | 78,732   |  
|Loss on sale of assets, before tax effect                                                 |  |      | 14,065   |   |      |   | 2,356    |      |  |   | 21,197   |  
|Gain (loss) on early extinguishments of debt                                              |  |      | 7,967    |   |      |   | (4,085   | )    |  |   |         |  
|Loss on fair value of non-hedging derivatives                                             |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   | 4,735    |  
|Write-down of note receivable with Interstate Hotels & Resorts                            |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   | 14,517   |  
|Minority interests                                                                        |  |      | (79      | ) |      |   | (62      | )    |  |   | (15      | )
|Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates                                             |  |      | (237     | ) |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Cash distributions from equity method investment                                          |  |      | 840      |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Amortization of unearned stock-based compensation                                         |  |      | (2,939   | ) |      |   | 2,544    |      |  |   | 4,543    |  
|Change in value of interest rate swaps                                                    |  |      |         |   |      |   | (3,977   | )    |  |   | (7,612   | )
|Redemption of POPs                                                                        |  |      | (4,602   | ) |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Deferred income taxes                                                                     |  |      | (730     | ) |      |   | (3,923   | )    |  |   | (2,271   | )
|Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                                              |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Accounts receivable                                                                       |  |      | 4,009    |   |      |   | (7,881   | )    |  |   | (9,650   | )
|Prepaid expenses and other assets                                                         |  |      | 8,990    |   |      |   | (345     | )    |  |   | (3,401   | )
|Due from/to Interstate Hotels & Resorts                                                   |  |      | (7,132   | ) |      |   | 5,911    |      |  |   | 6,757    |  
|Accounts payable, accrued expenses, accrued interest and other liabilities                |  |      | (24,555  | ) |      |   | (35,166  | )    |  |   | (4,180   | )
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities                                       |  |      | 10,915   |   |      |   | (17,137  | )    |  |   | 57,898   |  
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Investing activities:                                                                     |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Acquisition of hotels, net of cash acquired of $4.1 million                               |  |      | (182,375 | ) |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Capital expenditures for property and equipment                                           |  |      | (133,953 | ) |      |   | (36,190  | )    |  |   | (47,347  | )
|Investment in and advance to Radisson Lexington Avenue Hotel                              |  |      | (50,493  | ) |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Proceeds from sales of assets                                                             |  |      | 155,698  |   |      |   | 127,885  |      |  |   | 60,650   |  
|Purchases of marketable securities                                                        |  |      |         |   |      |   | (18,040  | )    |  |   |         |  
|Sales of marketable securities                                                            |  |      |         |   |      |   | 18,040   |      |  |   |         |  
|Net payments from (advances to) Interstate Hotels & Resorts                               |  |      |         |   |      |   | 42,052   |      |  |   | (7,500   | )
|(Increase) decrease in restricted cash                                                    |  |      | (15,890  | ) |      |   | (22,158  | )    |  |   | 939      |  
|Costs associated with disposition program and other, net                                  |  |      | (7,475   | ) |      |   | (6,821   | )    |  |   | (2,476   | )
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities                                       |  |      | (234,488 | ) |      |   | 104,768  |      |  |   | 4,266    |  
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Financing activities:                                                                     |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Prepayments on long-term debt                                                             |  |      | (105,049 | ) |      |   | (228,866 | )    |  |   | (333,000 | )
|Scheduled payments on long-term debt                                                      |  |      | (13,336  | ) |      |   | (16,845  | )    |  |   | (19,466  | )
|Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt                                                  |  |      | 109,669  |   |      |   | 260,468  |      |  |   | 300,452  |  
|Contributions from partners                                                               |  |      | 72,296   |   |      |   | 95,358   |      |  |   | 3,153    |  
|Distributions to minority investors                                                       |  |      | (141     | ) |      |   | (565     | )    |  |   | (3,060   | )
|Purchase of limited partnership unit                                                      |  |      | (8,854   | ) |      |   | (65      | )    |  |   |         |  
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                                       |  |      | 54,585   |   |      |   | 109,485  |      |  |   | (51,921  | )
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents                              |  |      | (1,355   | ) |      |   | (129     | )    |  |   | 205      |  
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents                                      |  |      | (170,343 | ) |      |   | 196,987  |      |  |   | 10,448   |  
|Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year                                              |  |      | 230,876  |   |      |   | 33,889   |      |  |   | 23,441   |  
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Cash and cash equivalents, end of year                                                    |  | $    | 60,533   |   |      | $ | 230,876  |      |  | $ | 33,889   |  
|                                                                                          |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Supplemental Cash Flow Information                                                        |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Cash paid for interest and income taxes:                                                  |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Interest, net of capitalized interest                                                     |  | $    | 138,602  |   |      | $ | 144,856  |      |  | $ | 132,977  |  
|Income tax payments, net of (refunds)                                                     |  |      | (869     | ) |      |   | 562      |      |  |   | 493      |  
|Non Cash investing and financing activities:                                              |  |      |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Property damage insurance claim receivable                                                |  | $    | 65,486   |   |      | $ |         |      |  | $ |         |  
|Senior subordinated debt redeemed in exchange for common stock                            |  |      | 49,213   |   |      |   | 38,078   |      |  |   |         |  
|Mortgage foreclosure                                                                      |  |      | 11,141   |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Change in fair value of interest rate swap                                                |  |      | 4,674    |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Redemption of OP units                                                                    |  |      | 606      |   |      |   | 21,761   |      |  |   | 6,502    |  
|Issuance of POPs                                                                          |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   | 2,894    |  
|POPs converted to common stock                                                            |  |      |         |   |      |   | 921      |      |  |   | 2,915    |  
|Issuance of restricted stock                                                              |  |      | 1,940    |   |      |   | 1,153    |      |  |   |         |  



The accompanying notes
are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



5



---

MERISTAR HOSPITALITY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.



NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2004, 2003 AND 2002



1. Organization



MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P. is the
subsidiary operating partnership of MeriStar Hospitality Corporation, which is a real estate investment trust, or REIT. We own a portfolio of primarily upper upscale, full-service hotels and resorts in the United States. Our portfolio is diversified
geographically as well as by franchise and brand affiliations. As of December 31, 2004, we owned 73 hotels with 20,319 rooms, all of which were leased by our taxable subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2004, 71 hotels were managed by Interstate Hotels
& Resorts (Interstate Hotels), which was created on July 31, 2002 through the merger of MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Interstate Hotels Corporation, one hotel was managed by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC
(Ritz-Carlton), a subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc., and one hotel was managed by another subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc. (Marriott) (collectively with Interstate Hotels, the Managers).



On January 1, 2001, changes to the federal tax laws governing
REITs, commonly known as the REIT Modernization Act, or RMA, became effective. As permitted by the RMA, we formed a number of wholly-owned taxable subsidiaries to lease our real property. The RMA prohibits our taxable subsidiaries from engaging in
the following activities:



| |  |  | Managing the properties they lease (our taxable subsidiaries must enter into an arms-length management agreement with an independent third-party manager actively
involved in the trade or business of hotel management and manages properties on behalf of other owners);
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | Leasing a property that contains gambling operations; and
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | Owning a brand or franchise.
| | - |  | ----------------------------



The Managers operate the 73 hotels we owned as of December 31, 2004 pursuant to management agreements with our taxable subsidiaries. Under these
management agreements, each taxable subsidiary pays a management fee for each property to the Manager of its hotels. The taxable subsidiaries in turn make rental payments to our subsidiary operating partnership under the participating leases.



Under the Interstate Hotels management agreements, the base
management fee is 2.5% of total hotel revenue, plus incentive payments based on meeting performance thresholds that could total up to an additional 1.5% of total hotel revenue. The agreements have initial terms expiring on January 1, 2011 with three
renewal periods of five years each at the option of Interstate Hotels, subject to some exceptions.



Under the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott management agreements, the base management fee is 3.0% and 2.5% of total hotel revenue, respectively, through 2005 and
3.0% under both thereafter, plus incentive payments based on meeting performance thresholds that could total up to an additional 2.0% of total revenue and 20% of available cash flow (as defined in the relevant management agreement), respectively.
The agreements have initial terms expiring in 2015 and 2024, respectively, with four and three renewal periods of 10 and five years each, respectively, at the option of Ritz-Carlton and Marriott. The Ritz-Carlton and Marriott management agreements
include certain limited performance guarantees by the relevant manager which are designed primarily to provide downside performance protection and run through 2005 and up to 2008, respectively. During 2004, we recorded a total amount of $1.0 million
under the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott limited performance guarantees, combined. Management, based upon budgets and operating trends, expects payments under these guarantees in the future to be minimal.



2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies



Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation. The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its subsidiaries and its controlled affiliates. We consolidate entities (in the



6



---

absence of other factors when determining control) when we own over 50% of the voting shares of another company or, in the case of partnership investments,
when we own a majority of the general partnership interest. Additionally, if we determine that we are an owner in a variable interest entity within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, revision to Interpretation No. 46,
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities and that our variable interest will absorb a majority of the entitys expected losses if they occur, receive a majority of the entitys expected residual returns if they occur, or
both, then we will consolidate the entity. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. One of our properties reports results over 13 four week periods each year. We include 12 weeks of results in each
of quarters one through three and 16 weeks of results in quarter four.



Use of Estimates.Preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ significantly from these estimates.



Property and Equipment.We record our property and
equipment at cost or at fair value at the time of contribution for contributed property. We use the straight-line method for depreciation. We depreciate the majority of our buildings and improvements over an estimated useful life of 20 to 40 years,
or the remaining terms of a ground lease, if shorter. We depreciate furniture, fixtures and equipment over lives ranging from five to seven years, and computers over three to five years. During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, we
recognized depreciation expense of $95.3 million, $105.7 million, and $115.4 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, we capitalized interest of $5.6 million, $3.1 million, and $4 million, respectively.



Held for Sale Properties.Held-for-sale classification
requires that the sale be probable and that the transfer of the asset is expected to be completed within one year, among other criteria. Assessing the probability of the sale requires significant judgment due to the uncertainty surrounding
completing the transaction, and as a result, we have the following policy in aiding in assessing probability. We classify the properties we are actively marketing as held for sale once all of the following conditions are met:



| |  |  | Our board has approved the sale,
| | - |  | --------------------------------



| |  |  | We have a fully executed agreement with a qualified buyer which provides for no significant outstanding or continuing obligations with the property after sale, and
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | We have a significant non-refundable deposit.
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------



We carry properties held for sale at the lower of their carrying values or estimated fair values less costs to sell. We cease depreciation at the time the
asset is classified as held for sale. If material to our total portfolio, we segregate the assets and liabilities relating to our held for sale properties on our consolidated balance sheet.



Intangible Assets.Intangible assets, which are included in prepaid
expenses and other assets, consist primarily of deferred financing fees. We amortize, to amortization expense, the deferred financing fees on a straight-line basis (which approximates the interest method) over the lives of the related borrowings. As
of December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, we had recorded gross deferred financing fees of $34.8 million, $34.9 million, and $27.3 million; these intangibles were $19.0 million, $23.4 million and $19.1 million, respectively, net of accumulated
amortization. Related amortization expense was $4.6 million, $3.9 million and $3.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. We estimate related amortization expense to remain approximately $5.0 million each of the
next five years.



Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash.We classify investments with original maturities of three months or less as cash equivalents. Our cash equivalents include investments in debt securities, including commercial



7



---

paper, overnight repurchase agreements and money market funds. Restricted cash represents amounts held in escrow in accordance with the requirements of
certain of our credit facilities.



Revenue Recognition.Substantially all of our revenues are derived from the operations of our hospitality properties, including room, food and beverage revenues. We recognize hotel operational revenues as hotel services are delivered.



Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.We apply the provisions
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, which require the current and prior period operating results of any asset that has been classified as held for
sale or has been disposed of and where we have no continuing involvement to be recorded as discontinued operations. Any gains or losses on final disposition are also included in discontinued operations.



The provisions of SFAS No. 144 also require that whenever events or changes
in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a long-lived asset may be impaired that an analysis be performed to determine the recoverability of the assets carrying value. When we conclude that we expect to sell or otherwise dispose of
an asset significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life, we perform an impairment analysis on that asset (as is the case for assets we are considering for disposition). We make estimates of the undiscounted cash flows from the
expected future operations or potential sale of the asset. If the analysis indicates that the carrying value is not recoverable from these estimates of cash flows, we write down the asset to estimated fair value and recognize an impairment loss. Any
impairment losses we recognize on assets held for use are recorded as operating expenses. We record any impairment losses on assets held for sale as a component of discontinued operations.



Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.We
apply the provisions of SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, which require that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized and measured initially at fair
value only when the liability is incurred. Our strategy includes the disposition of certain hotel assets, all of which are managed under agreements that typically require payments as a result of termination. Any such liability will be recognized at
the time the asset disposition is complete and a termination notice is provided. At that time, the recognition of the termination obligation will be included in the calculation of the final gain or loss on sale. To date, we have not incurred any
management agreement termination obligations other than in connection with sales of hotels. For further discussion of potential termination obligations, see Note 15.



Gains and Losses From Extinguishments of Debt. We apply the provisions of SFAS No. 145, Rescission of FASB
Statements No. 4, No. 44 and No. 64, Amendment of SFAS No. 13, and Technical Corrections. The rescission of SFAS No. 4 and No. 64 requires that all gains and losses from extinguishments of debt be classified as extraordinary only if the gains
and losses are from unusual or infrequent transactions. It also requires prior period gains or losses that are not from unusual and infrequent transactions to be reclassified. See Note 8 for details on the early extinguishment of certain debt during
the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003.



Stock-Based
Compensation.We apply the provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148, for new stock options issued under compensation programs sponsored by MeriStar Hospitality. As permitted by
SFAS No. 148, we elected to apply the provisions prospectively, which includes recognizing compensation expense for only those stock options issued in 2003 and after. We grant options with an exercise price equal to the price of MeriStar
Hospitalitys common stock on grant date. Compensation costs related to stock options are included in general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. We apply the provisions of Accounting Principles
Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, in accounting for stock options issued by MeriStar Hospitality under compensation programs prior to January 1, 2003. As MeriStar Hospitality granted these stock options at
fair market value, no compensation cost has been recognized. For other equity-based compensation plans, we recognize compensation expense over the vesting period based on the fair market value of the award at



8



---

the date of grant for fixed plan awards, while variable plan awards are re-measured based upon the intrinsic value of the award at each balance sheet date.



Pro forma information regarding net loss and loss per unit is
required by SFAS No. 123, and has been determined as if we had accounted for all of MeriStar Hospitalitys employee stock options under the fair value method. We estimated the fair value for these options at the date of grant using a
Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:



|                               |  |            |   |  |            |   |  |            |  
|------------------------------ |  | ---------- | - |  | ---------- | - |  | ---------- | -
|                               |  | 2004       |   |  | 2003       |   |  | 2002       |  
|Risk-free interest rate        |  | 1.6        | % |  | 2.1        | % |  | 2.1        | %
|Dividend rate                  |  |           |   |  |           |   |  |           |  
|Volatility factor              |  | 0.28       |   |  | 0.04       |   |  | 0.04       |  
|Weighted average expected life |  | 4.12 years |   |  | 4.12 years |   |  | 3.77 years |  



Had compensation cost
been determined based on fair value at the grant date for awards granted prior to our adoption of the fair value method, our net loss and per unit amounts would have been adjusted to the pro forma amounts indicated as follows (in thousands, except
per unit amounts):



|                                                                                                                                            |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | -------- | ---- |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                                                                                                            |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|                                                                                                                                            |  | 2004                    |         |   | 2003 |   |          | 2002 | 
|Net loss, as reported                                                                                                                       |  | $                       | (99,133 | ) |      | $ | (404,437 | )    |  | $ | (170,819 | )
|Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net loss, net of related tax effect                                     |  |                         | 4,123   |   |      |   | 3,090    |      |  |   | 4,692    |  
|Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value-based method for all awards, net of related tax
effects |  |                         | (4,117  | ) |      |   | (3,617   | )    |  |   | (5,526   | )
|                                                                                                                                            |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net loss, pro forma                                                                                                                         |  | $                       | (99,127 | ) |      | $ | (404,964 | )    |  | $ | (171,653 | )
|                                                                                                                                            |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Loss per unit:                                                                                                                              |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Basic and diluted, as reported                                                                                                              |  | $                       | (1.18   | ) |      | $ | (7.52    | )    |  | $ | (3.51    | )
|Basic and diluted, pro forma                                                                                                                |  | $                       | (1.18   | ) |      | $ | (7.52    | )    |  | $ | (3.52    | )
|Weighted average fair value of options granted                                                                                              |  | $                       | 2.07    |   |      | $ | 0.23     |      |  | $ | 0.72     |  



These pro forma
compensation costs may not be representative of the actual effects on reported net loss and loss per share in future years. Additionally, the adjustment related to the POPs accounting is not included in the stock-based employee compensation expense
amounts in the schedule above (see Note 10).



Income Taxes.We account for income taxes in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Deferred income taxes reflect the tax consequences on future years of differences between the tax and financial reporting
bases of assets and liabilities. As a partnership, we are not subject to federal income taxes. We are subject to state and local taxes in certain jurisdictions.



Foreign Currency Translation.We sold three of our four Canadian hotels in December 2003 and the fourth Canadian hotel in 2004. We maintained
the results of operations for our Canadian hotels in Canadian dollars and translated those results to U.S. dollars using the average exchange rates for each period. We translated assets and liabilities using the exchange rate in effect at the
balance sheet date. We reflected any resulting translation adjustments in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Our cumulative translation adjustment included in accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31, 2004 was zero.



Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.Our interest rate risk
management objective is to manage the effect of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows. We look to manage interest rates through the use of a combination of fixed and variable rate debt. We only enter into derivative or interest rate
transactions for hedging



9



---

purposes. We recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet and measure those instruments at fair value. Changes in the fair
value of derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income based on the derivatives effectiveness and whether the derivative has been designated as a cash flow or fair value hedge. SFAS No. 149,
Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities became effective on July 1, 2003. The statement clarifies under what circumstances a contract with an initial net investment meets the characteristics of a
derivative, clarifies when a derivative contains a financing component, amends the definition of an underlying derivative, and amends certain other provisions. This statement applies to any freestanding financial derivative instruments entered into
or modified after June 30, 2003. This standard did not affect our results of operations or financial condition as we have properly classified our interest rate swap as a fair value hedge, and have not entered into any other transactions within the
scope of SFAS No. 149.



Acquisition of Hotels. Our hotel
acquisitions consist almost exclusively of land, building, furniture, fixtures and equipment. We allocate the purchase price among these asset classes and any acquired intangible assets based upon their respective fair values as required by SFAS No.
141, Business Combinations.



Investments in
Unconsolidated Affiliates.We have non-controlling interests in two entities which we carry at cost, plus any equity in net earnings or losses on our equity method investment, less distributions received since the date of acquisition, less any
adjustment for impairment, in a separate line item on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our cost method investment is a limited partner interest with no participation rights in the management, affairs or operations of the entity. On one investment,
we recognize our preferred return quarterly as it becomes due to us. Our other investment is accounted for using the equity method, since we are presumed to exert significant influence on this entity due to our ownership percentage of 49.99%.
Accordingly, we recognize 49.99% of the profit and loss of the investee. Our investments in unconsolidated affiliates are periodically reviewed for other than temporary declines in market value. An impairment is recorded as a reduction to the
carrying value of the investment for any declines which are determined to be other than temporary.



Accounting for the Impact of the Hurricane Damage to Florida Properties.In August and September 2004, hurricanes caused substantial damage to a
number of our hotels located in Florida. The hurricane damage and local evacuation orders also caused significant business interruption at many of our Florida properties, including the complete closure of certain hotels. As a result, eight of our
hotels were closed for an extended period of time, and five others were affected in varying degrees.



We have comprehensive insurance coverage for both property damage and business interruption. Our damage assessment teams, working with the adjusters for
our insurance providers, are inspecting each of our affected properties and implementing restoration plans. Some properties will require substantial repair and reconstruction and will remain closed until such repairs are complete. Our recovery
effort is extensive and includes replacing portions of buildings, landscaping and furniture, as well as upgrading to comply with changes in building and electrical codes. The net book value of the property damage is currently estimated to be at
least $65 million; however, we are still assessing the impact of the hurricanes on our properties, and actual net book value write-offs could vary from this estimate. Changes to this estimate will be recorded in the periods in which they are
determined. For the year ended December 31, 2004, we have recorded a net fixed asset write-off and a corresponding insurance claim receivable for this $65 million net book value amount because we believe that it is probable that the insurance
recovery, net of deductibles, will significantly exceed the net book value of the damaged portion of these assets. The recovery is based on replacement cost, and we have submitted claims substantially in excess of $65 million.



While we expect the insurance proceeds will be sufficient to cover most of
the replacement cost of the restoration of these hotels, certain deductibles (primarily windstorm) and limitations will apply. Moreover, no determination has been made as to the total amount or timing of those insurance payments, and those insurance
payments may not be sufficient to cover the costs of all the restoration of the hotels. To the extent that insurance

proceeds, which are on a replacement
cost basis, ultimately exceed the net book value of the damaged property, a gain will be recorded in the period when all contingencies related to the insurance claim have been resolved.



10



---

As of December 31, 2004, seven of our Florida properties remained completely closed due to hurricane
damage. Additionally, as of December 31, 2004, four properties that suffered varying amounts of hurricane damage had certain rooms and conference facilities out of service. Where possible and in order to mitigate loss of revenues, some permanent
repairs to damaged properties have been deferred during the Florida high season, which generally lasts from late December through early April, in order to have facilities available to meet demand. These damaged facilities will be removed
from service for permanent repairs at a later date. We have hired consultants to assess our business interruption claims and are currently negotiating with our insurance carriers regarding coverage for these income losses sustained. To the extent
that we are entitled to a recovery under the insurance policies, we will recognize a receivable when it can be demonstrated that it is probable that such insurance recovery will be realized, and such receivable will then be reflected as a component
of operating income. Any gain resulting from business interruption insurance for lost income will not be recognized until the relevant payments have been received and all contingencies related to the insurance recoveries are resolved. This income
recognition criteria will likely often result in business interruption insurance recoveries being recorded in a period subsequent to the period that we experience lost income from the affected properties, resulting in fluctuations in our net income
that may reduce the comparability of reported quarterly results for some periods into the future.



Under this income recognition criteria, as of December 31, 2004, we have recorded a $107.3 million insurance claim receivable related to both property
damage and business interruption recoveries combined, of which $31.3 million in insurance advances had been collected through December 31, 2004. We have collected an additional $8.8 million in advances from January 1 through March 7, 2005. Of the
$107.3 million receivable recorded, $65.5 million represents the write-down of net fixed assets, as discussed above. The remaining $41.8 million represents a probable recovery of costs incurred. The cost recoveries are recorded on the expense line
item to which they relate; therefore there is no net impact to any line item or our results.



The following is a summary of hurricane-related activity recorded (in millions):



|                                       |  |   |       |  
|-------------------------------------- |  | - | ----- | -
|Hurricane Receivable                   | 
|                                      
|December 31, 2004                      | 
|Fixed assets net book value write down |  | $ | 65.5  |  
|Recovery of costs incurred             |  |   | 41.8  |  
|Payments received to date              |  |   | (31.3 | )
|                                       |  |   |       |  
|                                       |  | $ | 76.0  |  
|                                       |  |   |       |  



New Accounting
Pronouncements.In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment, which requires companies to recognize compensation cost relating to share-based payment transactions, and measure that cost based on
the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. We are required to comply with the provisions of this statement beginning with the third quarter of 2005. We do not expect the adoption of this revised standard to have a material effect
on our accounting treatment for share-based payments as we adopted the transition provisions of SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based CompensationTransition and Disclosure on January 1, 2003 and elected to recognize compensation
expense for options granted subsequent to December 31, 2002 under the fair-value-based method.



The FASB issued SFAS No. 152 Accounting for Real Estate Time-Sharing Transactionsan amendment of FASB Statements No. 66 and 67 in December 2004, which amends current guidance to state that the rules
for (a) incidental operations and (b) costs incurred to sell real estate projects do not apply to real estate time-sharing transactions. We are required to comply with the provisions of this statement for the third quarter of 2005. We do not expect
the effect of this statement to be material.



The FASB issued
Statement No. 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions in December 2004. This Statement amends Opinion 29 to



11



---

eliminate the exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets
that do not have commercial substance. We are required to comply with the provisions of this statement for the third quarter of 2005. We have not entered into or modified any transactions within the scope of this standard, nor do we have any
existing transactions that fall within the scope of SFAS No. 153.



Reclassifications.Certain prior year information has been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications have no impact on consolidated net loss.



3. Comprehensive Loss



Comprehensive loss was $98.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004, which consisted of net loss ($99.1 million) and
foreign currency translation adjustments.



Comprehensive loss
was $398.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, which consisted of net loss ($404.4 million) and foreign currency translation adjustments.



Comprehensive loss was $165.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, which consisted of net loss ($170.8 million), partially offset by foreign
currency translation adjustments ($0.2 million), change in valuation of hedging derivative instruments ($0.5 million), and a reclassification of loss on derivatives due to repayment of hedged debt ($4.7 million).



4. Acquisitions



On May 10, 2004 and June 25, 2004, we acquired the 366-room Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia and the
485-room Marriott Irvine in Orange County, California, respectively, for a total purchase price of $185.5 million, plus net acquisition costs and adjustments of $0.9 million.



The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City luxury hotel is operated by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC under a long-term contract.
On June 30, 2004, we partially financed the acquisition through a $55.8 million fixed-rate mortgage loan, which is secured by this property, matures on June 1, 2011 and bears interest at an annual fixed rate of 5.8%. We financed the remainder of the
acquisition cost with cash on hand.



The Marriott Irvine is
operated by a subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc. under a long-term contract. We financed a portion of the acquisition with a $55.5 million fixed-rate mortgage loan, which is secured by this property, matures on July 1, 2011 and bears
interest at an annual fixed rate of 5.69%. We financed the remainder of the acquisition cost with cash on hand. Because Marriott International, Inc. reports results in 13 four-week periods during the year rather than the 12 monthly periods that we
employ, we will include 12 weeks of results in each of quarters one through three and 16 weeks of results in quarter four.



The acquisitions were accounted for under the purchase method of accounting, and the assets and liabilities and results of operations of the hotels have
been consolidated in our financial statements since the date of purchase. On an unaudited pro forma basis, revenues, net income and basic and diluted loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 would have been reported as follows
if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of each of the respective periods (in thousands):



|                   |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |  
|------------------ |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | -------- | -
|                   |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|                   |  | 2004                    |         |   | 2003 |  
|Total revenue      |  | $                       | 806,349 |   |      | $ | 817,528  |  
|Net loss           |  |                         | (96,968 | ) |      |   | (403,750 | )
|Net loss per unit: |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |  
|Basic              |  | $                       | (1.16   | ) |      | $ | (7.49    | )
|Diluted            |  |                         | (1.16   | ) |      |   | (7.49    | )



12



---

The following is a summary of the combined allocation of the purchase price based on estimates of fair
value as determined by an appraiser (in thousands).



|                                  |  |   |        
|--------------------------------- |  | - | -------
|Land                              |  | $ | 14,836 
|Buildings and improvements        |  |   | 152,501
|Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |   | 17,676 
|Net working capital               |  |   | 1,435  
|                                  |  |   |        
|Total purchase price              |  | $ | 186,448
|                                  |  |   |        



On October 1, 2004, we
acquired an interest in the 705-room Radisson Lexington Avenue Hotel in Midtown Manhattan (see Note 7).



5. Property and Equipment



Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):



|                                  |  |              |           |      |   |          
|--------------------------------- |  | ------------ | --------- | ---- | - | ---------
|                                  |  | December 31,
|                                  |  | 2004         |           | 2003
|Land                              |  | $            | 244,088   |      | $ | 238,772  
|Buildings and improvements        |  |              | 1,926,813 |      |   | 1,930,155
|Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |              | 295,562   |      |   | 284,602  
|Construction-in-progress          |  |              | 115,257   |      |   | 28,223   
|                                  |  |              |           |      |   |          
|                                  |  | $            | 2,581,720 |      | $ | 2,481,752
|                                  |  |              |           |      |   |          



For the years ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003, we capitalized interest of $5.6 million and $3.1 million, respectively.



During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 we recognized impairment losses of $12.3 million, $295.0 million, and $78.7 million respectively,
of which $7.4 million, $267.7 million, and $78.7 million, respectively, are recorded in discontinued operations as of December 31, 2004 (see Note 16). There are no properties classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2004.



The impairment charges recorded during 2004, 2003 and 2002 were triggered by
an expectation that a property would be sold significantly before the end of its estimated useful life. The impairment charges were based on our estimates of the fair value of the properties we were actively marketing based on available market data.
As we received updated market data on the estimated sales proceeds of these assets, we recalculated estimated fair values, and re-assessed impairment based on the updated estimated fair values. We recorded additional impairments, as necessary, based
upon the estimated fair values. The estimates of fair values required us to make assumptions about the sales prices that we expected to realize for each property as well as the timing of a potential sale. In making these estimates, we considered the
operating results of the assets, the market for comparable properties, and quotes from brokers, among other information. In nearly all cases, our estimates reflected the results of an extensive marketing effort and negotiations with prospective
buyers. Actual fair values, or realized proceeds, could differ materially from these estimates.



On September 7, 2004, we relinquished a property to a mortgage lender upon the completion of a foreclosure proceeding initiated by the lender with our
acquiescence (see Note 8). The property and the mortgage loan had a fair value and carrying value of approximately $11 million.



6. Assets Held for Sale



At December 31, 2004, none of our 73 properties met the probability criteria as prescribed by SFAS No. 144 to classify them as held for sale. As of
December 31, 2003, seven assets were classified as held for sale. All seven of these assets were disposed of during the first six months of 2004.



13



---

Assets held for sale consisted of the following (in thousands).



|                                  |  |              |   |      |   |        |  
|--------------------------------- |  | ------------ | - | ---- | - | ------ | -
|                                  |  | December 31, |  
|                                  |  | 2004         |   | 2003 |  
|Land                              |  | $            |  |      | $ | 5,061  |  
|Buildings and improvements        |  |              |  |      |   | 43,391 |  
|Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |              |  |      |   | 2,759  |  
|Construction-in-progress          |  |              |  |      |   | 1,114  |  
|                                  |  |              |   |      |   |        |  
|                                  |  |              |   |      |   | 52,325 |  
|Accumulated depreciation          |  |              |  |      |   | (1,156 | )
|                                  |  |              |   |      |   |        |  
|                                  |  | $            |  |      | $ | 51,169 |  
|                                  |  |              |   |      |   |        |  



7. Investments in Unconsolidated
Affiliates



Investment in Radisson Lexington Avenue
Hotel.On October 1, 2004, we acquired a 49.99% interest in the 705-room Radisson Lexington Avenue Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. We made a total investment of $50 million, which includes a $40 million mezzanine loan that matures on October 1, 2014
and yields $5.8 million of cumulative annual interest, and a $10 million equity interest in the hotel. The mezzanine loan is secured by a pledge of the equity interests held by the borrower in an indirect parent of the owner of the hotel, and has a
10-year term. The loan is subordinate to $150 million in senior notes, but has priority over all equity interests.



Our equity investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting, in accordance with our accounting policies as described in Note 2 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements. The interest income from the loan, as well as the income related to the 49.99% share in profits and losses, is recorded in a separate line item equity in income of and interest earned from unconsolidated
affiliates within operating activities as the operations of this investment are integral to our operations. As of December 31, 2004, we recognized interest income of $1.4 million on the mezzanine loan, which is recognized as earned. Our
outstanding loan balance of $40.4 million includes $0.4 million origination costs associated with the loan. Our initial equity investment balance of $10.1 million includes $0.1 million of external costs incurred. During 2004, we recognized $0.2
million of income on our equity investment.



Investment in
MIP. In 1999, we invested $40 million in MeriStar Investment Partners, L.P. (MIP), a joint venture established to acquire upscale, full-service hotels. Our cost-basis investment is in the form of a limited partnership interest, in
which we earned a 16% cumulative preferred return with outstanding balances compounded quarterly. While the return on this investment was preferred and cumulative, the underlying investment ranked equally with the investments of the other investors
in MIP.



In December 2004, MIPs partnership agreement was
amended and restated. In accordance with the amended and restated MIP partnership agreement, MIPs general partner contributed $10 million to MIP which was then distributed to us, thereby reducing our outstanding preferred return receivable;
the return on our investment and on our remaining unpaid accrued preferred return was reduced to a 12% future annual cumulative return rate, and subordinate only to the MIP debt; and $12.5 million of our $40 million investment was upgraded to
receive preference over all other investments. As a result of the partnership restructuring, our ability to collect the preferred return improved, and we reassessed the carrying value of our preferred return. During the fourth quarter of 2004, we
were able to recognize as income the $4.1 million compounded cumulative preferred return, $1.4 million of which was earned in 2003, but fully reserved.



In February 2005, MIP completed a $175 million commercial mortgage-backed securities financing, secured by its portfolio of eight hotels. Upon the
completion of the financing in February 2005, we received an additional $15.5 million, which was applied to reduce our outstanding accrued preferred returns receivable to approximately $4 million.



14



---

After the February 2005 receipt of cash, our total MIP carrying value was approximately $19 million,
consisting of the $15 million investment and $4 million of accrued preferred returns receivable.



We recognize our preferred return quarterly as it becomes due to us. The income, net of related expense, is recorded in the Equity in income of and
interest earned from unconsolidated affiliates line within operating activities as the operations of this investment are integral to our operations. For the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, we recognized a preferred return of $11.5
million and $7.4 million, respectively, from this investment. Additionally, the $10 million contribution that we received in December reduced our outstanding preferred return receivable balance. As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, cumulative preferred
returns of $19.7 million and $19.6 million, respectively, were due from MIP. We had reserved a portion of this balance and have included the net $19.7 million and $18.2 million in the Investments in and advances to unconsolidated
affiliates line on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We expect that any cumulative unpaid preferred returns will be paid in the future from excess cash flow above our current return,
from potential partnership hotel disposition proceeds in excess of debt allocated to individual assets, and from contributions to MIP from other partner contributions. We evaluate the collectibility of our preferred return based on our preference to
distributions and the underlying value of the hotel properties.



While we believe that our current and cumulative returns continue to be fully collectible, during 2003, the value of our underlying investment declined due to the decline in MIPs cash flow, particularly driven by results in four of
its hotel markets. While we believe that the cash flow, and thus the value of our investment in MIP, will be recoverable over time, we expect that any such recovery will take a number of years to achieve. The accounting rules for cost basis
investments require that declines in value that are other than temporary be recognized currently. Since the decline in the value of our underlying investment in MIP was other than temporary, we recognized a $25.0 million impairment loss on this
investment during the fourth quarter of 2003. There have been no adverse changes in circumstances in 2004 that would require an additional impairment.



8. Long-Term Debt and Notes Payable to MeriStar Hospitality



Long-term debt and notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality consisted of the following (in thousands):



|                                                               |  |              |           |   |      |   |           |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------ | --------- | - | ---- | - | --------- | -
|                                                               |  | December 31, |          
|                                                               |  | 2004         |           |   | 2003 |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 20119.125%                         |  | $            | 355,665   |   |      | $ | 400,000   |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 20089.0%                           |  |              | 270,500   |   |      |   | 300,000   |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 200910.5%                          |  |              | 224,187   |   |      |   | 250,000   |  
|Secured facility, due 2009                                     |  |              | 302,979   |   |      |   | 309,035   |  
|Secured facility, due 2013                                     |  |              | 99,293    |   |      |   | 100,765   |  
|Mortgage and other debt                                        |  |              | 125,051   |   |      |   | 27,011    |  
|Unamortized issue discount                                     |  |              | (3,702    | ) |      |   | (5,256    | )
|                                                               |  |              |           |   |      |   |           |  
|                                                               |  | $            | 1,373,973 |   |      | $ | 1,381,555 |  
|Fair value adjustment for interest rate swap                   |  |              | (4,674    | ) |      |   |          |  
|                                                               |  |              |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Long-term debt                                                 |  | $            | 1,369,299 |   |      | $ | 1,381,555 |  
|                                                               |  |              |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality                          |  | $            | 204,225   |   |      | $ | 257,143   |  
|Unamortized issue discount                                     |  |              | (248      | ) |      |   | (670      | )
|                                                               |  |              |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality                          |  | $            | 203,977   |   |      | $ | 256,473   |  
|                                                               |  |              |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Total long-term debt and notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality |  | $            | 1,573,276 |   |      | $ | 1,638,028 |  
|                                                               |  |              |           |   |      |   |           |  



15



---

Aggregate future maturities as of December 31, 2004 were as follows (in thousands):



|                                             |  |   |           |  
|-------------------------------------------- |  | - | --------- | -
|2005                                         |  | $ | 11,147    |  
|2006                                         |  |   | 12,031    |  
|2007                                         |  |   | 46,969    |  
|2008                                         |  |   | 284,142   |  
|2009                                         |  |   | 502,758   |  
|Thereafter                                   |  |   | 720,903   |  
|                                             |  |   |           |  
|                                             |  | $ | 1,577,950 |  
|Fair value adjustment for interest rate swap |  |   | (4,674    | )
|                                             |  |   |           |  
|                                             |  | $ | 1,573,276 |  
|                                             |  |   |           |  



As of December 31,
2004, 81% of our debt bore fixed rates of interest, and the remaining 19% bore interest at fixed rates that have been, since April 2, 2004, effectively swapped to a floating rate. Our overall weighted average interest rate was 8.51% after giving
effect to the interest rate swap. Based on market prices at December 31, 2004, the fair value of our long-term debt was $1.69 billion.



Credit facility.On December 19, 2003, we entered into a three-year $50 million senior credit facility, secured by six of our hotels, and
terminated our previous credit facility. The facility bears interest at an annual rate of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus 450 basis points. As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, we had no outstanding borrowings under this facility.



The facility contains financial and other restrictive
covenants. Our ability to borrow under this facility is subject to compliance with financial covenants, including leverage, fixed charge coverage and interest coverage ratios and minimum net worth requirements. Our compliance with these covenants in
future periods will depend substantially upon the financial results of our hotels. The agreement governing our senior credit facility limits our ability to effect mergers, asset sales and change of control events and limits the payments of dividends
other than those required for MeriStar Hospitality to maintain its status as a REIT and our ability to incur additional secured and total indebtedness. There are no ratings-based covenants in the facility.



Senior unsecured notes.During the year ended December 31, 2004, we
repurchased, using, from available cash, $99.6 million of our senior unsecured notes, including $29.5 million of the 9.0% notes due 2008, $44.3 million of the 9.125% notes due 2011, and $25.8 million of the 10.5% notes due 2009. We recorded a loss
on early extinguishment of debt of $6.2 million and wrote off deferred financing costs of $1.2 million related to these repurchases which is included in depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.



These senior unsecured notes are general, unsecured
obligations of us and certain subsidiaries of ours, and MeriStar Hospitality guarantees payment of principal and interest on the notes. These notes contain various restrictive covenants, limiting our ability to initiate or transact certain business
activities if specific financial thresholds are not achieved. One of those thresholds is having a 2 to 1 fixed charge coverage ratio (as defined in the indentures, fixed charges only include interest on debt obligations and preferred equity) in
order to enter into certain types of transactions, including the repurchase of our common OP units, the issuance of any preferred equity, the payment of certain distributions, the incurrence of any additional debt, or the repayment of certain
outstanding debt before it comes due. As of December 31, 2004, our fixed charge coverage ratio was significantly below 2 to 1, and therefore we were not permitted generally to enter into those transactions, except as noted below.



There are certain exceptions with respect to the incurrence of additional
debt and early repayment of debt features in the indentures. We have the ability to incur up to $300 million of secured financing within restricted subsidiaries, subject to meeting other maintenance tests under the indentures, of which $194.5
million was



16



---

available at December 31, 2004. We also have a general carve-out to incur $50 million of unspecified borrowings within a restricted subsidiary, of which the
full amount was available at December 31, 2004. We have the ability to incur debt financing within an unrestricted subsidiary, such as the $55.5 million mortgage financing related to the acquisition of Marriott Irvine. Additionally, we are permitted
to repay subordinated debt prior to its maturity from the proceeds of an equal or junior financing with a longer term than the debt refinanced, an equity offering, or a financing within an unrestricted subsidiary.



Secured facilities. We completed a $330 million non-recourse financing
secured by a portfolio of 19 hotels in 1999. The loan bears a fixed annual interest rate of 8.01% and matures in 2009. The secured facility contains standard provisions that require the servicer to maintain in escrow cash balances for certain items
such as property taxes and insurance. In addition, the facility contains a provision that requires our mortgage servicer to retain in escrow the excess cash from the encumbered hotels after payment of debt service (Excess Cash), if net
hotel operating income (NOI) for the trailing twelve months declines below $57 million. This provision was triggered in October 2002 and will be effective until the hotels generate the minimum cash flow required for two consecutive
quarters, at which time the cash being held in escrow will be released to us. In July 2003, we signed an amendment to the loan agreement that permits the release of cash placed in escrow for all capital expenditures incurred on the 19 encumbered
properties on or after April 1, 2003. Although the servicer will continue to retain in escrow any excess cash from the encumbered hotels during the low NOI period, they will release cash for all capital expenditures on the 19 encumbered properties
beginning April 1, 2003, subject to the servicers review and approval. As of December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, $29.9 million and $27.2 million, respectively, of cash was held in escrow under this provision. Escrowed funds totaling $21.0
million were available to fund capital expenditures under this provision as of December 31, 2004. From January 1, 2005 through March 7, 2005, we have received cash reimbursements of $6.2 million from the servicer related to capital expenditures
incurred on the 19 encumbered properties.



The fair value
adjustments for the interest rate swap agreement of net $(4.7) million that are discussed in further detail below are related to the outstanding secured facility balance of $303.0 million as of December 31, 2004.



On September 26, 2003, as permitted by the indentures governing our senior
unsecured notes and senior subordinated notes, we completed a $101 million commercial mortgage-backed securities financing, secured by a portfolio of four hotels. The loan carries a fixed annual interest rate of 6.88% and matures in 2013.



Notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality. On July 1, 2003,
MeriStar Hospitality completed an offering of $170 million aggregate principal amount of 9.5% convertible subordinated notes due 2010. In conjunction with this transaction, we borrowed $170 million from MeriStar Hospitality under terms matching
those of the 9.5% convertible subordinated notes.



The proceeds
from the borrowing were used to repurchase $150.6 million of our $154.3 million 4.75% notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality due 2004, at varying prices, resulting in an aggregate discount of approximately $1.4 million. On October 15, 2004, the
remaining $3.7 million balance of 4.75% notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality were repaid at maturity. The remaining proceeds from the issuance were also used to repurchase a portion of our 8.75% notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality due 2007.



In conjunction with MeriStar Hospitalitys issuance of
senior subordinated notes due in 2007, we borrowed a total amount of $205.0 million, of which $34.2 million was outstanding as of December 31, 2004, under terms matching those of MeriStar Hospitalitys senior subordinated notes. The 8.75% notes
payable to MeriStar Hospitality due 2007 are unsecured obligations, and provide for semi-annual payments of interest each February 15 and August 15. The related indenture contains various restrictive covenants, which are similar to those in our
senior unsecured notes.



During the year ended December 31,
2004, we retired $49.2 million of our 8.75% notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality due 2007 (plus $0.9 million of accrued interest) through the issuance of 8,138,728 common OP units.



17



---

We recorded a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $1.7 million. In February 2005, we retired an additional $1.49 million of our notes payable to MeriStar
Hospitality.



Mortgage and other debt.As of December
31, 2004, we had three mortgage loans, two of which were incurred during the second quarter of 2004.



We financed a portion of the Marriott Irvine acquisition (see Note 4) with a $55.5 million fixed-rate mortgage loan effective June 25, 2004, which matures
on July 1, 2011 and bears interest at an annual fixed rate of 5.69%. On June 30, 2004, in connection with The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City acquisition (see Note 4), we entered into a $55.8 million fixed-rate mortgage loan, which matures on June 1,
2011 and bears interest at an annual fixed rate of 5.8%.



We
had a mortgage loan on a hotel property that was to mature in 2011 and carried an interest rate of 8.8%; however, the lender, with our acquiescence, initiated foreclosure proceedings on the property which were completed on September 7, 2004, and we
relinquished the property to the bank. The carrying value of the mortgage loan and the fair value of the property both approximated $11 million. This property is included in discontinued operations.



Our other individual mortgage matures in 2011 and carries a fixed interest
rate of 9.0% with an initial principal amount of $17.0 million.



On January 26, 2005, we entered into a $37.7 million mortgage loan on our Hilton Crystal City hotel that bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.84%. The mortgage requires interest payments only for the first three years and then monthly
payments of interest and principal over the remaining portion of the ten year term of the loan.



Derivatives. On April 2, 2004, we entered into an interest rate swap arrangement with a third party to manage our interest rate risk related to our
secured facility due 2009, effectively converting the interest the facility bears from a fixed rate to a floating rate. Under the swap, we receive fixed-rate payments of 8.01% and pay floating rate payments based on a one month LIBOR plus 444 basis
points on an initial $307 million notional amount. We do not use derivative instruments for speculative purposes. Due to the fact that the notional amount of the swap matches the principal amount of the underlying debt and other hedge accounting
criteria were met, the swap was designated as highly effective at the inception of the swap arrangement and designated as a fair value hedge. We continue to evaluate the effectiveness of the hedge and believe that the hedge continues to be highly
effective.



For a derivative qualifying as a fair value hedge,
the change in net unrealized gain or loss upon measuring the fair value hedge and the fair value of the debt instrument is recorded in our consolidated statements of operations. These amounts offset each other as there was no ineffective portion and
therefore had no impact on our net loss for the year ended December 31, 2004. The fair value of the swap is recorded as either an asset or liability, with a corresponding increase or decrease to the carrying value of the debt instrument being hedged
on our consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of our hedge was approximately a $4.7 million liability as of December 31, 2004. This amount is recorded on our consolidated balance sheet in the other liabilities line item with a corresponding
debit recorded to long-term debt. During the year ended December 31, 2004, we earned cash payments of $4.2 million under the swap, which were recorded as a reduction in interest expense. In conjunction with the interest rate swap, we have posted
collateral of $12.0 million as of December 31, 2004. The required collateral amount fluctuates based on the changes in the swap rate and the amount of time left to maturity. During 2004, our posted collateral ranged from $8.0 million to $20.9
million. However, due to the terms of the swap agreement, our posted collateral must be a minimum amount calculated per the agreement, which was $6.7 million as of December 31, 2004. We will receive all remaining collateral upon maturity of the
swap.



During 2003, our only derivative instruments consisted
of two swap agreements that did not qualify for treatment as hedges under SFAS No. 133, which expired in April 2003 and July 2003. During the year ended



18



---

December 31, 2003, we recognized $4.0 million of income related to the decrease in fair value of the liability recorded for the interest rate swaps in place
in that time period. For the year ended December 31, 2003, we made cash payments on those swaps of $4.0 million. The change in fair value and the swap payments are netted together on our consolidated statement of operations, thus resulting in no
impact on consolidated net loss.



During the year ended
December 31, 2002, we recognized $7.6 million of income related to the decrease in fair value of the liability recorded for the interest rate swaps in place in that time period. For the year ended December 31, 2002, we made cash payments on those
swaps of $12.1 million. The change in fair value and the swap payments are netted together on our consolidated statement of operations. During the year ended December 31, 2002, we also recognized a $4.7 million loss on the fair value of
derivatives no longer providing a hedge due to the repayment of the hedged debt.



9. Income Taxes



We file as a partnership for
federal income tax purposes. As a partnership, we are not subject to federal income tax but are responsible for certain state and local income taxes. When the RMA became effective on January 1, 2001, MeriStar Hospitality formed taxable subsidiaries
to lease certain of our properties. These subsidiaries are subject to taxation similar to subchapter C-corporations. The income of these taxable subsidiaries is subject to federal and state income taxes. In addition, the partnership is also subject
to income taxes in certain state and local jurisdictions.



Our income taxes were allocated as follows (in thousands):



|                                               |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|---------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ---- | - | ---- | - | ------ | ---- |  | - | ------ | -
|                                               |  | 2004 |      |   | 2003 |   |        | 2002 | 
|Tax benefit on loss from continuing operations |  | $    | (367 | ) |      | $ | (3,689 | )    |  | $ | (1,331 | )
|Tax benefit on discontinued operations         |  |      | (134 | ) |      |   | (67    | )    |  |   | (590   | )
|                                               |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Total income tax benefit                       |  | $    | (501 | ) |      | $ | (3,756 | )    |  | $ | (1,921 | )
|                                               |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  



Our effective income
tax rate differs from the federal statutory income tax rate as follows:



|                                                     |  |      |    |  |      |    |  |      |   
|---------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | -- |  | ---- | -- |  | ---- | --
|                                                     |  | 2004 |    |  | 2003 |    |  | 2002 |   
|State                                                |  | (0.5 | )% |  | (0.9 | )% |  | (1.0 | )%
|Difference in effective rate on foreign subsidiaries |  |     |    |  |     |    |  | (0.1 | ) 
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |      |    |  |      |   
|                                                     |  | (0.5 | )% |  | (0.9 | )% |  | (1.1 | )%
|                                                     |  |      |    |  |      |    |  |      |   



The components of
income tax (benefit) expense were as follows as of December 31 (in thousands):



|          |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|--------- |  | ---- | ---- | - | ---- | - | ------ | ---- |  | - | ------ | -
|          |  | 2004 |      |   | 2003 |   |        | 2002 | 
|Current:  |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|State     |  | $    | 452  |   |      | $ | 167    |      |  | $ | 350    |  
|Foreign   |  |      |     |   |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |  
|          |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|          |  |      | 452  |   |      |   | 167    |      |  |   | 350    |  
|Deferred: |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Federal   |  |      |     |   |      |   |       |      |  |   | 337    |  
|State     |  |      | (953 | ) |      |   | (3,835 | )    |  |   | (2,520 | )
|Foreign   |  |      |     |   |      |   | (88    | )    |  |   | (88    | )
|          |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|          |  |      | (953 | ) |      |   | (3,923 | )    |  |   | (2,271 | )
|          |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|          |  | $    | (501 | ) |      | $ | (3,756 | )    |  | $ | (1,921 | )
|          |  |      |      |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  



19



---

The tax effects of the principal temporary differences that give rise to our net deferred tax liability
(asset) were as follows (in thousands):



|                                           |  |              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|------------------------------------------ |  | ------------ | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                           |  | December 31, |        
|                                           |  | 2004         |         |   | 2003 |  
|Basis difference in property and equipment |  | $            | 4,266   |   |      | $ | 3,505   |  
|Amortization                               |  |              | (447    | ) |      |   | (526    | )
|Accrued expenses                           |  |              | 118     |   |      |   | 353     |  
|Net operating loss carryforwards           |  |              | (66,611 | ) |      |   | (28,101 | )
|Other                                      |  |              | 524     |   |      |   | (53     | )
|                                           |  |              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net deferred tax liability (asset)         |  | $            | (62,150 | ) |      | $ | (24,822 | )
|Valuation allowance                        |  |              | 62,150  |   |      |   | 25,758  |  
|                                           |  |              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net deferred tax liability (asset)         |  | $            |        |   |      | $ | 936     |  
|                                           |  |              |         |   |      |   |         |  



For state income tax
purposes, the aggregate net operating loss (NOL) carryforward, prior to apportionment, for the partnership was $280.5 million and $130.8 million as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These NOLs expire through 2024. The net operating loss
for any jurisdiction, state or local, is subject to the laws of that jurisdiction and may differ from the aggregate NOL carryforward noted above for reasons other than apportionment. Such differences in NOL characteristics may arise from, but are
not limited to, carry over period limitations and asset recovery methods that are different from the federal income tax rules. We have recorded a deferred tax asset relating to the NOL carryovers for states where we are subject to corporate level
tax, based on our ability to use the losses against future income and as an offset to our net deferred tax liability relating to such state taxes.



As a result of our cumulative recognized losses, the Company has placed a valuation allowance against a portion of the deferred tax asset created by the
net operating loss. The valuation allowance is sufficient to prevent our net operating loss from creating a net deferred tax asset for the Company. In future periods, we will review our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards based
on changes in economic conditions and operation results, and we will adjust the valuation allowance accordingly. At December 31, 2004, the valuation allowance for the partnership was $1.1 million.



For federal income tax purposes, the NOL carryforward for our taxable
subsidiaries was $153.9 million and $63.7 million as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These NOLs expire through 2024. Based on our projections of the taxable subsidiaries ability to utilize the NOL carryforward, we have recorded
valuation allowances for the taxable subsidiaries of $61.1 million and $25.8 million, respectively, to reduce the carrying value of the NOL carryforward deferred tax asset to zero at both December 31, 2004 and 2003.



Our total valuation allowance was $62.2 million, $25.8 million and $10.5
million at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.



A
significant component of our deferred tax liability continues to be the basis difference in our fixed assets. At the time of the merger between CapStar Hotel Company and American General Hospitality Corporation in 1998, we established a new basis
for the acquired assets and assumed liabilities based on their fair values at the



20



---

time of the merger. We established a net deferred income tax liability for the estimated future state and local income tax effect for differences between the
accounting and tax bases of these assets and liabilities. As of December 31, 2004, this component of the deferred tax liability was $4.3 million.



In the course of document review with respect to the MIP restructuring, MeriStar Hospitality discovered a potential technical REIT qualification issue
relating to a wholly-owned subsidiary of MIP, of which MeriStar Hospitality is deemed to own a de minimis proportionate share. For further discussion, see Note 15.



10. Partnership Units and Minority Interests



OP Units.Our operating partnership agreement provides for five classes of partnership interests: Common OP Units,
Class B OP Units, Class C OP Units, Class D OP Units and Profits-Only OP Units, or POPs.



During the year ended December 31, 2004, we issued 8,138,728 Common OP units in exchange for the redemption of $49.2 million of our 8.75% notes payable to MeriStar Hospitality due 2007 (plus $0.9 million of accrued
interest) (see Note 8).



Common OP Unit holders
converted 133,000 and 885,000 of their OP Units, with a value of $0.6 million and $21.8 million, respectively, into MeriStar Hospitalitys common stock during the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.



On April 9, 2004, in accordance with the terms of the certificate of
designation for the outstanding Class D OP Units of our operating partnership, we redeemed all outstanding Class D OP Units plus accrued and unpaid preferential distributions on those units, for an aggregate consideration of approximately $8.7
million. The Class D OP Units had become redeemable at the option of the holder on April 1, 2004.



On April 23, 2004, MeriStar Hospitality issued and sold 12.0 million shares of common stock at a price to the public of $6.25 per share pursuant to its
effective shelf registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933. In connection with this transaction, MeriStar L.P. Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MeriStar Hospitality, contributed the net proceeds to us in exchange for the same
number of Common OP units. The offering closed on April 28, 2004 with net proceeds of $72.2 million.



In July 2004, MeriStar Hospitalitys Board of Directors authorized the elimination of the plan pursuant to which the POPs were issued. In conjunction
with the elimination of the plan, we completed the redemption of all outstanding POPs for a total of $4.6 million in cash on December 2, 2004, although 187,500 of those POPs redeemed were not yet exchangeable pursuant to the POPs Plan. The POPs plan
had been accounted for under APB 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees as a fixed plan since December 11, 2001. Under fixed plan accounting, compensation expense is measured on the intrinsic value of the award on the grant date
and amortized on a straight line basis over the vesting period. As a result of an accounting analysis performed in conjunction with the elimination of the POPs plan, we have determined that these awards should have been accounted for using variable
plan accounting instead of fixed plan accounting. Under variable plan accounting, compensation expense is re-measured based upon the intrinsic value of the award at each balance sheet date and amortized to expense using a ratable vesting formula.
Had variable plan accounting been applied from December 11, 2001, compensation expense for each of the years ended December 31, 2001, 2002 and 2003 would have been increased (reduced) by $0.5 million, $(3.7) million, and $(2.7) million,
respectively. In order to correct this error, an adjustment of $4.5 million, net of forfeitures, was recorded during the third quarter of 2004 to reduce compensation expense; $4.0 million of this amount relates to 2003 and prior periods while $0.2
million and $0.3 million relate to the first and second quarters of 2004, respectively. This adjustment is included in the General and administrative, corporate line in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. In addition, the accrual
for our liability under this plan, which was $3.6 million at September 30, 2004, was reclassified from redeemable OP units to accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2004. With the redemption of all outstanding POPs, this liability is zero at
December 31, 2004. We have determined that the adjustments related to correction of this error are immaterial on both a quantitative and qualitative basis to the financial statements for all periods affected. Accordingly, the correction has been
made in the current period financial statements.



21



---

11. Loss Per Unit



The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted loss per unit:



|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | -------- | ---- |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                                 |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|                                                                 |  | 2004                    |         |   | 2003 |   |          | 2002 | 
|Basic and Diluted Loss Per Unit:                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |         |  
|Loss from continuing operations                                  |  | $                       | (76,680 | ) |      | $ | (129,191 | )    |  | $ | (66,045 | )
|Dividends paid on unvested MeriStar Hospitality restricted stock |  |                         |        |   |      |   |         |      |  |   | (4      | )
|Preferred distributions                                          |  |                         | (141    | ) |      |   | (565     | )    |  |   | (565    | )
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |         |  
|Loss available to common unitholders                             |  |                         | (76,821 | ) |      |   | (129,756 | )    |  |   | (66,614 | )
|Weighted average number of OP Units outstanding                  |  |                         | 83,917  |   |      |   | 53,877   |      |  |   | 48,883  |  
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |         |  
|Basic and diluted loss per unit from continuing operations       |  | $                       | (0.91   | ) |      | $ | (2.41    | )    |  | $ | (1.36   | )
|                                                                 |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |         |  



12. Related-Party Transactions



Due to/from Interstate Hotels & Resorts



Effective March 31, 2004, our Chief Executive Officer, and MeriStar
Hospitalitys Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Paul Whetsell, resigned as CEO of Interstate Hotels, but remains a non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Interstate Hotels. In the normal course of managing our hotel properties,
Interstate Hotels incurs day-to-day operating costs which are reimbursed by us. The balance due to Interstate Hotels of $21.8 million at December 31, 2004 and $16.4 million at December 31, 2003, respectively, included management fees due for each
hotel, and reimbursements due for insurance, employee benefits, sales and marketing expenses, and other miscellaneous operating expenses. These amounts are normally paid within 30 days. The balance also included accrued termination obligations
related to our asset dispositions. During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, we paid Interstate Hotels a total of $25.9 million, $23.3 million, and $30.4 million, respectively, for termination fees, management fees, and miscellaneous
operating expenses.



Pursuant to an intercompany agreement
effective as of August 3, 1998, we and Interstate Hotels provided each other with, among other things, reciprocal rights to participate in certain transactions entered into by each party. In particular, until July 1, 2004, Interstate Hotels had the
right of first refusal, under certain circumstances, to become the manager of any real property we acquired, and we and Interstate Hotels also may have provided each other with certain services from time to time. Although the intercompany agreement
is no longer in effect, we and Interstate Hotels may continue to provide each other with services from time to time; certain of these services are required by the management agreements. These services may have included administrative, renovation
supervision, corporate, accounting, finance, risk management, legal, tax, information technology, human resources, acquisition identification and due diligence, and operational services, for which Interstate Hotels was compensated in an amount that
we would have been charged by a third party for comparable services. During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, we paid Interstate Hotels a net amount of $0.05 million, $0.07 million, and $0.5 million, respectively, for such services.
In July 2004, we concluded negotiations with Interstate Hotels to terminate the intercompany agreement, eliminating the last element of our original paper clip relationship with Interstate Hotels.



Note Receivable from Interstate Hotels & Resorts



Under a revolving credit agreement with Interstate Hotels through July 31,
2002, we had the ability to lend Interstate Hotels up to $50 million for general corporate purposes. As of December 31, 2001, Interstate Hotels owed us $36 million under this agreement. Effective January 1, 2002, Interstate Hotels issued us a term
note for $13.1 million, which refinanced outstanding accounts payable owed to us.



In connection with the merger that created Interstate Hotels on July 31, 2002, we amended the terms of certain loans outstanding to Interstate Hotels, combining them into a term loan agreement with a principal



22



---

balance of $56.1 million and a maturity date of July 31, 2007. The interest rate was 650 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR. This term loan was subordinate
to Interstate Hotels bank credit agreement.



In late
December 2002, we reached an agreement to settle the term loan with Interstate Hotels for $42.1 million, plus accrued interest, which was paid in January 2003. We incurred a $14.5 million charge in 2002, including expenses of the transaction,
related to this settlement.



During 2002, we earned interest of
$4.8 million from these lending arrangements.



Senior Unsecured Notes held
by Oak Hill Capital Partners



One non-executive director
of MeriStar Hospitality Corporations Board of Directors is a Managing Partner of Oak Hill Capital Management, Inc, and Oak Hill Capital Management II, LLC and another non-executive director of MeriStar Hospitality Corporations Board of
Directors oversees an entity related to Oak Hill Capital Partners, LP and Oak Hill Capital Partners II, LP.



Of the $300 million aggregate principal amount of 9.0% senior unsecured notes due in 2008 we issued in January 2001, $30 million principal amount was
issued at a price of 99.688% to an affiliate of Oak Hill Capital Partners.



Of the total $400 million aggregate principal amount of 9.125% senior unsecured notes due in 2011 we issued in 2001 and 2002, $20 million principal amount was issued at a price of 99.603% to an affiliate of Oak Hill
Capital Partners.



Of the $250 million aggregate principal
amount of 10.5% senior unsecured notes due in 2009 we issued in December 2001, $23 million principal amount was issued at a price of 99.368% to an affiliate of Oak Hill Capital Partners.



Note Receivable from Radisson Lexington



Our outstanding note receivable from Radisson Lexington, an equity method investment, was $40 million as of December 31, 2004, which is due in full in
2014. This loan yields $5.8 million of cumulative annual interest, for which we recognized interest income of $1.4 million in 2004. See Note 7 Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates for information about this investment.



Relationship with MIP



Oak Hill Capital Partners, and Interstate Hotels, both related-parties to
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation are partners in the joint venture that forms the General Partner of MIP, a joint venture established in 1999 to acquire upscale, full-service hotels. We earn a cumulative preferred return on our $40 million
investment with outstanding balances compounded quarterly, which we recognize quarterly as it becomes due to us. For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, we recognized a preferred return of $11.5 million, $7.4 million, and $7.6 million
respectively, from this investment. As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, cumulative preferred returns of $19.7 million, and $19.6 million, respectively, were due from MIP. See Note 7 Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates for
information about this investment.



13. Incentive Compensation



MeriStar Hospitality sponsors an incentive compensation
plan in which employees of the operating partnership participate. Under the plan, MeriStar Hospitality is authorized to award up to a maximum of 12.5% of its outstanding shares of common stock to officers or other key employees. These awards may be
granted in cash, restricted shares of common stock or options to purchase common stock. Upon issuance of any restricted stock or stock options under the plan, MeriStar Hospitality is obligated to contribute the proceeds to us in



23



---

exchange for an equal number of OP units. As of December 31, 2004, up to a maximum of 10,920,864 shares of common stock were authorized to be awarded, of
which 7,879,774 shares remain available for award.



Under the
incentive plan for non-employee directors, MeriStar Hospitality is authorized to award up to 500,000 options to purchase common stock to our non-employee directors. As of December 31, 2004, 148,050 shares remain available for award.



Stock Options



Stock options to officers, other key employees or directors are exercisable in three annual installments and expire ten
years from the grant date.



Stock option activity for 2004,
2003 and 2002 was as follows:



|                                   |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      
|---------------------------------- |  | --------------- | - | --------------- | ---------------------------- | ----- | --------------- | ------- | ---------------------------- | - | -----
|                                   |  | Incentive Plan  |   | Directors Plan
|                                   |  | Number ofShares |   |                 | WeightedAverageExercisePrice |       | Numberof Shares |         | WeightedAverageExercisePrice
|Outstanding at January 1, 2002     |  | 2,613,380       |   |                 | $                            | 19.47 |                 | 186,950 |                              | $ | 21.63
|Granted                            |  | 707,500         |   |                 |                              | 11.03 |                 | 92,500  |                              |   | 11.09
|Exercised                          |  | (201,296        | ) |                 |                              | 15.45 |                 |        |                              |   |     
|Canceled                           |  | (164,829        | ) |                 |                              | 20.10 |                 |        |                              |   |     
|                                   |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      
|Outstanding at December 31, 2002   |  | 2,954,755       |   |                 |                              | 17.59 |                 | 279,450 |                              |   | 18.14
|Granted                            |  | 200,000         |   |                 |                              | 4.39  |                 | 35,000  |                              |   | 5.90 
|Canceled                           |  | (405,322        | ) |                 |                              | 23.26 |                 |        |                              |   |     
|                                   |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      
|Outstanding at December 31, 2003   |  | 2,749,433       |   |                 |                              | 15.77 |                 | 314,450 |                              |   | 16.78
|Granted                            |  | 151,500         |   |                 |                              | 6.24  |                 | 37,500  |                              |   | 6.25 
|Exercised                          |  | (1,667          | ) |                 |                              | 3.37  |                 |        |                              |   |     
|Canceled                           |  | (1,554,205      | ) |                 |                              | 16.39 |                 |        |                              |   |     
|                                   |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      
|Outstanding at December 31, 2004   |  | 1,345,061       |   |                 | $                            | 13.99 |                 | 351,950 |                              | $ | 15.66
|                                   |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      
|Shares exercisable at December 31: |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      
|2002                               |  | 2,191,049       |   |                 | $                            | 19.81 |                 | 119,167 |                              | $ | 21.79
|                                   |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      
|2003                               |  | 2,074,402       |   |                 | $                            | 17.99 |                 | 177,500 |                              | $ | 20.52
|                                   |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      
|2004                               |  | 941,904         |   |                 | $                            | 16.98 |                 | 260,291 |                              | $ | 18.43
|                                   |  |                 |   |                 |                              |       |                 |         |                              |   |      



The following table
summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2004:



|                         |  |                     |  |                                                     |  |                               |       |                   |           |                              |   |      
|------------------------ |  | ------------------- |  | --------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------- | ----- | ----------------- | --------- | ---------------------------- | - | -----
|                         |  | Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable                                
|Range of Exercise
Prices |  | NumberOutstanding   |  | WeightedAverageRemainingContractual Life (in years) |  | WeightedAverageExercise Price |       | NumberExercisable |           | WeightedAverageExercisePrice
|$2.93 to $5.90           |  | 190,000             |  | 8.24                                                |  | $                             | 4.27  |                   | 61,671    |                              | $ | 4.23 
|$5.92 to $6.60           |  | 183,000             |  | 9.33                                                |  | $                             | 6.18  |                   | 11,668    |                              | $ | 6.26 
|$6.65 to $6.81           |  | 38,500              |  | 9.07                                                |  | $                             | 6.76  |                   | 3,334     |                              | $ | 6.66 
|$7.42 to $7.42           |  | 320,000             |  | 7.95                                                |  | $                             | 7.42  |                   | 213,336   |                              | $ | 7.42 
|$7.73 to $15.64          |  | 274,420             |  | 4.44                                                |  | $                             | 14.45 |                   | 260,258   |                              | $ | 14.40
|$16.31 to $19.00         |  | 192,834             |  | 6.57                                                |  | $                             | 17.44 |                   | 153,671   |                              | $ | 17.48
|$19.19 to $21.38         |  | 169,900             |  | 3.58                                                |  | $                             | 20.14 |                   | 169,900   |                              | $ | 20.14
|$22.00 to $29.44         |  | 234,557             |  | 3.86                                                |  | $                             | 25.94 |                   | 234,557   |                              | $ | 25.94
|$29.55 to $31.29         |  | 26,000              |  | 2.86                                                |  | $                             | 30.07 |                   | 26,000    |                              | $ | 30.07
|$31.42 to $31.42         |  | 67,800              |  | 2.87                                                |  | $                             | 31.42 |                   | 67,800    |                              | $ | 31.42
|                         |  |                     |  |                                                     |  |                               |       |                   |           |                              |   |      
|                         |  | 1,697,011           |  |                                                     |  |                               |       |                   | 1,202,195 |                              |   |      
|                         |  |                     |  |                                                     |  |                               |       |                   |           |                              |   |      



24



---

Other Stock-Based Compensation



In 2004, MeriStar Hospitalitys Board of Directors authorized it to grant certain long term incentive stock awards (the
awards) under its incentive plan, pursuant to criteria to be established by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (the Committee). In March 2005, the Committee finalized the service and performance criteria
pursuant to which these awards will be issued, effective for the three year period ending December 31, 2006. We recorded $1.6 million compensation expense related to these awards during the year ended December 31, 2004. The awards will be paid to
the extent they are earned in the form of MeriStar Hospitalitys common stock during 2007, and the number of shares will be determined based on the stock price at the time at which they are paid.



During the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, MeriStar Hospitality has
issued 310,000 and 231,721 shares of restricted stock, net of forfeitures, to our employees. This restricted stock generally vests ratably over three-year periods. The weighted average grant-date fair value of restricted stock issued during 2004 and
2003 was $5.93 and $4.99, respectively.



During the years ended
December 31, 2000, 2001 and 2002, we granted a total of 1,000,000 Profits-Only OP Units, or POPs, to some of our employees pursuant to our POPs Plan. These POPs were subject to vesting requirements and the incurrence of a book-up event,
and were exchangeable for common stock or cash based on the market value of our common stock. During the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, 50,000 and 187,500, respectively, POPs were surrendered in exchange for the same number of shares of
common stock. In July 2004, MeriStar Hospitalitys Board of Directors authorized the redemption of all outstanding POPs. On December 2, 2004, we completed the redemption of all 701,250 outstanding POPS (net of forfeitures) for a total of $4.6
million in cash, although 187,500 of those POPs redeemed were not yet exchangeable pursuant to the POPs Plan. See Note 10 to the financial statements.



In 2004, MeriStar Hospitalitys Board of Directors authorized us to grant certain long term incentive stock awards (the awards) under our
incentive plan, pursuant to criteria to be established by the Committee. In March 2005, the Committee finalized the service and performance criteria pursuant to which these awards will be issued, effective for the three year period ending December
31, 2006. The awards will be paid to the extent they are earned in the form of MeriStar Hospitalitys common stock during 2007, and the number of shares will be determined based on the stock price at the time at which they are paid.



14. Separation and Restructuring Charges



In 2002, we incurred $3.2 million of costs related to the formal separation
of management functions from Interstate Hotels. The costs are included in the line item general and administrative, corporate on our income statement.



15. Commitments and Contingencies



Litigation.In the course of our normal business activities, various lawsuits, claims and proceedings have been or may be instituted or asserted
against us. Based on currently available facts, we believe that the disposition of matters that are pending or asserted will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.



25



---

Minimum Lease Payments.We lease the land at certain of our hotels under long-term arrangements
from third parties. These agreements are accounted for as operating leases and are expensed evenly over the life of the lease. Certain leases contain contingent rent features based on gross revenues at the respective property. Future minimum lease
payments, including fixed escalations, required under these operating leases as of December 31, 2004 were as follows (in thousands):



|                        |  |   |         |  
|----------------------- |  | - | ------- | -
|2005                    |  | $ | 3,460   |  
|2006                    |  |   | 3,121   |  
|2007                    |  |   | 3,147   |  
|2008                    |  |   | 3,172   |  
|2009                    |  |   | 3,063   |  
|Thereafter              |  |   | 101,020 |  
|                        |  |   |         |  
|Total gross payments    |  |   | 116,983 |  
|Less: Sublease receipts |  |   | (144    | )
|                        |  |   |         |  
|Total net payments      |  | $ | 116,839 |  
|                        |  |   |         |  



Our obligations under
other operating lease commitments, primarily for equipment, are not significant.



Rent expense consists of:



|                                                      |  |                |       |   |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |  
|----------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ----- | - | ---- | - | ----- | ---- |  | - | ----- | -
|                                                      |  | 2004           |       |   | 2003 |   |       | 2002 | 
|                                                      |  | (in thousands) |      
|Minimum rentals on operating leases                   |  | $              | 2,804 |   |      | $ | 2,449 |      |  | $ | 2,453 |  
|Additional rentals based on revenues and other leases |  |                | 2,920 |   |      |   | 2,986 |      |  |   | 3,452 |  
|Less: sublease receipts                               |  |                | (187  | ) |      |   | (181  | )    |  |   | (176  | )
|                                                      |  |                |       |   |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |  
|                                                      |  | $              | 5,537 |   |      | $ | 5,254 |      |  | $ | 5,729 |  
|                                                      |  |                |       |   |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |  



Termination Fees.We may be obligated to pay Interstate Hotels termination fees of up to a maximum of approximately $13.1 million with respect to the 36 properties we have disposed of between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2004. As we dispose of any additional
assets, we may be obligated to pay additional termination fees. Any obligations due under the termination provisions of the applicable contracts will be payable over a period of 48 months after termination. Termination fees payable to Interstate
Hotels may be reduced by amounts paid under replacement management contracts.



During July 2004, we concluded negotiations with Interstate Hotels to terminate the intercompany agreement. In exchange for terminating the intercompany agreement, we received, among other things:



| |  |  | the right to terminate up to 600 rooms per year upon the payment of a termination fee equal to 1.5 times the fees earned during the preceding 12 months, with the ability to carry
over up to 600 rooms for termination in the succeeding year;
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | the right to terminate the management contract of a hotel, where Interstate Hotels invests in a competing hotel, with no termination fee; and
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | an extension of the termination fee payment period for terminations related to hotel sales, from 30 months to 48 months.
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Separately, we reached an agreement with Interstate Hotels regarding the
calculation of termination fees payable upon a sale. Although termination fees for the properties that have been disposed of or were expected to be disposed of under our previously announced disposition program (which includes one of the 73
properties we owned as of December 31, 2004) will be unchanged, we received a $2.5 million credit, which is applicable to fees payable with respect to future dispositions. Of the $2.5 million credit, $2.4 million has been applied to terminations
that occurred during 2004.



26



---

Hurricane recoveries. Recoveries expected to be received for insured claims are included in the
insurance claim receivable. Additional liabilities, if any, that may result from these matters are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results from operations.



Other commitments and contingencies.We maintain reserves for
commitments and contingencies that arise in the normal course of business based on the existing facts and circumstances. As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, we carried a $5.1 million and $3.1 million, respectively, reserve related to workers
compensation insurance claims related to periods prior to January 31, 2003. This reserve was increased $2.0 million during 2004 due to a change in estimate regarding insurance payments covered by a third party. Future changes related to the facts
and circumstances of our reserves could necessitate additional, or a reduction of, reserves in the future.



As part of our asset renovation program, we have entered into contractual obligations with vendors to acquire capital assets and perform renovations
totaling approximately $48.0 million over the next 12 months. As of December 31, 2004, we have entered into contractual obligations related to capital expenditures as a result of the hurricanes in the amount of $14.3 million over the next 12 months,
most of which we expect to be reimbursed by our insurance carriers.



In the course of document review with respect to the MIP restructuring, MeriStar Hostpiality discovered a potential technical REIT qualification issue relating to a wholly-owned subsidiary of MIP, of which we are deemed to own a de minimis
proportionate share. In order to eliminate any uncertainty, MeriStar Hospitality is currently negotiating a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to resolve all REIT qualification matters with respect to this potential issue. As a
partnership for federal income tax purposes, we are not directly affected by the outcome of the discussions by MeriStar Hospitality with the Internal Revenue Service.



16. Dispositions



Between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2004, we disposed of 36 hotels with 8,109 rooms for total gross proceeds of $283.6 million in cash and $11.1
million in reduction of debt. Of these 36 hotels, 15 hotels were disposed of in 2003 and 21 hotels were disposed of in 2004. As of December 31, 2004, none of our hotels met our criteria for held-for-sale classification (see Note 6). Operating
results for the sold hotels, and where applicable, the gain or loss on final disposition, are included in discontinued operations.



Summary financial information included in discontinued operations for these hotels were as follows (in thousands):



|                            |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|--------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | -------- | ---- |  | - | -------- | -
|                            |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|                            |  | 2004                    |         |   | 2003 |   |          | 2002 | 
|Revenue                     |  | $                       | 47,016  |   |      | $ | 181,485  |      |  | $ | 227,443  |  
|                            |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Loss on asset impairments   |  | $                       | (7,363  | ) |      | $ | (267,703 | )    |  | $ | (78,732  | )
|Pretax loss from operations |  |                         | (1,159  | ) |      |   | (5,254   | )    |  |   | (5,435   | )
|Loss on disposal            |  |                         | (14,065 | ) |      |   | (2,356   | )    |  |   | (21,197  | )
|                            |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|                            |  | $                       | (22,587 | ) |      | $ | (275,313 | )    |  | $ | (105,364 | )
|                            |  |                         |         |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  



Loss on disposal
resulted primarily from the recognition of termination fees payable to Interstate Hotels with respect to these hotels management contracts.



17. Segment Information



SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, requires public entities to report selected information
about operating segments. Based on the guidance provided in the standard, we have determined that our business is conducted in one reportable segment, hotel ownership.



27



---

The following summarizes certain geographic information required under the standard (in thousands):



|                             |  |      |           |     |      |   |           |      |  |   |        
|---------------------------- |  | ---- | --------- | --- | ---- | - | --------- | ---- |  | - | -------
|                             |  | 2004 |           |     | 2003 |   |           | 2002
|Revenue:                     |  |      |           |     |      |   |           |      |  |   |        
|U.S.                         |  | $    | 822,270   |     |      | $ | 916,536   |      |  | $ | 978,235
|Canada                       |  |      | 3,918     |     |      |   | 22,560    |      |  |   | 21,700 
|                             |  |      |           |     |      |   |           |      |  |   |        
|                             |  | $    | 826,188   |     |      | $ | 939,096   |      |  | $ | 999,935
|                             |  |      |           |     |      |   |           |      |  |   |        
|Property and equipment, net: |  |      |           |     |      |   |           |      |  |   |        
|U.S.                         |  | $    | 2,075,088 |     |      | $ | 2,077,474 |      |  |   |        
|Canada                       |  |      |          | (1) |      |   | 9,415     | (1)  |  |   |        
|                             |  |      |           |     |      |   |           |      |  |   |        
|                             |  | $    | 2,075,088 |     |      | $ | 2,086,889 |      |  |   |        
|                             |  |      |           |     |      |   |           |      |  |   |        

---

|(1) | We sold three of the four Canadian hotels in December 2003 and the other in 2004.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------



18. Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)



Quarterly information has been restated to conform to the
current presentation of discontinued operations as of December 31, 2004 (in thousands).



|                                                                       |  |               |         |   |                |   |         |               |  |   |                |   |  |               |         |   |                |   |         |               |  |   |                |   |  |   |         |   |  |   |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | ------- | - | -------------- | - | ------- | ------------- |  | - | -------------- | - |  | ------------- | ------- | - | -------------- | - | ------- | ------------- |  | - | -------------- | - |  | - | ------- | - |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                                       |  | 2004          |         |   | 2003           |  
|                                                                       |  | First Quarter |         |   | Second Quarter |   |         | Third Quarter |  |   | Fourth Quarter |   |  | First Quarter |         |   | Second Quarter |   |         | Third Quarter |  |   | Fourth Quarter |  
|Total revenue                                                          |  | $             | 195,810 |   |                | $ | 214,827 |               |  | $ | 187,492        |   |  | $             | 181,043 |   |                | $ | 190,972 |               |  | $ | 207,387        |   |  | $ | 178,619 |   |  | $ | 180,633 |  
|Loss on asset impairments                                              |  |               | 184     |   |                |   | 670     |               |  |   | 1,805          |   |  |               | 2,315   |   |                |   |        |               |  |   | 22,704         |   |  |   | 4,000   |   |  |   | 630     |  
|Total operating expenses                                               |  |               | 186,112 |   |                |   | 191,052 |               |  |   | 181,710        |   |  |               | 175,677 |   |                |   | 174,169 |               |  |   | 206,740        |   |  |   | 179,544 |   |  |   | 175,931 |  
|Equity in income of and interest earned from unconsolidated affiliates |  |               | 1,600   |   |                |   | 1,600   |               |  |   | 1,600          |   |  |               | 8,347   |   |                |   | 2,032   |               |  |   | 2,137          |   |  |   | 2,248   |   |  |   | (24,048 | )
|Operating income (loss)                                                |  |               | 11,298  |   |                |   | 25,375  |               |  |   | 7,382          |   |  |               | 13,713  |   |                |   | 18,835  |               |  |   | 2,784          |   |  |   | 1,323   |   |  |   | (19,346 | )
|(Loss) income from continuing operations                               |  |               | (29,084 | ) |                |   | (6,336  | )             |  |   | (23,357        | ) |  |               | (17,903 | ) |                |   | (15,537 | )             |  |   | (31,600        | ) |  |   | (29,876 | ) |  |   | (52,178 | )
|Net (loss) income                                                      |  |               | (40,887 | ) |                |   | (12,051 | )             |  |   | (27,538        | ) |  |               | (18,657 | ) |                |   | (73,198 | )             |  |   | (216,659       | ) |  |   | (51,041 | ) |  |   | (63,539 | )
|Diluted (loss) earnings per unit                                       |  | $             | (0.57   | ) |                | $ | (0.14   | )             |  | $ | (0.31          | ) |  | $             | (0.21   | ) |                | $ | (1.50   | )             |  | $ | (4.43          | ) |  | $ | (1.01   | ) |  | $ | (0.95   | )



19. Consolidating Financial
Statements



Certain of our subsidiaries and MeriStar
Hospitality are guarantors of our senior unsecured notes. Certain of our subsidiaries are guarantors of MeriStar Hospitalitys unsecured subordinated notes. All guarantees are full and unconditional, and joint and several. Exhibit 99.1 to this
Annual Report on Form 10-K presents supplementary consolidating financial statements for us, including each of our guarantor subsidiaries. This exhibit presents our consolidating balance sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, consolidating
statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, and consolidating statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002.



28