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|MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORPORATION |  | Exhibit 12

Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios



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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  | 2005 |          |   | 2004 |   |         | 2003 |  |   | 2002     |   |  | 2001 |        
|Income from continuing operations before minority interests, income tax expense (benefit), and (loss) gain on sale of assets
(1)                                                                                             |  | $    | (179,114 | ) |      | $ | (74,135 | )    |  | $ | (126,017 | ) |  | $    | (83,718 | ) |  | $ | (34,706 | )
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|Fixed charges:                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  |      |          |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Interest expense, net                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  |      | 119,580  |   |      |   | 126,927 |      |  |   | 140,623  |   |  |      | 136,379 |   |  |   | 122,237 |  
|Interest capitalized                                                                                                                                                                                                         |  |      | 13,017   |   |      |   | 5,605   |      |  |   | 3,062    |   |  |      | 3,993   |   |  |   | 6,098   |  
|Amortization of debt expense                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |      | 6,527    |   |      |   | 5,480   |      |  |   | 5,409    |   |  |      | 7,673   |   |  |   | 4,651   |  
|Preferred distributions to minority interests                                                                                                                                                                                |  |      |         |   |      |   | 141     |      |  |   | 556      |   |  |      | 554     |   |  |   | 554     |  
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|Total fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  | $    | 139,124  |   |      | $ | 138,153 |      |  | $ | 149,650  |   |  | $    | 148,599 |   |  | $ | 133,540 |  
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|Income from continuing operations before minority interest, income tax expense (benefit), (loss) gain on sale of assets and fixed charges
(excluding capitalized interest and preferred distributions to minority interests) |  | $    | (53,007  | ) |      | $ | 58,272  |      |  | $ | 20,015   |   |  | $    | 60,334  |   |  | $ | 92,182  |  
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|Divided by fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  | $    | 139,124  |   |      | $ | 138,153 |      |  | $ | 149,650  |   |  | $    | 148,599 |   |  | $ | 133,540 |  
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |      | N.M.     |   |      |   | 0.42    |      |  |   | 0.13     |   |  |      | 0.41    |   |  |   | 0.69    |  
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|Deficiency                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  | $    | 192,131  |   |      | $ | 79,881  |      |  | $ | 129,635  |   |  | $    | 88,265  |   |  | $ | 41,358  |  



|(1) | This amount is before minority interests since the minority interests relate to majority-owned subsidiaries that have fixed charges.
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|N.M. | Not meaningful
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