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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



FORM 10-Q



|x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005



OR



| ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



For the transition period from
                     to



Commission File Number: 1-11903



MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



|                                                               |  |                                     
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------
|MARYLAND                                                       |  | 75-2648842                          
|(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
|                                                               | 
|4501 NORTH FAIRFAX DRIVE ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA                   |  | 22203                               
|(Address of principal executive offices)                       |  | (Zip Code)                          



(703) 812-7200

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days.    Yes  þ    No ̈



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  þ    No ̈



The number of shares of the
registrants common stock outstanding at May 2, 2005 was 87,452,654.



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INDEX



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|                             
|PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|ITEM 1.                       |  | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                         |  |   
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|                              |  | Consolidated Balance SheetsMarch 31, 2005 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2004                 |  | 2 
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|                              |  | Consolidated Statements of OperationsThree months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (Unaudited) |  | 3 
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|                              |  | Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsThree months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (Unaudited) |  | 4 
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|                              |  | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)                                       |  | 5 
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|ITEM 2.                       |  | MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS        |  | 16
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|ITEM 3.                       |  | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK                                   |  | 32
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|ITEM 4.                       |  | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES                                                                      |  | 33
|                             
|PART II. OTHER INFORMATION   
|                              |  |                                                                                             
|ITEM 6.                       |  | EXHIBITS                                                                                     |  | 34
|                              | 
|SIGNATURES                    |  |                                                                                             



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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION



|ITEM 1. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|------- | --------------------



MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORPORATION



CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)



|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | --------- | - | ---------------- | - | --------- | -
|                                                                             |  | March 31,2005 |           |   | December 31,2004 |  
|                                                                             |  | (Unaudited)   |           |   |                  |  
|ASSETS                                                                       |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|Property and equipment                                                       |  | $             | 2,637,362 |   |                  | $ | 2,581,720 |  
|Accumulated depreciation                                                     |  |               | (530,049  | ) |                  |   | (506,632  | )
|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|                                                                             |  |               | 2,107,313 |   |                  |   | 2,075,088 |  
|                                                                             |  |              
|Investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates                     |  |               | 70,451    |   |                  |   | 84,796    |  
|Prepaid expenses and other assets                                            |  |               | 34,313    |   |                  |   | 34,533    |  
|Insurance claim receivable                                                   |  |               | 60,896    |   |                  |   | 76,056    |  
|Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $358 and $691 |  |               | 40,506    |   |                  |   | 32,979    |  
|Restricted cash                                                              |  |               | 62,946    |   |                  |   | 58,413    |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                                                    |  |               | 53,870    |   |                  |   | 60,540    |  
|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|                                                                             |  | $             | 2,430,295 |   |                  | $ | 2,422,405 |  
|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY                                         |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|Long-term debt                                                               |  | $             | 1,600,177 |   |                  | $ | 1,573,276 |  
|Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                        |  |               | 69,897    |   |                  |   | 75,527    |  
|Accrued interest                                                             |  |               | 35,812    |   |                  |   | 41,165    |  
|Due to Interstate Hotels & Resorts                                           |  |               | 18,045    |   |                  |   | 21,799    |  
|Other liabilities                                                            |  |               | 20,252    |   |                  |   | 11,553    |  
|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|Total liabilities                                                            |  |               | 1,744,183 |   |                  |   | 1,723,320 |  
|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|Minority interests                                                           |  |               | 13,706    |   |                  |   | 14,053    |  
|Stockholders equity:                                                        |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|Common stock, par value $0.01 per share                                      |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|Authorized100,000 shares                                                    |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|Issued89,877 and 89,739 shares                                              |  |               | 898       |   |                  |   | 897       |  
|Additional paid-in capital                                                   |  |               | 1,466,982 |   |                  |   | 1,465,658 |  
|Accumulated deficit                                                          |  |               | (751,837  | ) |                  |   | (738,393  | )
|Common stock held in treasury2,438 and 2,372 shares                         |  |               | (43,637   | ) |                  |   | (43,130   | )
|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|Total stockholders equity                                                   |  |               | 672,406   |   |                  |   | 685,032   |  
|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|                                                                             |  | $             | 2,430,295 |   |                  | $ | 2,422,405 |  
|                                                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  



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MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORPORATION



CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

UNAUDITED

(Dollars in
thousands, except per share amounts)



|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                                            |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |        
|                                                                            |  | 2005                        |         |   | 2004 |  
|Revenue:                                                                    |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Hotel operations:                                                           |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Rooms                                                                       |  | $                           | 125,995 |   |      | $ | 129,992 |  
|Food and beverage                                                           |  |                             | 51,858  |   |      |   | 49,110  |  
|Other hotel operations                                                      |  |                             | 11,384  |   |      |   | 15,340  |  
|Office rental, parking and other revenue                                    |  |                             | 1,858   |   |      |   | 1,368   |  
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Total revenue                                                               |  |                             | 191,095 |   |      |   | 195,810 |  
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Hotel operating expenses:                                                   |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Rooms                                                                       |  |                             | 31,359  |   |      |   | 31,686  |  
|Food and beverage                                                           |  |                             | 37,509  |   |      |   | 36,907  |  
|Other hotel operating expenses                                              |  |                             | 7,116   |   |      |   | 9,475   |  
|Office rental, parking and other expenses                                   |  |                             | 824     |   |      |   | 585     |  
|Other operating expenses:                                                   |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|General and administrative, hotel                                           |  |                             | 32,105  |   |      |   | 32,264  |  
|General and administrative, corporate                                       |  |                             | 3,533   |   |      |   | 3,882   |  
|Property operating costs                                                    |  |                             | 29,682  |   |      |   | 29,735  |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                               |  |                             | 24,888  |   |      |   | 25,517  |  
|Property taxes, insurance and other                                         |  |                             | 10,989  |   |      |   | 16,334  |  
|Loss on asset impairments                                                   |  |                             |        |   |      |   | 184     |  
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Operating expenses                                                          |  |                             | 178,005 |   |      |   | 186,569 |  
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Equity in income/loss of and interest earned from unconsolidated affiliates |  |                             | 1,634   |   |      |   | 1,600   |  
|Hurricane business interruption income                                      |  |                             | 2,281   |   |      |   |        |  
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Operating income                                                            |  |                             | 17,005  |   |      |   | 10,841  |  
|                                                                            |  |                            
|Minority interest                                                           |  |                             | 347     |   |      |   | 946     |  
|Interest expense, net                                                       |  |                             | (30,714 | ) |      |   | (34,502 | )
|Loss on early extinguishments of debt                                       |  |                             | (60     | ) |      |   | (5,923  | )
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss before income taxes and discontinued operations                        |  |                             | (13,422 | ) |      |   | (28,638 | )
|                                                                            |  |                            
|Income tax (expense) benefit                                                |  |                             | (22     | ) |      |   | 524     |  
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss from continuing operations                                             |  |                             | (13,444 | ) |      |   | (28,114 | )
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Discontinued operations:                                                    |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss from discontinued operations before income tax                         |  |                             |        |   |      |   | (12,220 | )
|Income tax benefit                                                          |  |                             |        |   |      |   | 89      |  
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss from discontinued operations                                           |  |                             |        |   |      |   | (12,131 | )
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net loss                                                                    |  | $                           | (13,444 | ) |      | $ | (40,245 | )
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Basic loss per share:                                                       |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss from continuing operations                                             |  | $                           | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.41   | )
|Loss from discontinued operations                                           |  |                             |        |   |      |   | (0.18   | )
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net loss per basic share                                                    |  | $                           | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.59   | )
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Diluted loss per share:                                                     |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss from continuing operations                                             |  | $                           | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.41   | )
|Loss from discontinued operations                                           |  |                             |        |   |      |   | (0.17   | )
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net loss per diluted share                                                  |  | $                           | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.58   | )
|                                                                            |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  



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MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORPORATION



CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

UNAUDITED

(Dollars in
thousands)



|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                                                          |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |        
|                                                                                          |  | 2005                         |         |   | 2004 |  
|Operating activities:                                                                     |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net loss                                                                                  |  | $                            | (13,444 | ) |      | $ | (40,245 | )
|Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                                             |  |                              | 24,859  |   |      |   | 27,160  |  
|Loss on asset impairments                                                                 |  |                              |        |   |      |   | 5,011   |  
|Loss on sale of assets, before tax effect                                                 |  |                              |        |   |      |   | 6,946   |  
|Loss on early extinguishments of debt                                                     |  |                              | 60      |   |      |   | 5,923   |  
|Minority interests                                                                        |  |                              | (347    | ) |      |   | (946    | )
|Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliate                                                |  |                              | 1,370   |   |      |   |        |  
|Amortization of unearned stock-based compensation                                         |  |                              | 277     |   |      |   | 587     |  
|Deferred income taxes                                                                     |  |                              |        |   |      |   | (487    | )
|Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                                              |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Accounts receivable                                                                       |  |                              | 7,633   |   |      |   | (2,767  | )
|Prepaid expenses and other assets                                                         |  |                              | (112    | ) |      |   | 4,920   |  
|Receivables from unconsolidated affiliates                                                |  |                              | 13,004  |   |      |   | (1,600  | )
|Due from/to Interstate Hotels & Resorts                                                   |  |                              | (3,754  | ) |      |   | (5,461  | )
|Accounts payable, accrued expenses, accrued interest and other liabilities                |  |                              | (8,012  | ) |      |   | (1,677  | )
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities                                       |  |                              | 21,534  |   |      |   | (2,636  | )
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Investing activities:                                                                     |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Capital expenditures for property and equipment                                           |  |                              | (55,642 | ) |      |   | (23,737 | )
|Proceeds from sales of assets                                                             |  |                              |        |   |      |   | 74,075  |  
|Increase in restricted cash                                                               |  |                              | (4,533  | ) |      |   | (2,133  | )
|Costs associated with disposition program and other, net                                  |  |                              |        |   |      |   | (3,304  | )
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities                                       |  |                              | (60,175 | ) |      |   | 44,901  |  
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Financing activities:                                                                     |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Prepayments on long-term debt                                                             |  |                              | (1,531  | ) |      |   | (75,497 | )
|Scheduled payments on long-term debt                                                      |  |                              | (2,731  | ) |      |   | (2,307  | )
|Proceeds from mortgage loan, net of financing costs                                       |  |                              | 36,714  |   |      |   |        |  
|Distributions to minority investors                                                       |  |                              |        |   |      |   | (141    | )
|Repurchase of common stock                                                                |  |                              | (507    | ) |      |   |        |  
|Other                                                                                     |  |                              | 26      |   |      |   | (77     | )
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                                       |  |                              | 31,971  |   |      |   | (78,022 | )
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents                              |  |                              |        |   |      |   | (150    | )
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                                                 |  |                              | (6,670  | ) |      |   | (35,907 | )
|Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period                                            |  |                              | 60,540  |   |      |   | 230,884 |  
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Cash and cash equivalents, end of period                                                  |  | $                            | 53,870  |   |      | $ | 194,977 |  
|                                                                                          |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Supplemental Cash Flow Information                                                        |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Cash paid for interest and income taxes:                                                  |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Interest, net of capitalized interest                                                     |  | $                            | 36,393  |   |      | $ | 43,755  |  
|Income tax payments, net of (refunds)                                                     |  | $                            | 22      |   |      | $ | (911    | )
|                                                                                          |  |                             
|Non-cash investing and financing activities:                                              |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Senior subordinated debt redeemed in exchange for common stock                            |  | $                            |        |   |      | $ | 38,000  |  
|Redemption of OP units                                                                    |  | $                            |        |   |      | $ | 20      |  
|Change of fair value of interest rate swap                                                |  | $                            | 6,750   |   |      | $ |        |  



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MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORPORATION



NOTES TO
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2005



|1. | Organization
|-- | ------------



MeriStar Hospitality Corporation 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 March 31, 2005, we owned 73 hotels with 20,319 rooms, all of which were leased by our taxable subsidiaries. 71 of these
hotels were managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts (Interstate), 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 (Marriott) of Marriott International, Inc. (collectively with Interstate and Ritz-Carlton, the Managers).



The Managers operate the 73 hotels we owned as of March 31, 2005 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 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, subject to some exceptions. Additionally, our franchise fees generally range from 2.0% to 7.4% of hotel room revenues.



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. Management, based
upon budgets and operating trends, expects payments under these guarantees for 2005 and in the future to be minimal.



|2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
|-- | ------------------------------------------



Interim Financial Statements. We have prepared these unaudited interim financial statements according to the rules and regulations of the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission. We have omitted certain information and footnote disclosures that are normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements, accompanying notes and other information included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.



In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial
statements reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal and recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the
interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year.



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 absence of other factors when determining control) when we own over 50% of the voting shares of another



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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
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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 three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, we recognized depreciation expense of $23.4 million and $24.5 million, respectively. For the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, we capitalized interest of $2.7 million and $0.7 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 developed the following policy to aid in the
assessment of 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.



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 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.



Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.We record as discontinued operations 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. Any gains or losses on final disposition are also included in discontinued operations.



Whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a long-lived asset may be impaired, an analysis is 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



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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
recognize a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity only when the liability is incurred, and measure that liability initially at fair value. Hotels of which we dispose may be managed under agreements that 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.



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 our compensation programs. 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 our 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 our stock options issued under our compensation programs prior to January 1, 2003. As we granted these stock
options at fair market value, no compensation cost has been recognized. For our other equity-based compensation plans, we recognize compensation expense over the vesting period based on the fair market value of the award at 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.



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 share amounts would have been adjusted to the pro forma amounts indicated as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):



|                                                                                                                                           |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ---------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                                                                                                           |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |        
|                                                                                                                                           |  | 2005                         |         |   | 2004 |  
|Net loss, as reported                                                                                                                      |  | $                            | (13,444 | ) |      | $ | (40,245 | )
|Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net loss, net of related tax effect                                    |  |                              | 605     |   |      |   | 587     |  
|Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value-based method for all awards, net of related tax
effect |  |                              | (611    | ) |      |   | (651    | )
|                                                                                                                                           |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net loss, pro forma                                                                                                                        |  | $                            | (13,450 | ) |      | $ | (40,309 | )
|                                                                                                                                           |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss per share, as reported:                                                                                                               |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Basic                                                                                                                                      |  | $                            | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.59   | )
|Diluted                                                                                                                                    |  | $                            | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.58   | )
|                                                                                                                                           |  |                             
|Weighted average fair value of options granted                                                                                             |  |                              | N/A     | * |      | $ | 0.34    |  
|                                                                                                                                           |  |                             
|Loss per share, pro forma:                                                                                                                 |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Basic                                                                                                                                      |  | $                            | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.59   | )
|Diluted                                                                                                                                    |  | $                            | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.58   | )

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These pro forma compensation costs may not be representative of the actual effects on reported net loss
and loss per share in future years.



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 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.



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 entities which we account for under the cost method or equity method of accounting. Our investment in MeriStar Investment Partners, L.P. (MIP) is a limited partner interest with no
participation rights in the management, affairs or operations of the entity, and is accounted for using the cost method. We recognize our preferred return on this investment quarterly as it becomes due to us; this investment is reflected in a
separate line item on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our investment in Radisson Lexington Avenue Hotel 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. This investment is also reflected in a separate line item on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. 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, seven 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. Some properties are requiring
substantial repair and reconstruction and have remained closed while such repairs are completed. 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. As of March 31, 2005, the net book value of the property damage is estimated to be at least $65.5 million; however, we are still assessing the impact of the hurricanes on our properties, and final 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. We have recorded a corresponding insurance claim receivable for this $65.5 million net book value amount because we
believe that it is probable that the insurance recovery, net of deductibles, will 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
$65.5 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, while we are receiving and expect to continue to receive interim insurance payments,
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
calculated 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 and the relevant payments have been
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As of March 31, 2005, seven of our Florida properties remained substantially closed due to hurricane
damage. As of May 2, 2005, six of these properties remained substantially closed. Additionally, as of March 31, 2005, two 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 the amount of loss 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 all contingencies related to the insurance
recoveries are resolved and collection of the relevant payments is probable. These 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 these income recognition criteria, as of March 31, 2005, we have
recorded a business interruption recovery gain of $2.3 million due to receiving recognition of a minimal level of business interruption profit that the insurance companies are willing to recognize without any contingencies at this time for certain
of our hurricane-affected properties. Our business interruption claims substantially exceed the amount of this minimal recognition to date. We ultimately expect to recognize additional business interruption insurance profit as we proceed further
through the claims process.



Through March 31, 2005, we have
incurred recoverable costs related to both property damage and business interruption recoveries totaling $56.4 million. In addition, we recorded a receivable of $65.5 million related to the write-off of the net book value of the damaged portion of
our assets. We collected $63.3 million in insurance advances through March 31, 2005, of which $61.0 million reduced our receivable balance, and $2.3 million represented income on our business interruption recoveries. We have collected an additional
$7.2 million in advances from April 1 through May 2, 2005. 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



|                                       |  |               |       |  
|-------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | ----- | -
|                                       |  | March 31,2005 |      
|Fixed assets net book value write down |  | $             | 65.5  |  
|Recoverable costs incurred             |  |               | 56.4  |  
|Business interruption income           |  |               | 2.3   |  
|Payments received                      |  |               | (63.3 | )
|                                       |  |               |       |  
|                                       |  | $             | 60.9  |  
|                                       |  |               |       |  



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 first quarter of 2006. 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.



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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 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 period information has been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications have no impact on consolidated net loss.



|3. | Comprehensive Loss
|-- | ------------------



Comprehensive loss equaled net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2005, as we no longer have foreign operations. Comprehensive loss was $40.5
million for the three months ended March 31, 2004, which consisted of net loss ($40.2 million) and foreign currency translation adjustments.



|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 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 three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 would have been reported as
follows if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of each of the respective periods (in thousands, except per share amounts):



|                    |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|------------------- |  | --------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                    |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |        
|                    |  | 2005                        |         |   | 2004 |  
|Total revenue       |  | $                           | 191,095 |   |      | $ | 207,221 |  
|Net loss            |  |                             | (13,444 | ) |      |   | (39,422 | )
|Net loss per share: |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Basic and Diluted   |  | $                           | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.57   | )



|5. | Property and Equipment
|-- | ----------------------



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



|                                  |  |                |           |                  |   |          
|--------------------------------- |  | -------------- | --------- | ---------------- | - | ---------
|                                  |  | March 31, 2005 |           | December 31,2004
|Land                              |  | $              | 244,088   |                  | $ | 244,088  
|Buildings and improvements        |  |                | 1,940,443 |                  |   | 1,926,813
|Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |                | 307,070   |                  |   | 295,562  
|Construction-in-progress          |  |                | 145,761   |                  |   | 115,257  
|                                  |  |                |           |                  |   |          
|                                  |  | $              | 2,637,362 |                  | $ | 2,581,720
|                                  |  |                |           |                  |   |          



For the three months
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, we capitalized interest of $2.7 million and $0.7 million, respectively.



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We incurred no impairment losses during the first quarter of 2005. During the first quarter of 2004, we
recognized impairment losses of $5.0 million, of which $4.8 million is recorded in discontinued operations as of March 31, 2005 (see Note 11).



The impairment charges recorded during the first quarter of 2004 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. These estimates 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 results could differ materially from these estimates.



|6. | 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/loss of and interest earned from unconsolidated affiliates within operating activities as the operations of this investment are integral to our operations. As of March 31, 2005, 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 unamortized origination costs associated with the loan. Our initial equity
investment balance of $10.1 million includes $0.1 million of external costs incurred. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we recognized $1.3 million of equity in losses on our equity investment.



Investment in MIP. In 1999, we, through MeriStar Hospitality Operating
Partnership, L.P. (MHOP), our principal operating subsidiary, 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 (through December 9, 2004) a 16% cumulative preferred return with outstanding balances compounded quarterly. In accordance with MIPs December 2004 amended and restated
partnership agreement, the return on our investment and on our remaining unpaid accrued preferred return was reduced to a 12% 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 in liquidation over all other investments.



During the fourth quarter of 2003, we recognized a $25.0 million impairment loss on this investment since, at that time, the decline in the underlying value of our investment was deemed other than temporary. As of
March 31, 2005, the book value of the original investment is $15.0 million.



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 a
distribution of $15.5 million, which was applied to reduce our outstanding accrued preferred returns receivable to approximately $4 million.



As of March 31, 2005, our total MIP carrying value was $20.7 million, consisting of the $15.0 million adjusted investment balance and $5.7 million of
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We recognize our preferred return quarterly as it becomes due to us. The income, net of related expense,
if any, is recorded in the Equity in income/loss of and interest earned from unconsolidated affiliates line within operating activities as the operations of this investment are integral to our operations. For the three months ended March
31, 2005 and 2004, we recognized a preferred return of $1.6 million and $1.6 million, respectively, from this investment. As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, cumulative preferred returns of $5.7 million and $19.7 million, respectively, were
due from MIP. We expect that any cumulative unpaid preferred returns will be paid in the future from excess cash flow above our current return and from potential partnership hotel disposition proceeds in excess of debt allocated to individual
assets. We evaluate the collectibility of our preferred return based on our preference to distributions and the underlying value of the hotel properties.



|7. | Long-Term Debt
|-- | --------------



Long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands):



|                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|-------------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | --------- | - | ---------------- | - | --------- | -
|                                             |  | March 31,2005 |           |   | December 31,2004 |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 20119.125%       |  | $             | 355,665   |   |                  | $ | 355,665   |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 20089.0%         |  |               | 270,500   |   |                  |   | 270,500   |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 200910.5%        |  |               | 224,187   |   |                  |   | 224,187   |  
|Secured facility, due 2009                   |  |               | 301,388   |   |                  |   | 302,979   |  
|Secured facility, due 2013                   |  |               | 98,880    |   |                  |   | 99,293    |  
|Convertible subordinated notes               |  |               | 170,000   |   |                  |   | 170,000   |  
|Senior subordinated notes                    |  |               | 32,740    |   |                  |   | 34,225    |  
|Mortgage and other debt                      |  |               | 161,972   |   |                  |   | 125,051   |  
|Unamortized issue discount                   |  |               | (3,731    | ) |                  |   | (3,950    | )
|                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|                                             |  | $             | 1,611,601 |   |                  | $ | 1,577,950 |  
|Fair value adjustment for interest rate swap |  |               | (11,424   | ) |                  |   | (4,674    | )
|                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|                                             |  | $             | 1,600,177 |   |                  | $ | 1,573,276 |  
|                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  



Aggregate future
maturities as of March 31, 2005 were as follows (in thousands):



|                                             |  |   |           |  
|-------------------------------------------- |  | - | --------- | -
|2005 (nine months)                           |  | $ | 8,414     |  
|2006                                         |  |   | 12,031    |  
|2007                                         |  |   | 45,523    |  
|2008                                         |  |   | 284,741   |  
|2009                                         |  |   | 503,526   |  
|Thereafter                                   |  |   | 757,366   |  
|                                             |  |   |           |  
|                                             |  | $ | 1,611,601 |  
|Fair value adjustment for interest rate swap |  |   | (11,424   | )
|                                             |  |   |           |  
|                                             |  | $ | 1,600,177 |  
|                                             |  |   |           |  



Senior subordinated
notes.During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we repurchased, using available cash, $1.49 million of our senior subordinated notes (plus $0.06 million of accrued interest). We recorded a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $0.06
million and wrote off deferred financing costs of $0.01 million related to this activity. The write off of deferred financing costs is included in depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.



Mortgage and other debt.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 only payments for the first three years and then monthly payments of interest and principal over
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year term of the loan, with the majority of the principal balance paid at the end of the ten year term. Our net proceeds of $34.7 million are net of a $3
million escrow reserve for future capital expenditures. We incurred financing costs of $0.8 million related to this mortgage.



Derivatives. As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the fair value of our interest rate swap was approximately an $11.4 million liability and
$4.7 million liability, respectively. 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 three months ended March 31, 2005, we earned net
cash payments of $0.9 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 $18.9 million and $12.0 million as of March 31, 2005 and December 31,
2004, respectively, which is recorded as restricted cash. The required collateral amount fluctuates based on the changes in the swap rate and the amount of time left to maturity. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, our posted collateral
ranged from $10.9 million to $18.9 million. However, due to the terms of the swap agreement, our posted collateral must be a minimum amount calculated per the agreement, which was $6.3 million as of March 31, 2005. We will receive all remaining
collateral upon maturity of the swap.



|8. | Stockholders Equity and Minority Interests
|-- | -------------------------------------------



Common Stock Transactions. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we awarded 133,937 shares of common stock to employees, with a value of
$1.0 million, related to our annual incentive plan for 2004. Of these shares, 63,935 were repurchased as treasury stock to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding requirements, and 70,002 shares were issued. During the three months ended March
31, 2005, we issued 3,430 shares of common stock with a value of $0.03 million, related to shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan.



OP Units. Substantially all of our assets are held indirectly by and operated through MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P., our
subsidiary operating partnership, (Commission file number 333-63768). Our operating partnerships 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 (POPs).



No Common OP Units
were converted into common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2005. Common OP Unit holders converted 3,686 of their OP Units, with a value of $0.02 million into common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2004. A POPs unit holder
converted 15,000 POPs for cash during the three months ended March 31, 2004.



Treasury Stock. As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we carried 2.4 million shares in treasury stock. We record and carry treasury stock at cost, and generally acquire treasury stock to cover the
Companys minimum tax withholdings related to stock issued for compensation.



Dividends.We did not declare or pay any dividends in 2005 or 2004.



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|9. | Loss Per Share
|-- | --------------



The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted loss per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):



|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                                            |  | Three Months Ended March 31, |        
|                                                                            |  | 2005                         |         |   | 2004 |  
|Basic Loss Per Share:                                                       |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss from continuing operations                                             |  | $                            | (13,444 | ) |      | $ | (28,114 | )
|Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock                                 |  |                              |        |   |      |   |        |  
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss available to common stockholders                                       |  | $                            | (13,444 | ) |      | $ | (28,114 | )
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Weighted average number of basic shares of common stock outstanding         |  |                              | 87,392  |   |      |   | 68,640  |  
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Basic loss per share from continuing operations                             |  | $                            | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.41   | )
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Diluted Loss Per Share:                                                     |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss available to common stockholders from continuing operations            |  | $                            | (13,444 | ) |      | $ | (28,114 | )
|Minority interest                                                           |  |                              |        |   |      |   | (1,083  | )
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Adjusted net loss                                                           |  | $                            | (13,444 | ) |      | $ | (29,197 | )
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Weighted average number of basic shares of common stock outstanding         |  |                              | 87,392  |   |      |   | 68,640  |  
|Common stock equivalents:                                                   |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Operating partnership units                                                 |  |                              |        |   |      |   | 2,427   |  
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Total weighted average number of diluted shares of common stock outstanding |  |                              | 87,392  |   |      |   | 71,067  |  
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Diluted loss per share from continuing operations                           |  | $                            | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | (0.41   | )
|                                                                            |  |                              |         |   |      |   |         |  



For the three months
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, 19,100,534 shares and 18,129,255 shares, respectively, consisting of shares issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of stock options, certain operating partnership units, and shares from our outstanding
convertible notes, were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.



|10. | Commitments and Contingencies
|--- | -----------------------------



In the course of document review with respect to the MIP restructuring, we 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 regarding this issue, we are currently negotiating a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to resolve
all REIT qualification matters with respect to this potential issue. As a result of our negotiations with the Internal Revenue Service, we do not anticipate incurring a material tax liability and we expect to remain qualified as a REIT for all prior
years. We also remain qualified to operate as a REIT for calendar year 2005.



As part of our asset renovation program, we have entered into contractual obligations with vendors to acquire capital assets and perform renovations totaling approximately $46.1 million to be expended over the next 12
months. Additionally, we have entered into contractual obligations related to capital expenditures as a result of hurricanes in the amount of $25.8 million to be expended over the next 12 months, most of which we expect to reimbursed by our
insurance carriers.



|11. | Dispositions
|--- | ------------



No hotels were disposed of in the three months ended March 31, 2005. We disposed of 11 hotels in the three months ended March 31, 2004. As of March 31,
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for held-for-sale classification. 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):



|                            |  |                             |   |      |   |         |  
|--------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                            |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |  
|                            |  | 2005                        |   | 2004 |  
|Revenue                     |  | $                           |  |      | $ | 22,369  |  
|                            |  |                             |   |      |   |         |  
|Loss on asset impairments   |  | $                           |  |      | $ | (4,827  | )
|Pretax loss from operations |  |                             |  |      |   | (447    | )
|Loss on disposal            |  |                             |  |      |   | (6,946  | )
|                            |  |                             |   |      |   |         |  
|                            |  | $                           |  |      | $ | (12,220 | )
|                            |  |                             |   |      |   |         |  



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



|12. | Consolidating Financial Statements
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We and certain subsidiaries of MHOP, our subsidiary operating partnership, are guarantors of senior unsecured notes issued by MHOP. MHOP and certain of
its subsidiaries are guarantors of our unsecured subordinated notes. We own a one percent general partner interest in MHOP, and MeriStar LP, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, owns approximately a 96 percent limited partner interest in MHOP. All
guarantees are full and unconditional, and joint and several. Exhibit 99.1 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q presents supplementary consolidating financial statements for MHOP, including each of the guarantor subsidiaries. This exhibit presents
MHOPs consolidating balance sheets as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, consolidating statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, and consolidating statements of cash flows for the three months ended
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|ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS



Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations may contain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements, which are based on various assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and
expectations, are generally identified by our use of words such as intend, plan, may, should, will, project, estimate, anticipate, believe,
expect, continue, potential, opportunity, and similar expressions, whether in the negative or affirmative. We cannot guarantee that we actually will achieve these plans, intentions or expectations. All
statements regarding our expected financial position, business and financing plans are forward-looking statements.



Except for historical information, matters discussed in this Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.



Factors which could have a
material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects include, but are not limited to:



| |  |  | economic conditions generally and the real estate market specifically;
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| |  |  | supply and demand for hotel rooms in our current and proposed market areas;
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| |  |  | other factors that may influence the travel industry, including health, safety and economic factors;
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| |  |  | competition;
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| |  |  | cash flow generally, including the availability of capital generally, cash available for capital expenditures, and our ability to refinance debt;
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| |  |  | the effects of threats of terrorism and increased security precautions on travel patterns and demand for hotels;
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| |  |  | the threatened or actual outbreak of hostilities and international political instability;
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| |  |  | governmental actions, including new laws and regulations and particularly changes to laws governing the taxation of real estate investment trusts;
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| |  |  | weather conditions generally and natural disasters;
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| |  |  | rising interest rates; and
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| |  |  | changes in generally accepted accounting principles, policies and guidelines applicable to real estate investment trusts.
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These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating any
forward-looking statements contained in this report or incorporated by reference herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or, in the case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that document.
All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are qualified by the cautionary statements in this section. We undertake no obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to
forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date of this report.



Business Summary



We are a real estate investment trust, or REIT, and 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



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brand affiliations. As of March 31, 2005, we owned 73 hotels with 20,319 rooms. Our hotels are located in major metropolitan areas, rapidly growing secondary
markets or resort locations in the United States. All of our hotels are leased by our taxable subsidiaries. 71 of these hotels were managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts (Interstate), 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 (Marriott) of Marriott International, Inc. (collectively with Interstate and Ritz-Carlton, the
Managers).



The Managers operate the 73 hotels we
owned as of March 31, 2005 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 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, subject to some exceptions.
Additionally, our franchise fees generally range from 2.0% to 7.4% of hotel room revenues.



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. Management, based upon budgets and operating trends, expects payments under these guarantees in the future to be
minimal.



Since the July 2002 merger that formed Interstate, we
and Interstate have separated the senior management teams of the two companies in order to allow each senior management team to devote more attention to its respective companys matters. During July 2004, we concluded negotiations with
Interstate 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;
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| |  |  | the right to terminate the management contract of a hotel, where Interstate invests in a competing hotel, with no termination fee; and
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| |  |  | an extension of the termination fee payment period for terminations related to hotel sales, from 30 months to 48 months.
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The termination of the intercompany agreement eliminates the last element of our original
paper clip relationship with Interstate.



Separately, we reached an agreement with Interstate 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 March 31, 2005) 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.



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In January 2005, we notified Interstate that 11 hotels with 3,655 rooms had apparently failed to meet the
performance test involving two year operating results versus budgets for those years. We and Interstate are currently in discussions relating to the apparent shortfall, the reasons for such shortfall, and any remedies that are available to us.



Results Overview



General



We believe that we are in the midst of the early stages of a lodging industry economic recovery; however, the recovery is
not uniform throughout the country. Certain of our markets are performing well, while others have not yet recovered. Our strategy currently includes the following key initiatives: focus on growth of earnings and cash flow from our existing portfolio
using an aggressive asset management program; upgrade our portfolio through extensive renovations; recycle capital into higher yielding hotel investments; improve our capital structure to support internal growth, position the Company for external
opportunities and increase our fixed charges coverage; increase shareholder value; and maintain liquidity.



We are in the process of upgrading the product quality and growth potential of our hotels through our aggressive capital expenditure program and selective
brand conversions. We have continued to reshape our portfolio through three strategic, high-quality acquisitions, including one investment completed in October 2004, and dispositions of a number of lower yielding properties. We may continue to
reposition our portfolio and recycle capital through investing in current or new assets, funded by dispositions of assets, where we see an opportunity to increase our return on investment and financial results.



We have developed a targeted renovation program that is designed to reduce
the time and cost required to renovate hotels, allowing us to improve the quality of our hotels faster to take advantage of the rebound in the economy and better manage the disruptions associated with renovations. We accelerated our renovation
program for certain key assets, which created some short-term disruption but also positioned these properties to participate more quickly in the lodging industry recovery. We invested approximately $134 million in capital expenditures during 2004.
During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we invested approximately $39 million in non hurricane-related capital expenditures and expect to invest an additional $61 million in non hurricane-related capital expenditures during the remainder of
2005 to enhance the quality of our portfolio to meet or exceed the standards of our primary brandsHilton, Marriott, and Starwoodas well as to improve the competitiveness of these assets in their markets and enable them to more fully
participate in the economic recovery. While hotel results are negatively impacted during renovations due to out of service rooms and limitations on the ability to sell other hotel services, we expect to have positioned these renovated properties
well to be able to benefit from the economic recovery. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we invested approximately $17 million in hurricane-related capital expenditures. The total amount of hurricane-related capital expenditures has not
yet been fully determined, however we anticipate it to be well in excess of $100 million, most of which we expect to be reimbursed by our insurance carriers.



The August  September 2004 Hurricanes



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, seven 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. Some properties are requiring substantial repair and reconstruction and have remained closed while such repairs are completed. 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. As of March 31, 2005,



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the net book value of the property damage is estimated to be at least $65.5 million; however, we are still assessing the impact of the hurricanes on our
properties, and final 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. We have recorded a corresponding insurance claim receivable for this $65.5 million
net book value amount because we believe that it is probable that the insurance recovery, net of deductibles, will 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 $65.5 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, while we are receiving and expect to continue
to receive interim insurance payments, 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 calculated 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.



As of March 31, 2005, seven of our Florida
properties remained substantially closed due to hurricane damage. As of May 2, 2005, six of these properties remained substantially closed. Additionally, as of March 31, 2005, two 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 were 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 the amount of loss for 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
all contingencies related to the insurance recoveries are resolved and collection of the relevant payments is probable. These income recognition criteria will 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. Additionally, current year
expenses will reflect reduced operating expenses and recoverable expenses recorded as recoveries, resulting in lower current year expenses as compared to prior year.



Under these income recognition criteria, as of March 31, 2005, we have recorded a business interruption recovery gain of
$2.3 million due to receiving recognition of a minimal level of business interruption profit that the insurance companies are willing to recognize without any contingencies at this time for certain of our hurricane-affected properties. Our business
interruption claims substantially exceed the amount of this minimal recognition to date. We ultimately expect to recognize additional business interruption insurance profit as we proceed further through the claims process.



Through March 31, 2005, we have incurred recoverable costs related to both
property damage and business interruption recoveries totaling $56.4 million. In addition, we recorded a receivable of $65.5 million related to the write-off of the net book value of the damaged portion of our assets. We collected $63.3 million in
insurance advances through March 31, 2005, of which $61.0 million reduced our receivable balance, and $2.3 million represented income on our business interruption recoveries. We have collected an additional $7.2 million in advances from April 1
through May 2, 2005. 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.



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



Hurricane Receivable



|                                       |  |               |       |  
|-------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | ----- | -
|                                       |  | March 31,2005 |      
|Fixed assets net book value write down |  | $             | 65.5  |  
|Recoverable costs incurred             |  |               | 56.4  |  
|Business interruption income           |  |               | 2.3   |  
|Payments received                      |  |               | (63.3 | )
|                                       |  |               |       |  
|                                       |  | $             | 60.9  |  
|                                       |  |               |       |  



During the first
quarter of 2004, the seven hotels that were completely or substantially closed realized $28.9 million in revenues. These hotels recognized $4.0 million of revenues during the first quarter of 2005.



Overall Results



Revenues from continuing operations were $191.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005, compared to $195.8
million for the three months ended March 31, 2004. The revenue decrease is primarily due to a disruption of all revenues at properties impacted by hurricanes in August and September 2004, partially offset by an increase of $3.59 in RevPAR at our
comparable hotels (see Results of Operations for definition of comparable hotels), higher food and beverage revenues attributable to increased menu pricing in 2005 and revenues from our two hotels acquired during the second quarter of
2004. Hotel and other operating expenses were 4.6% lower compared to the same period in 2004, mainly due to the limited operations of certain of the hurricane-impacted properties. We incurred a $0.1 million loss on extinguishment of debt for the
quarter ended March 31, 2005, compared to a $5.9 million loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. Additionally, our 2004 results include a $12.1 million loss realized at properties we no longer own.



Property taxes, insurance and other reflects no rental payments under the
best efforts lease programs at two properties in the first quarter of 2005 due to the closure of hurricane-impacted properties.



The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.



Results of Operations



Our revenues are derived from the operations of our hospitality properties, including room, food and beverage revenues, as well as from our leases of
office, retail and parking rentals. Included in our operating income (but not in revenues) is our cumulative preferred return on our partnership interest in MIP, the interest income on our mezzanine loan to the Radisson Lexington Avenue Hotel and
our equity in the income/loss on our Radisson Lexington Avenue Hotel investment. Operating costs include direct costs to run our hotels, management fees to Interstate and others for the management of our properties, depreciation of our properties,
impairment charges, property tax and insurance, as well as sales, marketing and general and administrative costs. Our expenses also include interest on our debt, amortization of related debt-issuance costs and minority interest allocations, which
represent the allocation of income and losses to outside investors for properties that are not wholly owned.



The provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 144 require that current and prior period operating results of any asset that has
been classified as held for sale or has been disposed of on or after January 1, 2002, including any gain or loss recognized on the sale, be recorded as discontinued operations.



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Accordingly, we have reclassified all prior periods presented to comply with this requirement. See Footnote 11, Dispositions, included in Item 1
of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information regarding the amounts reclassified.



Summary data for the three months ended March 31 were as follows (dollars in thousands, except operating data statistics):



|                                                                            |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------- | ------- | - | -------------------------------- | - | ------- | ------------- |  | ------- | --
|                                                                            |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2005 |         |   | Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2004 |   |         | PercentChange | 
|Summary of Operations:                                                      |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   
|Total revenue from continuing operations                                    |  | $                                | 191,095 |   |                                  | $ | 195,810 |               |  | (2.4    | )%
|                                                                            |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   
|Hotel operating expenses                                                    |  |                                  | 76,808  |   |                                  |   | 78,653  |               |  | (2.3    | ) 
|Other operating expenses                                                    |  |                                  | 101,197 |   |                                  |   | 107,732 |               |  | (6.1    | ) 
|Loss on asset impairments                                                   |  |                                  |        |   |                                  |   | 184     |               |  | (100.0  | ) 
|                                                                            |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   
|Total operating expenses                                                    |  |                                  | 178,005 |   |                                  |   | 186,569 |               |  | (4.6    | ) 
|                                                                            |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   
|Equity in income/loss of and interest earned from unconsolidated affiliates |  |                                  | 1,634   |   |                                  |   | 1,600   |               |  | 2.1     |   
|Hurricane business interruption income                                      |  |                                  | 2,281   |   |                                  |   |        |               |  | >100.0  |   
|                                                                            |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   
|Operating income                                                            |  |                                  | 17,005  |   |                                  |   | 10,841  |               |  | 56.9    |   
|                                                                            |  |                                  |        
|Loss on extinguishments of debt                                             |  |                                  | (60     | ) |                                  |   | (5,923  | )             |  | (99.0   | ) 
|Minority interest                                                           |  |                                  | 347     |   |                                  |   | 946     |               |  | (63.3   | ) 
|Interest expense, net                                                       |  |                                  | (30,714 | ) |                                  |   | (34,502 | )             |  | (11.0   | ) 
|Income tax (expense) benefit                                                |  |                                  | (22     | ) |                                  |   | 524     |               |  | >(100.0 | ) 
|                                                                            |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   
|Loss from continuing operations                                             |  |                                  | (13,444 | ) |                                  |   | (28,114 | )             |  | (52.2   | ) 
|Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax(a)                            |  |                                  |        |   |                                  |   | (12,131 | )             |  | 100.0   |   
|                                                                            |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   
|Net loss                                                                    |  | $                                | (13,444 | ) |                                  | $ | (40,245 | )             |  | (66.6   | )%
|                                                                            |  |                                  |         |   |                                  |   |         |               |  |         |   

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|(a) | Includes loss on asset impairments of $4.8 million and loss on disposal of $6.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004. Income tax benefit was $0.1 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2004.
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Operating Data for our 73 hotels
(20,319 rooms):



|                                    |  |                                  |        |   |                                  |   |        |               |  |      |  
|----------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------- | ------ | - | -------------------------------- | - | ------ | ------------- |  | ---- | -
|                                    |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2005 |        |   | Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2004 |   |        | PercentChange | 
|Average Daily Rate                  |  | $                                | 112.50 |   |                                  | $ | 109.59 |               |  | 2.7  | %
|Occupancy                           |  |                                  | 61.3   | % |                                  |   | 67.6   | %             |  | (9.3 | )
|Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) |  | $                                | 69.01  |   |                                  | $ | 74.06  |               |  | (6.8 | )



Three months ended March 31,
2005 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2004



Continuing Operations Results



Our 73
properties in continuing operations include two properties acquired in 2004, two properties of which we intend to dispose, and seven properties in Florida that were significantly impacted by hurricanes that occurred in August and September 2004 and
that remained closed or substantially closed in the first quarter of 2005. Operating results have been impacted by these events. For more information regarding the impact of these hurricanes, see Results Overview. Because of these
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our results as a whole and discussion and analysis of results of the 62 comparable hotels that were in normal operations for the current period and the prior
year period. The seven Florida hotels that remained substantially closed in the first quarter of 2005, the two hotels of which we intend to dispose under our repositioning program, and the two hotels acquired in 2004, are excluded from the
comparable hotels.



Total revenue. Because of the events
noted above, our total revenue is not comparable between years. Total revenue decreased by $4.7 million or 2.4% in 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2004. This decrease in revenue is primarily due to a disruption of all revenues at properties
impacted by the hurricanes of 2004, partially offset by an increase in ADR and higher food and beverage revenues attributable to a strategy of increasing room rates and reducing our exposure to contract business paying lower rates, increased menu
pricing in 2005 and revenues from our two hotels acquired during the second quarter of 2004. Overall ADR increased 2.7% for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 when compared with the same period in 2004, primarily due to a focus on increasing business
related to higher rate transient and corporate business, and away from lower paying groups, as well as overall increasing daily rates in general, and due to the acquisition of two higher rate properties in the second quarter of 2004, and the result
of the industry benefiting from an increase in travel due to a general strengthening of the economy; this favorable impact on rooms revenue was offset by revenue losses from our hurricane-impacted hotels, which generally realize high RevPAR during
the first quarter. The decrease in occupancy of 9.3% over the same period was due to rooms out of service as a result of the Florida hurricanes, the impact of having fewer available rooms due to hotel room renovations, as well as a focus on
increasing daily rates, which resulted in lower group, contract, and internet sales. Approximately 75% of the 9.3% decrease in occupancy was specifically due to the rooms out of service as a result of the Florida hurricanes.



The following table presents operating data for our 62 comparable hotels:



Operating Data for our comparable hotels (17,684 rooms):



|              |  |                                  |        |   |                                  |   |        |               |  |      |  
|------------- |  | -------------------------------- | ------ | - | -------------------------------- | - | ------ | ------------- |  | ---- | -
|              |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2005 |        |   | Three Months EndedMarch 31, 2004 |   |        | PercentChange | 
|ADR           |  | $                                | 108.69 |   |                                  | $ | 100.57 |               |  | 8.1  | %
|Occupancy % * |  |                                  | 67.8   | % |                                  |   | 69.7   | %             |  | (2.7 | )
|RevPAR *      |  | $                                | 73.64  |   |                                  | $ | 70.05  |               |  | 5.1  |  

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|* | Occupancy and RevPAR have been adjusted for rooms out of service due to renovations.
|- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



For the 62 comparable hotels, total revenue increased by $5.2 million or 3.2% from $162.4 million in the first quarter of
2004 to $167.6 million in the first quarter of 2005. The increase in room revenue was primarily due to an increase in ADR of $8.12 or 8.1% and RevPAR of $3.59 or 5.1%, which resulted from a strategy of increasing room rates and reducing our exposure
to contract business paying lower rates, and the general strengthening of the economy and lodging industry. Occupancy decreased 2.7% mainly due to the impact of having fewer available rooms due to hotel room renovations, as well as a focus on
increasing business related to higher rate transient and corporate business, and away from lower paying groups, as well as overall increasing daily rates in general. Revenue growth was negatively impacted due to the short term effects of brand
conversions and rooms out of service during renovations and as a result of the Florida hurricanes at our comparable hotels.



Hotel operating expenses.Because of the events noted above, our total hotel operating expenses are not comparable between years. Hotel operating
expenses decreased by $1.8 million or 2.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2005 as compared to the same period in 2004. The decrease was primarily attributable to the limited operations of certain of the hurricane-impacted properties, including
the substantial closure of several properties. Food and beverage expense decreased by 2.8% of food and beverage revenue mainly due to menu pricing adjustments that have outpaced the increasing cost of labor and benefits. Rooms expense increased by
0.5% of rooms revenue mainly due to rising labor and benefits costs.



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For the 62 comparable hotels, hotel operating expenses remained relatively flat from the first quarter of
2004 to the first quarter of 2005, even though revenues increased, primarily due to a decrease in occupancy and occupancy-driven expenses, as we focused on increasing ADR.



Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses include general and administrative expenses, property operating
costs, depreciation and amortization, non-income taxes, and insurance. Individual variations in these expenses were as follows:



| |  |  | Property taxes, insurance expense and other expense: In the first quarter of 2005, expenses for hurricane-impacted properties decreased from the same period in 2004,
primarily due to a $2.3 million reduction in rental payments under the best efforts leases program. Also, the hurricane-impacted properties expenses were reduced in 2005 to the extent that these costs were recoverable; these same properties
had normal operating expenses in the first quarter of 2004. Additionally, property taxes decreased by $2.7 million from the same period in 2004, which included adjustments of $2.5 million of tax reserves. Insurance expense also decreased by $0.5
million, primarily due to a reduction in property insurance premiums, which was partially offset by additional insurance costs associated with the two hotels acquired in the second quarter of 2004.
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| |  |  | Write-off of deferred financing fees: The current years repurchase of $1.5 million of senior unsecured notes resulted in a $0.01 million write-off of deferred financing
fees. The same period in 2004 reflects the repurchase of approximately $71.5 million of senior unsecured notes, and the issuance of common stock in exchange for $38.0 million of senior subordinated notes, which resulted in a write-off of deferred
financing fees of approximately $1.3 million. These expenses are included in depreciation and amortization expense.
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Losses on asset impairments. Due to the progress of our asset disposition program during 2004, losses from asset impairments were recorded during
the first quarter of 2004. The portfolio remaining in the 2005 first quarter has experienced no further impairments or adjustments to holding periods.



Equity in income/loss of and interest earned from unconsolidated affiliates. Equity in income/loss of and interest earned from unconsolidated
affiliates consists of income earned from two investments in which we own non-controlling interests and do not consolidate in our financial statements. We recognize a proportionate share of the profit and loss earned by the Radisson Lexington Avenue
Hotel, an equity method investment acquired in 2004, as well as interest income on the $40 million loan made to this entity. For the three months ended March 31, 2005, we recognized interest income of $1.4 million, offset by a $1.3 million equity
share of net losses. In addition, we currently recognize a preferred return of 12% from our investment in MIP, accounted for using the cost method, resulting in current and cumulative preferred return income of $1.6 million in the first quarter of
2005. Our first quarter 2004 income of $1.6 million represents only the current portion of our 16% preferred return; no cumulative portion of the return was recognized.



Hurricane business interruption income. In the three months ended March 31, 2005, we recognized $2.3 million of
business interruption income, based on insurance company acknowledgement of this minimum level of profit that six of our properties would have earned from the hurricane dates through March 31, 2005. For additional information regarding hurricane
business interruption income, see Results OverviewThe August  September 2004 Hurricanes.



Interest expense, net.Net interest expense declined 11.0% or $3.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2005 compared to the same period in
2004, primarily as a result of 2004 repurchases of approximately $99.6 million of senior unsecured notes and the issuance of common stock in 2004 in exchange for $49.2 million of senior subordinated notes. The interest savings from these repurchases
were somewhat offset by the placement of lower interest rate mortgages, and increases in LIBOR.



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Loss from discontinued operations



During the three months ended March 31, 2005, there were no discontinued operations, sales of assets, or assets classified
as held for sale. Loss from discontinued operations for the same period in 2004 totaled $12.1 million, including impairment charges of $4.8 million, a loss on disposition of assets of $6.9 million, and an income tax benefit of $0.1 million.



Funds From Operations (FFO)



Substantially all of our non-current assets consist of real estate, and in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, those assets are subject to straight-line depreciation, which reflects the assumption that the value of real estate assets, other than land, will decline ratably
over time. That assumption is often not true with respect to the actual market values of real estate assets (and, in particular, hotels), which fluctuate based on economic, market and other conditions. As a result, management and many industry
investors believe the presentation of GAAP operating measures for real estate companies to be more informative and useful when other measures, adjusted for depreciation and amortization, are also presented. In an effort to address these concerns,
the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, adopted a definition of Funds From Operations, or FFO, which we have also adopted.



NAREIT defines FFO as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of real estate, real estate-related
depreciation and amortization, and after comparable adjustments for our portion of these items related to unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Extraordinary items and cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle as defined by GAAP
are also excluded from the calculation of FFO. As defined by NAREIT, FFO also does not include reductions from asset impairment charges. The Securities and Exchange Commission, however, has recommended that FFO include the effect of asset impairment
charges, which is the presentation we have adopted for all historical presentations of FFO. We believe FFO is an indicative measure of our operating performance due to the significance of our hotel real estate assets and provides beneficial
information to investors.



FFO should not be considered as an
alternative to any other performance measures prescribed by GAAP. Although FFO is considered a standard benchmark utilized by the investment community, our FFO may not be comparable to a similarly titled measure reported by other companies.



FFO



We use FFO as a measure of our performance. The following reconciles our
GAAP net loss to FFO on a diluted basis (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):



|                                                                      |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |     
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | ----
|                                                                      |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |        
|                                                                      |  | 2005                        |         |   | 2004 |  
|Net loss                                                              |  | $                           | (13,444 | ) |      | $ | (40,245 | )   
|Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets                   |  |                             | 23,494  |   |      |   | 24,503  |     
|Loss on disposal of assets                                            |  |                             |        |   |      |   | 6,946   |     
|Unconsolidated affiliate adjustments                                  |  |                             | 1,254   |   |      |   |        |     
|Minority interest to common OP unit holders                           |  |                             | (634    | ) |      |   | (997    | )   
|                                                                      |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |     
|FFO                                                                   |  |                             | 10,670  |   |      |   | (9,793  | )(A)
|                                                                      |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |     
|FFO per share                                                         |  | $                           | 0.12    |   |      |   | ($0.14  | )   
|                                                                      |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |     
|Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for FFO |  |                             | 87,495  |   |      |   | 68,640  |     
|                                                                      |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |     

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|(A) | Funds from operations included the effect of asset impairment charges, loss on early extinguishments of debt, write off of deferred financing fees, and related minority interest
amounts recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2004, totaling $(11.8) million or $(0.17) per diluted share. The weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding at March 31, 2004 on a fully diluted basis was 68.7 million.
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The following reconciles our outstanding shares used to calculate net loss per share to our outstanding
shares used to calculate FFO per diluted share (amounts in thousands):



|                                                                                                                 |  |                             |  |        |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- |  | ------ | -
|                                                                                                                 |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, | 
|                                                                                                                 |  | 2005                        |  | 2004   |  
|Reconciliation from Basic Shares:                                                                                |  |                             |  |        |  
|Weighted average number of basic shares of common stock outstanding for basic net loss per share calculation     |  | 87,392                      |  | 68,640 |  
|Additional common stock equivalents for FFO:                                                                     |  |                             |  |        |  
|Operating partnership units                                                                                      |  |                            |  |       |  
|Stock options                                                                                                    |  | 103                         |  |       |  
|                                                                                                                 |  |                             |  |        |  
|Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for diluted FFO                                    |  | 87,495                      |  | 68,640 |  
|                                                                                                                 |  |                             |  |        |  
|                                                                                                                 |  |                            
|Reconciliation from Diluted Shares:                                                                              |  |                             |  |        |  
|Weighted average number of diluted shares of common stock outstanding for diluted net loss per share calculation |  | 87,392                      |  | 71,067 |  
|Additional common stock equivalents for FFO:                                                                     |  |                             |  |        |  
|Operating partnership units                                                                                      |  |                            |  | (2,427 | )
|Stock options                                                                                                    |  | 103                         |  |       |  
|                                                                                                                 |  |                             |  |        |  
|Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for diluted FFO                                    |  | 87,495                      |  | 68,640 |  
|                                                                                                                 |  |                             |  |        |  



Financial Condition, Liquidity, and
Capital Resources



Our principal sources of liquidity are
cash generated from operations, funds from borrowings, funds from the sales of assets and existing cash on hand. Our principal uses of cash include the funding of working capital obligations, debt service, debt repurchases, investments in hotels
(including capital projects and acquisitions), and escrow requirements. Our debt strategy includes considering opportunities to repay debt and to reduce our overall cost of borrowing, such as through repaying more expensive debt with the proceeds
from low interest rate mortgages and asset sales and the use of interest rate swaps. We believe we currently have sufficient cash on hand, and we expect to have adequate cash flow during the next twelve months in order to fund our operations,
capital commitments and debt service obligations. We did not pay a dividend on our common stock during 2004, nor do we expect to pay one in 2005. Our current and future liquidity is, however, greatly dependent upon our operating results, which are
driven largely by overall economic conditions, and since September 11, 2001 have been significantly affected by geopolitical concerns and other factors affecting business and leisure travel. If general economic conditions are significantly worse
than we expect for an extended period, this will likely have a negative effect on our projections of available cash flow and liquidity.



Factors that may influence our liquidity include:



| |  |  | Factors that affect our results of operations, including general economic conditions, demand for business and leisure travel, public concerns about travel safety related primarily
to terrorism and related concerns, capital investments required to maintain our propertys competitive position, insurance coverage and timing of hurricane-related expenditures and related insurance receipts, and other operating risks described
under the caption, Risk FactorsOperating Risks in Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004;
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| |  |  | Factors that affect our access to bank financing and the capital markets, including operational risks, high leverage, covenant compliance, interest rate fluctuations, and other
risks described under the caption Risk FactorsFinancing Risks in Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004; and
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| |  |  | Other factors described previously under the caption, Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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We generally intend to hold unrestricted cash balances of $40 million to $50 million in our operating
accounts as a hedge against economic and geopolitical uncertainties, as well as to provide for our recurring cash requirements. We established a $50 million secured revolving bank line in December 2003, maturing in December 2006, which is fully
available and increases our flexibility in managing our liquidity.



In 1999, we, through MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P. (MHOP), our principal operating subsidiary, 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 (through December 9, 2004) a 16% cumulative preferred return with outstanding balances compounded quarterly. In
accordance with MIPs December 2004 amended and restated partnership agreement, the return on our investment and on our remaining unpaid accrued preferred return was reduced to a 12% 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 in liquidation over all other investments.



During the fourth quarter of 2003, we recognized a $25.0 million impairment loss on this investment since, at that time, the decline in the underlying
value of our investment was deemed other than temporary. As of March 31, 2005, the book value of the original investment is $15.0 million.



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 a distribution of $15.5 million, which was applied to reduce our outstanding accrued preferred returns receivable to approximately $4 million.



As of March 31, 2005, our total MIP carrying value was $20.7 million,
consisting of the $15.0 million adjusted investment balance and $5.7 million of accrued preferred returns receivable.



We invested approximately $134 million in capital expenditures during 2004. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we invested approximately $39
million in non hurricane-related capital expenditures and expect to invest an additional $61 million in non hurricane-related capital expenditures during the remainder of 2005. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we invested approximately
$17 million in hurricane-related capital expenditures. The total amount of hurricane-related capital expenditures has not yet been fully determined, however we anticipate it to be well in excess of $100 million, most of which we expect to be
reimbursed by our insurance carriers.



As part of our strategy
to manage our leverage, we have retired debt with higher interest rates and acquired debt with lower interest rates. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we repurchased, using available cash, $1.49 million of our senior subordinated notes
(plus $0.06 million of accrued interest). Following these repurchases, we had $32.7 million of outstanding senior subordinated notes due 2007. In 2004, we retired $49.2 million of our senior subordinated notes and purchased $99.6 million of our
senior unsecured notes. These transactions have allowed us to reduce our cost of borrowing and improve our credit statistics. We will continue to review opportunities to reduce our debt and cost of borrowing through debt repurchases.



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 only payments 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, with the majority of the principal balance paid at the end of the ten year term. Our net proceeds of $34.7 million are net of a $3 million escrow reserve for future capital expenditures. We incurred financing costs of $0.8 million related to
this mortgage.



We may look to use additional mortgage capacity
permitted under our bond indentures to raise low interest rate, long-term secured debt with the proceeds used to repay more expensive debt and to fund capital investments in new or existing properties.



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We may from time to time receive offers from potential acquirers of our hotel assets. We consider and
evaluate any such opportunities that have the potential to improve our financial condition or results of operations through further repositioning our portfolio and recycling of capital. Proceeds from asset dispositions would most likely be
reinvested into high yielding projects in our existing portfolio or used to fund debt repurchases or acquire assets with higher returns.



In August and September 2004, a number of our hotels located in Florida incurred substantial damage and business interruption. While we have
comprehensive insurance coverage for both property damage and business interruption, we are experiencing a decline in revenues due to the full or partial closure of certain hotels, and accounting rules do not permit us to recognize any income from
business interruption insurance or gains on replacement of damaged property until all contingencies associated with the related insurance payments have been resolved. Additionally, we may experience a timing delay between cash outflows and cash
inflows, as we may incur costs to rebuild the damaged properties, and temporary negative cash flows associated with affected properties, that may not be reimbursed by the insurance carriers for several periods. Additionally, we are liable for any
policy deductibles. While this timing difference may have some impact on our short term liquidity, we believe that we will be able to meet all of our short term cash needs through a variety of means, including reducing capital expenditures,
borrowings under our credit facility and the placement of mortgages, if necessary. For more information regarding the impact of these hurricanes, see Results Overview.



As of March 31, 2005, we had $62.9 million of cash held in escrow, which was required by certain debt agreements and the
interest rate swap agreement. Our cash balance held in escrow may increase or decrease based upon the performance of our encumbered hotels, our ability to obtain timely capital reimbursements, and the fair value of our interest rate swap. Of the
$62.9 million, approximately $27.4 million was available to fund capital expenditures as of March 31, 2005.



Sources and Uses of Cash



The following table shows our consolidated cash flows, generated by (used in) our various activities, for the three months ended March 31 (in thousands):



|                                                      |  |      |         |   |      |   |         |              |  |   |          |  
|----------------------------------------------------- |  | ---- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | ------------ |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                      |  | 2005 |         |   | 2004 |   |         | 2005 vs 2004 | 
|Operating activities                                  |  | $    | 21,534  |   |      | $ | (2,636  | )            |  | $ | 24,170   |  
|Investing activities                                  |  |      | (60,175 | ) |      |   | 44,901  |              |  |   | (105,076 | )
|Financing activities                                  |  |      | 31,971  |   |      |   | (78,022 | )            |  |   | 109,993  |  
|Cash and cash equivalents, end of periodunrestricted |  |      | 53,870  |   |      |   | 194,977 |              |  |   | (141,107 | )



Cash flow from
operations increased in the first quarter of 2005, primarily due to the impact of margin improvements due to the refocusing of our portfolio assets, as well as the generation of new revenues from our hotels acquired in 2004, and as a result of the
lodging industry economic recovery.



We used a net $60.2
million of cash for investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2005, consisting of:



| |  |  | $55.6 million in capital expenditures (including $2.7 million of capitalized interest); and
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | $4.5 million increase in cash restricted, mainly related to our interest rate swap.
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Our investing activities provided a net $44.9 million of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2004, resulting
primarily from:



| |  |  | $74.1 million in proceeds from the sale of 11 hotel assets; partially offset by
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| |  |  | $23.7 million in capital expenditures (including $0.7 million of capitalized interest);
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| |  |  | $3.3 million in costs associated with our asset dispositions; and
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| |  |  | $2.1 million increase in cash restricted for mortgage escrows.
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We generated a net $32.0 million of cash from financing activities during the three months ended March
31, 2005 due mainly to:



| |  |  | the incurrence of a $36.7 million mortgage loan, net of financing costs; partially offset by
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| |  |  | $2.7 million in scheduled debt repayments; and
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| |  |  | the repurchase of $1.5 million of senior unsecured debt.
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We used a net $78.0 million of cash for financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2004 due mainly to $77.8 million in repayments and
repurchases of debt.



We must distribute to stockholders at
least 90% of our REIT taxable income, excluding net capital gains, to preserve the favorable tax treatment accorded to REITs under the Internal Revenue Code. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to make distributions in excess of cash
available for distribution in order to meet the Internal Revenue Code requirements. In that event, we would seek to borrow additional funds or sell additional non-core assets for cash, or both, to the extent necessary to obtain cash sufficient to
make the distributions required to retain our qualification as a REIT. Any future distributions will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will be determined by factors including our operating results, restrictions imposed by our
borrowing agreements, capital expenditure requirements, the economic outlook, the distribution requirements for REITs under the Internal Revenue Code and such other factors as our Board of Directors deems relevant. Our senior unsecured notes
indenture permits the payment of dividends in order to maintain REIT qualification when we fall below a 2 to 1 fixed charge coverage ratio. However, our senior subordinated notes indenture is more restrictive in that it permits the payment of
dividends only if we exceed the 2 to 1 fixed charge coverage ratio. The timing and amount of any future distributions is dependent upon these factors, and we cannot provide assurance that any such distributions will be made in the future.



In the course of document review with respect to the MIP
restructuring, we 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 regarding this issue, we
are currently negotiating a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to resolve all REIT qualification matters with respect to this potential issue. As a result of our negotiations with the Internal Revenue Service, we do not anticipate
incurring a material tax liability and we expect to remain qualified as a REIT for all prior years. We also remain qualified to operate as a REIT for calendar year 2005.



Long-Term Debt



Long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands):



|                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|-------------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | --------- | - | ---------------- | - | --------- | -
|                                             |  | March 31,2005 |           |   | December 31,2004 |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 20119.125%       |  | $             | 355,665   |   |                  | $ | 355,665   |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 20089.0%         |  |               | 270,500   |   |                  |   | 270,500   |  
|Senior unsecured notes due 200910.5%        |  |               | 224,187   |   |                  |   | 224,187   |  
|Secured facility, due 2009                   |  |               | 301,388   |   |                  |   | 302,979   |  
|Secured facility, due 2013                   |  |               | 98,880    |   |                  |   | 99,293    |  
|Convertible subordinated notes               |  |               | 170,000   |   |                  |   | 170,000   |  
|Senior subordinated notes                    |  |               | 32,740    |   |                  |   | 34,225    |  
|Mortgage and other debt                      |  |               | 161,972   |   |                  |   | 125,051   |  
|Unamortized issue discount                   |  |               | (3,731    | ) |                  |   | (3,950    | )
|                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|                                             |  | $             | 1,611,601 |   |                  | $ | 1,577,950 |  
|Fair value adjustment for interest rate swap |  |               | (11,424   | ) |                  |   | (4,674    | )
|                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  
|                                             |  | $             | 1,600,177 |   |                  | $ | 1,573,276 |  
|                                             |  |               |           |   |                  |   |           |  



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Senior subordinated notes.During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we repurchased, using
available cash, $1.49 million of our senior subordinated notes (plus $0.06 million of accrued interest). We recorded a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $0.06 million and wrote off deferred financing costs of $0.01 million related to this
activity. The write off of deferred financing costs is included in depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.



Mortgage and other debt.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 only payments 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, with the
majority of the principal balance paid at the end of the ten year term. Our net proceeds of $34.7 million are net of a $3 million escrow reserve for future capital expenditures. We incurred financing costs of $0.8 million related to this mortgage.



Derivatives. As of March 31, 2005 and December 31,
2004, the fair value of our interest rate swap was approximately an $11.4 million liability and $4.7 million liability, respectively. 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 three months ended March 31, 2005, we earned net cash payments of $0.9 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 $18.9 million and $12.0 million as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, which is recorded as restricted cash. The required collateral amount fluctuates based on the changes in the swap rate and the amount of
time left to maturity. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, our posted collateral ranged from $10.9 million to $18.9 million. However, due to the terms of the swap agreement, our posted collateral must be a minimum amount calculated per the
agreement, which was $6.3 million as of March 31, 2005. We will receive all remaining collateral upon maturity of the swap.



Asset Acquisitions



During 2004, we invested in three properties, each of them having exceptional quality and exhibiting superior growth potential, and being located in three
of the top performing markets in the country. We believe these factors will enable these investments to produce superior returns for our shareholders. Our two consolidated hotels, and while not consolidated into our results, the hotel for which we
record equity in income/loss, realized three months ended March 31, 2005 combined RevPAR of $129.39. RevPAR for our comparable hotels during the three months ended March 31, 2005 was $71.66. The higher RevPAR of the acquired hotels is indicative of
their quality and overall earnings power.



On May 10, 2004 we
acquired the four-star, four-diamond rated Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia for a purchase price of $93 million. The 366-room luxury hotel is operated by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC under a long-term contract. The hotel
features nearly 18,000 square feet of meeting space, which can accommodate meetings of up to 900 guests.



Additionally, on June 25, 2004, we acquired the 485-room Marriott Irvine in Orange County, California, for a purchase price of $92.5 million. The hotel is
operated by a subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc. under a long-term contract. The hotel features 30,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 13,000 square foot ballroom, that can accommodate meetings of up to 1,500 guests.



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
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We will continue to be highly selective with potential acquisitions, focusing primarily on larger
properties located in major urban markets or high-end resort destinations with high barriers to new competition, premium brand affiliations, significant meeting space and superior growth potential. The terms of our senior note indentures may limit
our ability to obtain financing to acquire assets beyond certain limited exceptions (including up to $300 million of mortgage indebtedness, of which $194.7 million was available at March 31, 2005, and $50 million of general indebtedness) as we are
below the required fixed charge coverage ratio of 2 to 1, at which level we would be permitted to generally incur debt without restriction.



Asset Dispositions



We have substantially completed our previously announced portfolio repositioning disposition program that repositioned our portfolio into one generally
consisting of larger assets with significant meeting space operated under major brands in urban or high-end resort locations. Between January 1, 2003 and March 31, 2005, 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. The reshaping of our portfolio has contributed to an increase in RevPAR, which, for our entire
portfolio of properties (both quarters exclude seven properties affected by hurricanes in 2004 and closed during the first quarter of 2005), increased to $72.83 from $64.07 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.



In addition, we may from time to time receive offers on other
assets that we might consider selling. We would consider any opportunities that have the potential to improve our financial condition or results of operations through further repositioning our portfolio and recycling of capital. Proceeds from asset
dispositions would be reinvested into our portfolio through renovation activities and new investments, or used to fund debt repurchases.



Capital Expenditures



We have developed a targeted renovation program that is designed to reduce the time and cost required to renovate hotels, allowing us to improve the
quality of our hotels faster to take advantage of the rebound in the economy and better manage the disruptions associated with renovations. We accelerated our renovation program for certain key assets, which created some short-term disruption but
also positioned these properties to participate more quickly in the lodging industry recovery. We make ongoing capital expenditures in order to keep our hotels competitive in their markets and to comply with franchise obligations, as described
further in Operating Risks (the potential adverse impact of our failure to meet the requirements contained in our franchise and licensing agreements) included in Item 1Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of December
31, 2004. Additionally, certain of our hotels management contracts and franchise agreements contain reserve requirements for property improvements. We fund our capital expenditures primarily from cash generated from operations and existing
cash on hand and intend to use a portion of the proceeds from the sales of assets to provide capital for renovation work. We invested approximately $134 million in capital expenditures during 2004. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we
invested approximately $39 million in non hurricane-related capital expenditures and expect to invest an additional $61 million in non hurricane-related capital expenditures during the remainder of 2005. The emphasis is on completing these projects
on budget with minimal disruptions to operations. We focus on complete room and facility renovations, eliminating to the degree possible, piecemeal work where the typical consumer might not ascribe value to the improvements. We believe we are timing
this work appropriately to take full advantage of the economic recovery. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, we invested approximately $17 million in hurricane-related capital expenditures. The total amount of hurricane-related capital
expenditures has not yet been fully determined, however we anticipate it to be well in excess of $100 million, most of which we expect to be reimbursed by our insurance carriers.



Other Financial Information



Hurricane Related Insurance Recoveries



We have comprehensive insurance coverage for both property damage and business interruption. Some properties are requiring substantial repair and
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completed. 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. As of March 31, 2005, the net book value of the property damage is estimated to be at least $65.5 million; however, we are still assessing the impact of the hurricanes on our properties, and final 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. We have recorded a corresponding insurance claim receivable for this $65.5 million net book value amount because
we believe that it is probable that the insurance recovery, net of deductibles, will 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
$65.5 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, while we are receiving and expect to continue to receive interim insurance payments,
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 and the relevant payments have been received.



As a result of the damage caused by the hurricanes, our
properties experienced varying periods of business interruption and impacts on operations, including closure of certain hotels. Where possible and in order to mitigate loss of revenues, some permanent repairs to damaged properties were 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 the amount of loss for 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 all contingencies related to the insurance recoveries are resolved and collection of the relevant payments is probable. These income recognition criteria will 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.



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 first quarter of 2006. 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
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 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.



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|ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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Interest Rate Risk



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. To achieve our objectives, we may borrow at a combination of fixed and variable rates, and may enter into derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps, caps and
treasury locks in order to mitigate our interest rate risk on a related financial instrument. We only enter into derivative or interest rate transactions for hedging purposes, and not for trading purposes. We do not engage in speculative
transactions.



On April 2, 2004, we entered into an interest
rate swap on 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 have designated the interest rate swap as a fair value hedge for financial reporting purposes and the amounts paid or received under the swap agreement will be recognized over the life of the agreement as an adjustment to interest
expense. Changes in the fair value of the swap and the secured facilities are reflected in the balance sheet as offsetting changes and have no income statement effect. The fair value of the interest rate swap at March 31, 2005 was a liability of
approximately $11.4 million, which is included in the other liabilities line item on our consolidated balance sheet.



In conjunction with the interest rate swap, we have posted collateral of $18.9 million and $12.0 million as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004,
respectively, which is recorded as restricted cash. The required collateral amount fluctuates based on the changes in the swap rate and the amount of time left to maturity. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, our posted collateral ranged
from $10.9 million to $18.9 million. However, due to the terms of the swap agreement, our posted collateral must be a minimum amount calculated per the agreement, which was $6.3 million as of March 31, 2005. We will receive all remaining collateral
upon maturity of the swap.



The table below provides
information about our derivative financial instrument that is sensitive to changes in interest rates. The table presents contractual payments to be exchanged under the contract and weighted average interest rates by expected (contractual) maturity
dates for our interest rate swap. Weighted average interest rates and notional amounts are used to calculate the contractual payments to be exchanged under the contract. Weighted average interest rates are based on implied forward rates in the yield
curve as of March 31, 2005. The interest rate swap that we have entered into is strictly to hedge interest rate risk and not for trading purposes.



Expected Payment Date

($ in
millions)



|                         |  |      |      |   |      |   |      |      |  |   |      |   |  |      |      |   |       |   |      |                        |  |   |       |   |  |   |       |  
|------------------------ |  | ---- | ---- | - | ---- | - | ---- | ---- |  | - | ---- | - |  | ---- | ---- | - | ----- | - | ---- | ---------------------- |  | - | ----- | - |  | - | ----- | -
|                         |  | 2005 |      |   | 2006 |   |      | 2007 |  |   | 2008 |   |  | 2009 |      |   | Total |   |      | Fair Valueas of3/31/05 | 
|Interest Rate Derivative |  |      |      |   |      |   |      |      |  |   |      |   |  |      |      |   |       |   |      |                        |  |   |       |   |  |   |       |  
|Interest Rate Swap       |  |      |      |   |      |   |      |      |  |   |      |   |  |      |      |   |       |   |      |                        |  |   |       |   |  |   |       |  
|Fixed to Variable        |  | $    | 0.5  |   |      | $ | (2.6 | )    |  | $ | (3.4 | ) |  | $    | (3.8 | ) |       | $ | (2.6 | )                      |  | $ | (11.9 | ) |  | $ | (11.4 | )
|Average pay rate         |  |      | 7.62 | % |      |   | 8.74 | %    |  |   | 9.06 | % |  |      | 9.22 | % |       |   | 9.32 | %                      |  |   |       |   |  |   |       |  
|Average receive rate     |  |      | 8.01 | % |      |   | 8.01 | %    |  |   | 8.01 | % |  |      | 8.01 | % |       |   | 8.01 | %                      |  |   |       |   |  |   |       |  



As a result of our
interest rate swap, we are exposed to market risks related to changes in interest rates. In the future, we intend to manage our interest rate exposure using a mix of fixed and floating interest rate debt. A change in one month LIBOR of 50 basis
points would result in an increase or decrease in current annual interest expense of approximately $1.5 million.



As of March 31, 2005, approximately 19% of our outstanding debt bears fixed rates of interest that have been effectively swapped from a fixed rate to a
floating rate, with the remaining 81% of debt bearing fixed rates of interest.



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|ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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Disclosure Controls and Procedures



We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and regulations, and that the information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief
executive officer and chief financial and chief accounting officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures based closely on the definition of disclosure controls and procedures in Rule 13a-1(c) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving
the desired objectives, and management was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Also, we have investments in certain unconsolidated entities. As we do not control or manage
these entities, our disclosure controls and procedures with respect to these entities are substantially more limited than those we maintain with respect to our consolidated subsidiaries.



As of March 31, 2005, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management,
including our chief executive officer, our chief financial officer, and our chief accounting officer of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, we concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective.



Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting



There has been no change in our
internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2005 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION



|ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS
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|            |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|Exhibit No. |  | Description of Document                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|3.1         |  | Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-4568), and filed
with the Commission on July 24, 1996).                                            
|            | 
|3.1.1       |  | Articles of Amendment of Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Incorporation dated August 11, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 to our annual report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2001, and filed with the Commission on March 6, 2002).
|            | 
|3.1.2       |  | Articles of Amendment of Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Incorporation dated June 30, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 to our annual report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2001, and filed with the Commission on March 6, 2002).  
|            | 
|3.2         |  | Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration Statement No. 333-66229, and filed with the Commission on October 28,
1998).                                                                                        
|            | 
|3.2.1       |  | Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant dated and effective April 22, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.1 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2003, and filed with the Commission on May 14, 2003).                         
|            | 
|13          |  | Financial Statements of MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P. as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2005. *                                                                                                                                                  
|            | 
|31.1        |  | Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer. *                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|            | 
|31.2        |  | Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer. *                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|            | 
|32.1        |  | Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer. *                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|            | 
|32.2        |  | Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 906 Certification of Chief Financial Officer. *                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|            | 
|99.1        |  | Consolidating Financial Information of MeriStar Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P. *                                                                                                                                                                                        

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SIGNATURES



Pursuant to the
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



MERISTAR HOSPITALITY CORPORATIONBy:

/s/    DONALD D. OLINGERDonald D. OlingerExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer MeriStar Hospitality Corporation




Dated: May 9, 2005