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                                                                   Exhibit 31.1

              FORM OF SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 302(a) CERTIFICATION

I, W. Thomas Parrington, certify that:

     1)  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Lodgian, Inc
         (the "Registrant");

     2)  Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
         untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
         under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
         the period covered by this quarterly report;

     3)  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
         material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
         cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
         this quarterly report;

     4)  The Registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
         establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a - 15(e) and 15d - 15(e)) for the
         Registrant and have:

               a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                    such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
                    under our supervision, to ensure that material information
                    relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated
                    subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
                    entities, particularly during the period in which this
                    quarterly report is being prepared;

               b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure
                    controls and procedures and presented in this quarterly
                    report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
                    disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
                    period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

               c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant's
                    internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                    during the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has
                    materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                    affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial
                    reporting; and

     5)   The Registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
          the Registrant's board of directors:

               a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                    design or operation of internal control over financial
                    reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                    the Registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                    report financial information; and

               b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                    management or other employees who have a significant role
                    in the Registrant's internal control over financial
                    reporting.




     Date: May 12, 2004                By:  /s/  W. THOMAS PARRINGTON
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                                                  W. THOMAS PARRINGTON
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer