Exhibit 31.1**Sarbanes-Oxley Section 302 (a) Certification**I, Edward J. Rohling, 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 amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;  3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, theperiods presented in this quarterly report;  4) The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have: a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused suchinternal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, toprovide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting andthe preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered bythis report based on such evaluation; and  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s recentfiscal quarter (the registrants fourth quarter in the case of an annual report)that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theRegistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 5) The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors: a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting.        Date:   May 9, 2006 By:  /s/ Edward J. Rohling    EDWARD J. ROHLING    Chief Executive Officer