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 information includedin 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 presentedin this quarterly report;  4) The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Actrules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have: a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that materialinformation relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is madeknown to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internalcontrol over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s recent fiscal quarter (theregistrants fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and 5) The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors andthe audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors: a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affectthe 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 whohave a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.       Date: August 9, 2006 By: /s/ Edward J. Rohling             EDWARD J. ROHLING      Chief Executive Officer  
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