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                                   AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of
December ___, 2001, is intended to modify the Employment Agreement, dated as of
November 1, 2001 (the "Agreement of Employment"), among US Unwired Inc., a
Louisiana corporation ("Company"), and Michael D. Bennett (the "Executive").

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Agreement of
Employment in the manner set forth below.

                                   AGREEMENTS

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION 1.  Effective immediately prior to and subject to the consummation
of a IWO Merger (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof):

     (a) Section 3(a)(i)(A) of the Agreement of Employment is hereby amended by
replacing the words "Chief Operating Officer" therein with the words "Senior
Vice-President, Sales and Marketing".

     (b) Section 3(b)(i) of the Agreement of Employment is hereby amended by
replacing the words "Chief Executive Officer ("CEO")" therein with the words
"Chief Operating Officer ("COO")".

     (c) Sections 4(b),4(b)(i),4(b)(ii), and 4(b)(iii) of the Agreement of
Employment are hereby amended by replacing the words "CEO" therein with the
words "COO".

     SECTION 2.

     (a) You agree that in the case of a IWO Merger, the obligations of the
parties under the Agreement of Employment with respect to Section 3(a) thereof
will be satisfied if you (i) serve as Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing
of the Company and (ii) perform such duties as are appropriate to such office
and not inconsistent therewith as may be assigned to you by the COO.

     (b) "IWO Merger" means a transaction that (i) results in (x) the merger,
consolidation or amalgamation or other business combination of a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company or the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary with or into
the entity referred to by the Company as "IWO" or (y) the sale, transfer,
assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition, directly or
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indirectly, of all or substantially all the assets of IWO and its subsidiaries,
considered as a whole, to the Company and (ii) closes prior to the date
occurring 181 days after the signing of a definitive agreement for such
transaction.

     SECTION 3.

     (a) This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which will be deemed an original but which together will constitute one and the
same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of
this Amendment by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

     (b) All references to Sections in this Amendment refer to Sections of this
Amendment, unless otherwise expressly provided for.

     (c) All other provisions of the Agreement of Employment not amended hereby
will remain in full force and effect.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, US Unwired Inc. have caused this Amendment to be signed
by its respective officer hereunto duly authorized, and the Employee has
hereunto set his hand, effective as of the day and year first above written.

                              US Unwired, Inc.

                              By:
                                     ----------------------------------------
                              Name:
                              Title:

                              EMPLOYEE

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                              Michael D. BennettExhibit 4.2

LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES

     101/4% SERIES A CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES OF BENEFICIAL
INTEREST ($.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE) (LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $25.00 PER SHARE)

A Real Estate Investment Trust
Formed Under the Laws
of the State of Maryland

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE
IN THE CITIES OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN OR
NEW YORK, N.Y.

SEE REVERSE FOR IMPORTANT NOTICE ON TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS, CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER INFORMATION

CUSIP 517942 20 7

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

IS THE OWNER OF

FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE 101/4% SERIES A CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST $.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE ("PREFERRED SHARES"),
IN

LaSalle Hotel Properties (the "Trust"), transferable on the books of the Trust
by the holder hereof in person or by its duly authorized attorney upon
surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the
shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the
provisions of the Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of the Trust and any
amendments thereto. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and
registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

In Witness Whereof, the Trust has caused this Certificate to be executed on
its behalf by its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
TREASURER AND SECRETARY

CHAIRMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AND PRESIDENT

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
U.S. BANK, N.A. MILWAUKEE, WI
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
BY

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

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LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES

The Trust will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge a
full statement of the information required by section 8-203(d) of the
Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with
respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights,
voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other
distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the
shares of each class of beneficial interest which the Trust has authority to
issue and, if the Trust is authorized to issue any preferred or special class
in series, (i) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between
the shares of each series to the extent set, and (ii) the authority of the
Board of Trustees to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The
foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Declaration of Trust, as
amended, of the Trust, a copy of which will be sent without charge to each
shareholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the secretary of the
Trust at its principal office or to the transfer agent.

The Shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on
Beneficial and Constructive Ownership and Transfer for the purpose of the
Trust's maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust (a "REIT")
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Subject to
certain further restrictions and except as expressly provided in the Trust's
Declaration of Trust, as amended, (i) no Person may Beneficially Own or
Constructively Own Common Shares of the Trust in excess of 9.8 percent (in
value or number of Shares) of the outstanding Common Shares of the Trust; (ii)
with respect to any class or series of Preferred Shares, no Person may
Beneficially Own or Constructively Own more than 9.8 percent (in value or
number of Shares) of the outstanding Shares of such class or series of
Preferred Shares of the Trust; (iii) no Person may Beneficially Own or
Constructively Own Shares that would result in the Trust being "closely held"
under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise cause the Trust to fail to
qualify as a REIT; and (iv) no Person may Transfer Shares if such Transfer
would result in Shares of the Trust being owned by fewer than 100 Persons. Any
Person who Beneficially Owns or Constructively Owns or attempts to
Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares which cause or will cause a
Person to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in excess or in
violation of the above limitations must immediately notify the Trust. If any
of the restrictions on transfer or ownership are violated, the Shares
represented hereby will be automatically transferred to a Charitable Trustee
of a Charitable Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries.
In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events, attempted Transfers in
violation of the restrictions described above may be void ab initio. A Person
who attempts to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in violation of
the ownership limitations described above shall have no claim, cause of
action, or any recourse whatsoever against a transferor of such Shares. Unless
otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms in this legend have the
meanings defined in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, as the same may be
amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on
transfer and ownership, will be furnished to each holder of Shares of the
Trust on request and without charge.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM
TEN ENT
JT TEN

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as tenants in common
as tenants by the entireties
as joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-                     Custodian
                                                   (Cust)
(Minor)
                                 under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                                 Act
                                                             (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For Value received,                 hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(Please Print or Typewrite Name, Address INCLUDING POSTAL Zip Code of Assignee.)

Series A
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest represented by the within Certificate,
and do heereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
Attorney
to transfer the said shares on the books of the within-named Trust with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated

Signature(s) Guaranteed By:                                       (Sign here)

THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
(BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C.
RULE 17Ad-15.

NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS
WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED, THE
TRUST WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A
REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.

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