EXHIBIT 1 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the parties named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to the...

EXHIBIT 1




                                JOINT FILING AGREEMENT


     In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the parties named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of
each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of
the company named below:

DATED: SEPTEMBER 11, 1997

COMPANY: HOMEGATE HOSPITALITY, INC.

SECURITIES: COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE



                                                PARTIES

                                            ALPINE ASSOCIATES,
                                         A Limited Partnership

                                   By: Xxxxxx Corp.
                                   By:  /S/XXXXXXXX XXXXXX   
                                       ----------------------

                                        
                                           PALISADES PARTNERS, L.P.
                                        
                                   By:  /S/XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX, XX.
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                                       Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.


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