8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 1997


                           FELCOR SUITE HOTELS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           MARYLAND                      0-24250                 72-2541756
(State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
        incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

545 E. JOHN CARPENTER FREEWAY, SUITE 1300, IRVING, TEXAS              75062
          (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:         (972) 444-4900


                                (NOT APPLICABLE)
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

         The Registrant files herewith the exhibit listed in Item 7(c) below.

ITEM 7(c). EXHIBITS

         The following exhibit is furnished in accordance with Item 601 of
Regulation S-K:

                99       Press Release dated September 19, 1997





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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        FELCOR SUITE HOTELS INC.  (Registrant)


Date: September 19, 1997          By:   /s/Lawrence D. Robinson 
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                                        Lawrence D. Robinson 
                                        Senior Vice President, 
                                        General Counsel and
                                        Secretary





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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS



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      99           Press Release dated September 19, 1997

EX-99

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                    [FELCOR SUITE HOTELS, INC. LETTERHEAD]



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                         CONTACTS:  THOMAS J. CORCORAN, JR.
                                                               PRESIDENT AND CEO
                                                            WILLIAM S. MCCALMONT
                                                     SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CFO
                                                                  (972) 444-4900

             FELCOR ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES


        IRVING, TEXAS....SEPTEMBER 19, 1997 - FelCor Suite Hotels, Inc.
(NYSE:FCH), today announced that its 92.6% owned subsidiary, FelCor Suites
Limited Partnership, proposes to offer privately $150 million in aggregate
principal amount of its senior unsecured notes due 2004, which notes will be
guaranteed by FelCor Suite Hotels, Inc. and be offered to certain qualified
institutional buyers and other institutional accredited investors. The notes
will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity.

        The purpose of the offering is to retire an outstanding $85 million
secured term loan and, at least temporarily, reduce amounts outstanding under
the Company's $550 million unsecured revolving line of credit.

        The senior unsecured notes to be offered in the private placement have
not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not
be offered or sold in the United States absent such registration or an
applicable exemption from the registration requirements thereof.

        FelCor Suite Hotels, Inc., which was formed in July 1994 by the founding
President of Embassy Suites hotels, Hervey A. Feldman, and his partner and
long-time hotel and restaurant executive Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr., is the only
real estate investment trust (REIT) focusing on up-scale, full-service,
all-suite hotels and is the world's largest owner of Embassy Suites(R) hotels.
Its current portfolio of 70 hotels contains an aggregate of 17,121 suites and
rooms and consists of 51 Embassy Suites hotels (of which 27 were converted from
other brands), one hotel in the process of conversion to an Embassy Suites
hotel; 12 Doubletree Guest Suites(R) hotels; five Sheraton(R) hotels (three of
which are up-scale, full-service traditional non-suite hotels); and one Hilton
Suites(R) hotel. FelCor's total market capitalization is approximately $2
billion.



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