Exhibit 10


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     By this POWER OF ATTORNEY given on Tuesday the 8th day of October, 2002,
SIX CONTINENTS PLC whose registered office is situated at 20 North Audley
Street, London W1K 6WN (hereinafter called "the Company"),

1.   HEREBY APPOINTS

     Robert Chitty and Michael Goodson acting together or individually (each
     hereinafter called "the Attorney") to be the lawful Attorney of the
     Company and in its name and on its behalf but only to the extent and
     subject to the conditions specified below:

     1.1  To execute and deliver on behalf of the Company one or more amendments
     to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed by the Company on November 9, 1998
     relating to shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of FelCor
     Lodging Trust, Inc., as amended to date, and to execute and deliver such
     other documents as may be required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act
     of 1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

2.   WE HEREBY DECLARE that the said appointment and the instructions herein
     contained shall continue in effect from the date hereof for a period of
     three months or until it is repealed by the Company.

This document is executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the
beginning of this document.

The Common Seal of Six Continents PLC was hereunto affixed in the presence of:

    /s/ T. Clarke
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Tim Clarke                                               [Seal]
Director

   /s/ R. I. Winter
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Richard I. Winter
Secretary