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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

POWERS OF ATTORNEY


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         I, Edwin B. Borden, a resident of Wayne County, North Carolina, of
legal age and legally competent for all purposes, do hereby grant this Power of
Attorney to Robert W. Winston, III, Chief Executive Officer of Winston Hotels,
Inc. (the "Company") and James D. Rosenberg, President of the Company, who are
of legal age and who are legally competent for all purposes, and with full power
of substitution so that they, or either of them, may perform any and all acts
and things which said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. I expressly authorize the said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, to
execute and deliver to the Securities and Exchange Commission or other
appropriate entities on my behalf an Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000, including specifically, but not limited to, the power
and authority to sign for me in my name in the capacity indicated on the Annual
Report and any and all amendments thereto.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 29th day of January, 2001.



                                         /s/ Edwin B. Borden             [SEAL]
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                                         Edwin B. Borden


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         I, Richard L. Daugherty, a resident of Wake County, North Carolina, of
legal age and legally competent for all purposes, do hereby grant this Power of
Attorney to Robert W. Winston, III, Chief Executive Officer of Winston Hotels,
Inc. (the "Company") and James D. Rosenberg, President of the Company, who are
of legal age and who are legally competent for all purposes, and with full power
of substitution so that they, or either of them, may perform any and all acts
and things which said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. I expressly authorize the said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, to
execute and deliver to the Securities and Exchange Commission or other
appropriate entities on my behalf an Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000, including specifically, but not limited to, the power
and authority to sign for me in my name in the capacity indicated on the Annual
Report and any and all amendments thereto.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 29th day of January, 2001.



                                      /s/ Richard L. Daugherty           [SEAL]
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                                      Richard L. Daugherty


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         I, Thomas F. Darden, II, a resident of Wake County, North Carolina, of
legal age and legally competent for all purposes, do hereby grant this Power of
Attorney to Robert W. Winston, III, Chief Executive Officer of Winston Hotels,
Inc. (the "Company") and James D. Rosenberg, President of the Company, who are
of legal age and who are legally competent for all purposes, and with full power
of substitution so that they, or either of them, may perform any and all acts
and things which said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. I expressly authorize the said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, to
execute and deliver to the Securities and Exchange Commission or other
appropriate entities on my behalf an Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000, including specifically, but not limited to, the power
and authority to sign for me in my name in the capacity indicated on the Annual
Report and any and all amendments thereto.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 29th day of January, 2001.



                                      /s/ Thomas F. Darden, II           [SEAL]
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                                      Thomas F. Darden, II


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         I, David C. Sullivan, a resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, of legal
age and legally competent for all purposes, do hereby grant this Power of
Attorney to Robert W. Winston, III, Chief Executive Officer of Winston Hotels,
Inc. (the "Company") and James D. Rosenberg, President of the Company, who are
of legal age and who are legally competent for all purposes, and with full power
of substitution so that they, or either of them, may perform any and all acts
and things which said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. I expressly authorize the said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, to
execute and deliver to the Securities and Exchange Commission or other
appropriate entities on my behalf an Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000, including specifically, but not limited to, the power
and authority to sign for me in my name in the capacity indicated on the Annual
Report and any and all amendments thereto.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 29th day of January, 2001.



                                    /s/ David C. Sullivan                [SEAL]
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                                    David C. Sullivan


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         I, Charles M. Winston, a resident of Wake County, North Carolina, of
legal age and legally competent for all purposes, do hereby grant this Power of
Attorney to Robert W. Winston, III, Chief Executive Officer of Winston Hotels,
Inc. (the "Company") and James D. Rosenberg, President of the Company, who are
of legal age and who are legally competent for all purposes, and with full power
of substitution so that they, or either of them, may perform any and all acts
and things which said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. I expressly authorize the said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, to
execute and deliver to the Securities and Exchange Commission or other
appropriate entities on my behalf an Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000, including specifically, but not limited to, the power
and authority to sign for me in my name in the capacity indicated on the Annual
Report and any and all amendments thereto.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 29th day of January, 2001.



                                      /s/ Charles M. Winston             [SEAL]
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                                      Charles M. Winston


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         I, James H. Winston, a resident of Duval County, Florida, of legal age
and legally competent for all purposes, do hereby grant this Power of Attorney
to Robert W. Winston, III, Chief Executive Officer of Winston Hotels, Inc. (the
"Company") and James D. Rosenberg, President of the Company, who are of legal
age and who are legally competent for all purposes, and with full power of
substitution so that they, or either of them, may perform any and all acts and
things which said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, deem necessary or advisable
to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. I
expressly authorize the said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, to execute and
deliver to the Securities and Exchange Commission or other appropriate entities
on my behalf an Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000,
including specifically, but not limited to, the power and authority to sign for
me in my name in the capacity indicated on the Annual Report and any and all
amendments thereto.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 30th day of January, 2001.



                                    /s/ James H. Winston                 [SEAL]
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                                    James H. Winston


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