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                                                                   Exhibit 10.17

                          EMPLOYEE STOCK GRANT CONTRACT
                                    UNDER THE
                        FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                     RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK OPTION PLAN

      This Contract is made and entered into on    , , but effective as of the
day of , between FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the
"Company"), and (the "Grantee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors of the Company
has adopted the FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated ______ Restricted Stock and
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"); and

      WHEREAS, the stockholders of the Company have approved the Plan; and

      WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan, the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Committee") has selected the Grantee and has
authorized the Company to grant to the Grantee shares of common stock of the
Company ("Common Stock") on the terms and conditions herein set forth;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree
as follows:

      1. Incorporation of the Plan. A copy of the Plan, as amended, is attached
hereto and hereby incorporated herein by reference, and all of the terms,
conditions and provisions contained therein shall be deemed to be terms,
conditions and provisions of this Contract. All terms used herein that are
defined in the Plan shall have the meanings given them in the Plan.

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      2. Grant of Restricted Stock. Pursuant to the authorization of the
Committee, and subject to the terms, conditions and provisions contained in the
Plan and this Contract, the Company hereby grants to the Grantee, as a matter of
separate inducement and agreement in connection with his employment, but not in
lieu of any salary or other compensation for his services, an aggregate of   ( )
shares of Common Stock of the Company (the "Restricted Stock"). The Restricted
Stock shall be deemed to have been granted, and the Date of Grant of the
Restricted Stock shall be, .

      3. Period of Restriction; Vesting in Installments. The Restricted Stock
granted pursuant hereto shall be issued and registered in the name of the
Grantee and the Grantee shall be entitled to vote the same (in person or by
proxy) and to receive all dividends and other distributions thereon unless and
until such Restricted Stock is forfeited as hereinafter provided. During the
period prior to the date the Restricted Stock granted pursuant hereto becomes
vested in the Grantee (the "Restricted Period"), the Company shall hold the
certificate(s) evidencing such unvested Restricted Stock, together with stock
powers or other instruments of transfer appropriately endorsed in blank by the
Grantee (and the Grantee hereby agrees to execute and deliver such stock powers
or other instruments of transfer as requested by the Company), as custodian for
the Grantee. At such time, and from time to time, as shares of Restricted Stock
become vested in the Grantee and all obligations of the Grantee hereunder and
under the Plan with respect thereto shall have been fulfilled, the restrictions
set forth in Section 4 hereof and all forfeiture provisions set forth herein or
in the Plan shall cease to be applicable to such Restricted Stock and the
certificate(s) therefor shall be delivered by the Company to the Grantee.

            The Restricted Stock granted pursuant hereto, until the same becomes
vested as herein provided, shall be subject to certain restrictions and to
forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain events, all as set forth in Section 4
hereof. The Restricted Stock granted hereby shall become vested in the Grantee
in installments, as follows:

            (a) Time-Based Criteria. That number of shares of the Restricted
Stock eligible to become vested on each Vesting Date, as set forth below, will
become vested, or be forfeited, on each such Vesting Date, based upon the
satisfaction of (or the failure to satisfy) the performance-based criteria
established by the Committee in advance of and for each such Vesting Date.

      Number of Shares
     Eligible to Become                               Vesting
          Vested                                       Date

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            (b) Performance-Based Criteria. Attached hereto, as an addendum, is
a statement of the performance-based criteria adopted by the Committee that will
be applicable to the first Vesting Date. At least twelve months prior to each
subsequent Vesting Date, the Committee, in the exercise of its sole discretion,
shall adopt a statement of the performance-based criteria that will be
applicable to that Vesting Date, a copy of which statement will be furnished to
each party hereto and, upon delivery, shall become a part of this contract. In
setting performance-based criteria for any Vesting Date subsequent to the first
Vesting Date, the Committee shall have the unrestricted right to vary any or all
components of, to add or delete components of, or otherwise modify the
performance-based criteria in its sole discretion.

      Within the three-month period immediately preceding each Vesting Date, the
Committee will compare the performance-based criteria applicable to that Vesting
Date against the achieved results and determine the number of shares eligible to
become vested on that Vesting Date that will become so vested and/or forfeited
as of that date. The determination of the Committee as to the number of shares
to vest and/or to be forfeited at each such Vesting Date shall be conclusive
upon all parties hereto and shall be communicated to the Grantee on or prior to
such Vesting Date.

      4. Restrictions. During the Restricted Period applicable to any Restricted
Stock granted hereunder:

            (a) The Grantee shall not become vested as to any such Restricted
Stock if, (i) after taking into account for calculation purposes all of such
Grantee's "applicable employee remuneration" other than under the Plan, the
vesting of such Restricted Stock would cause the Grantee's "applicable employee
remuneration" to exceed $1,000,000 for such taxable year or (ii) the vesting
thereof would violate Federal or state securities laws;

            (b) The Restricted Stock and the right to vote the same and to
receive dividends thereon may not, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, be
sold, assigned, transferred, exchanged, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise
encumbered, and no such sale, assignment, transfer, exchange, pledge,
hypothecation, or encumbrance, whether made or created by voluntary act of the
Grantee or by operation of law, shall be recognized by, or be binding upon, or
shall in any manner affect the rights of the Company pursuant hereto or the
Plan; provided, however, that Grantee may at any time transfer the Restricted
Stock to the FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan,
subject to all of the terms and restrictions set forth herein.

            (c) If the status of the Grantee as an Employee under the Plan shall
terminate for any reason other than (i) the death of the Grantee, (ii) the
Disability (as defined in the Plan) of the Grantee, or (iii) the retirement of
the Grantee at or after the age of sixty (60), then, in that event, any
Restricted Shares outstanding shall, upon such termination, be forfeited by the
Grantee to the Company, without the payment of any consideration by the Company,
and

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neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or legal
representatives shall thereafter have any further rights or interest in the
Restricted Stock so forfeited or any certificates evidencing the same, and the
Company shall, at any time thereafter, be entitled to effect the transfer of any
Restricted Stock so forfeited into the name of the Company;

            (d) If the status of the Grantee as an Employee under the Plan shall
terminate by reason of the death of the Grantee, the Disability of the Grantee
or the retirement of the Grantee at or after the age of sixty (60), the
Restricted Period (and all restrictions set forth in this Section 4) with
respect to all Restricted Stock granted hereby shall be deemed to have expired
as of the date of such event;

            (e) If the Company (i) is not to be the surviving entity in any
merger or consolidation (or survives only as a subsidiary of another entity),
(ii) sells all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity
(other than a subsidiary of the Company) or (iii) is to be dissolved and
liquidated, the Restricted Period (and all restrictions set forth in this
Section 4) with respect to all Restricted Stock granted hereby shall be deemed
to have expired as of the date of next preceding such event;

            (f) Any shares of Restricted Stock eligible to become vested on a
given Vesting Date that do not become so vested in accordance with Section 3
above shall be forfeited as of such Vesting Date and returned to the status of
authorized but unissued shares under the Plan; and

            (g) If a dispute should arise between the Company and the Grantee
relating to the rights, duties or obligations of the Grantee hereunder or under
the Plan with respect to any Restricted Stock granted hereby, such dispute shall
be resolved by the determination of the Committee, acting in good faith, which
determination shall be final and binding upon the Company and the Grantee, and
pending such a determination and the resolution of all such disputes to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Committee, (i) all Restricted Stock then held by
the Company as custodian for the Grantee shall remain in the possession of the
Company and subject to all of the Restrictions set forth in this Section 4,
regardless of any intervening expiration of the Restricted Period, and (ii) any
and all dividends payable upon any Restricted Stock so held by the Company as
custodian for the Grantee shall be received and held by the Company as custodian
until all such disputes have been resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Committee, at which time the accumulated dividends then held by the Company
shall be delivered (without interest thereon) to the person entitled to receive
the Restricted Stock upon which such dividends were originally paid.

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      5. Restrictions on Resale of Company Common Stock. IN THE EVENT THAT
SHARES OF RESTRICTED STOCK GRANTED HEREUNDER HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, SUCH
SHARES OF RESTRICTED STOCK MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED BY THE
GRANTEE ABSENT SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH
SALE, TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT WILL NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO THE GRANTEE TO EVIDENCE RESTRICTED
STOCK GRANTED PURSUANT HERETO THAT IS NOT SO REGISTERED MAY BEAR A LEGEND TO THE
FOREGOING EFFECT.

      6. Notices. All notices, surrenders and other communications required or
allowed to be made or given in connection with the Restricted Stock granted
hereunder shall be in writing, shall be effective when received and shall be
hand delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (i) if to the Company, to
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, 545 E. John Carpenter Frwy., Suite 1300,
Irving, Texas 75062, Attention: General Counsel; or (ii) if to the Grantee, to
the Grantee at the address set forth beneath his signature hereto, or to such
other address as to which he may have notified the Company pursuant to this
Section.

      7. Binding Effect. This Contract shall bind and, except as specifically
provided in the Plan and this Contract, shall inure to the benefit of, the
respective Successors, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of the parties
hereto.

      8. Governing Law. This Contract and the rights of all persons claiming
hereunder shall be construed and determined in accordance with the laws of the
State of Maryland.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Contract to be executed by
its duly authorized officer and the Grantee has hereunto set his hand, as of the
day and year first written above.

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                                    COMPANY:

                                    FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED

                                    By: ______________________________
                                        Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr.
                                        President and CEO

                                    GRANTEE:

                                    Name: ____________________________

                                    Address: _________________________

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                 ADDENDUM TO EMPLOYEE STOCK GRANT CONTRACT DATED
           __________, 200_, BETWEEN FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
                  AND GRANTEE, APPLICABLE TO THE VESTING DATE
                                OF [___________]

      [This addendum shall set forth a statement of the performance-based
criteria adopted by the Compensation Committee that will be applicable to the
initial Vesting Date.]

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