EXHIBIT 10

                              [UNITED LETTERHEAD]

                               NOVEMBER 23, 1994

Dear Stockholder:

    I  am pleased to inform you that on  November 14, 1994, United Inns, Inc., a
Delaware corporation  (the "Company"),  entered into  an Agreement  and Plan  of
Merger  (the "Merger Agreement")  with United/Harvey Holdings,  L.P., a Delaware
limited  partnership  ("Purchaser"),  United/Harvey  Hotels,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation   ("United/Harvey"),  and   United/Harvey  Sub,   Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation. Pursuant to the Merger  Agreement, on November 21, 1994,  Purchaser
commenced a tender offer (the "Offer") to purchase all of the outstanding shares
of  the Company's  Common Stock  (the "Shares")  at a  cash price  of $25.00 per
Share. In this regard,  you should have received  Purchaser's Offer to  Purchase
and  related materials,  including a Letter  of Transmittal, which  set forth in
detail the terms and conditions of the Offer and provide instructions on how  to
tender  your  Shares.  The  Merger  Agreement  provides  that,  subject  to  the
fulfillment of certain  conditions, the Offer  will be followed  by a merger  in
which those Shares that are not acquired in the Offer will be converted into the
right to receive in cash the price paid per Share in the Offer (the "Merger").
    THE  COMPANY'S BOARD  OF DIRECTORS HAS  UNANIMOUSLY (I)  DETERMINED THAT THE
OFFER  AND  THE  CASH  MERGER  ARE  IN  THE  BEST  INTERESTS  OF  THE  COMPANY'S
STOCKHOLDERS,   (II)  APPROVED   THE  MERGER  AGREEMENT   AND  THE  TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED THEREBY,  INCLUDING  THE  OFFER  AND THE  CASH  MERGER,  AND  (III)
RECOMMENDS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE OFFER AND TENDER YOUR SHARES IN THE OFFER.
    In  arriving  at  its  recommendation,  the  Company's  Board  of  Directors
considered, among others, the various factors described in the enclosed Schedule
14D-9. These factors  include the  opinion of the  Company's financial  advisor,
Smith  Barney Inc., to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and based
upon and subject to certain matters stated therein, the cash consideration to be
received by holders  of Shares  in the  Offer and the  Merger was  fair to  such
stockholders from a financial point of view. Additional information with respect
to the Offer and the Merger is contained in the enclosed Schedule 14D-9.
    The  Schedule  14D-9 includes  an  Information Statement  containing certain
information regarding the officers and directors  of the Company as well as  the
nominees  of  Purchaser that  are expected  to  become the  sole members  of the
Company's Board of Directors upon Purchaser's  acquisition of a majority of  the
outstanding Shares.
    As  described in  the enclosed  Schedule 14D-9,  Purchaser has  reserved the
right following the consummation of the  Offer to cause the Merger Agreement  to
be  amended  to provide  nontendering stockholders  the option  (the "Cash/Stock
Option") to elect to receive in exchange for each Share converted in the  Merger
either  (i) cash in an amount at least equal  to the price paid per Share in the
Offer or (ii)  common stock  of United/Harvey.  However, the  Offer to  Purchase
states  that whether or  not Purchaser makes the  Cash/Stock Option available to
nontendering stockholders  will depend  upon a  number of  factors and  will  be
subject  to certain conditions, and that no assurance can be given as to whether
the Cash/Stock Option will be made available or, if so, the timing thereof.  THE
COMPANY'S  BOARD OF DIRECTORS (I)  HAS NOT MADE AND DOES  NOT INTEND TO MAKE ANY
DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT  TO THE  CASH/STOCK OPTION  OR ANY  AMENDMENT TO  THE
MERGER AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO, (II) HAS NOT APPROVED AND DOES NOT INTEND
TO  APPROVE THE CASH/STOCK OPTION OR ANY  AMENDMENT TO THE MERGER AGREEMENT WITH
RESPECT THERETO,  AND  (III) HAS  NOT  MADE AND  DOES  NOT INTEND  TO  MAKE  ANY
RECOMMENDATION  TO ITS STOCKHOLDERS WITH RESPECT TO THE CASH/STOCK OPTION OR ANY
AMENDMENT TO THE MERGER AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO.
    The Board of Directors believes that the Offer provides significant value to
the Company's stockholders. We urge you to read the enclosed materials carefully
in making your decision with respect to tendering your Shares.
    On behalf  of  the Board  of  Directors,  management and  employees  of  the
Company, I thank you for your support and encouragement.

                                          Sincerely yours,

                                          Don Wm. Cockroft
                                          PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE
                                          OFFICER AND DIRECTOR