Exhibit 99.4

                             Boykin Lodging Company
                              Amended and Restated
                           Key Employee Severance Plan
                    (Sr. Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents)

                                    ARTICLE 1
                             PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS

1.1.  Purpose. The purpose of this Boykin Lodging Company Amended and Restated
      Key Employee Severance Plan (the "Plan") is to protect a certain group of
      key employees against an involuntary loss of employment under certain
      circumstances following a change in control of Boykin Lodging Company. To
      the extent that the Plan is considered to be a plan for purposes of the
      Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), it
      shall be considered an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose
      of providing benefits for a select group of management or highly
      compensated employees, within the meaning of U.S. Department of Labor
      Regulations Section 2520.104-24.

1.2.  Definitions. The following words and phrases as used herein shall have the
      following meanings, unless a different meaning is required by the context:

      "Accountants" shall mean the Company's tax accountants serving immediately
      prior to a Change of Control (as defined herein).

      "Annual Compensation" shall mean, (a) with respect to a Participant who is
      a Senior Vice President, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
      Participant's gross annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately
      prior to a Change of Control and (ii) an amount equal to the Participant's
      gross annual base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to a
      Change of Control multiplied by the Participant's target bonus percentage
      established by the Compensation Committee for the fiscal year during which
      a Change of Control occurs and (b) with respect to a Participant who is a
      Vice President, an amount equal to the Participant's gross annual base
      salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to a Change of Control.

      "Benefits" shall mean:

            (a)   Continuation of the medical, disability, dental and all other
                  group and individual insurance benefits provided to the
                  Participant by the Company immediately prior to a Change of
                  Control (or, in the event the Company is unable to continue
                  these benefits, payment of amounts necessary for the
                  Participant to obtain them); and

            (b)   Continuation of the payment of the Participant's vehicle
                  allowance (which includes a vehicle payment allowance,
                  reimbursement for automobile insurance and payment of parking
                  expenses) in an amount equal to the allowance in effect
                  immediately prior to a Change of Control.

      "Board of Directors" or "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
      Company as constituted at any time.

      "Cause" shall mean any act or any failure to act on the part of a
      Participant which constitutes a felony for which the Participant is
      convicted or pleads nolo contendere.

      "Change of Control" with respect to the Company shall be deemed to have
      taken place if any of the following events occur:

            (a)   The Board of Directors or shareholders of the Company approve
                  a consolidation or merger that results in the shareholders
                  immediately prior to the transaction giving rise to the
                  consolidation or merger owning less than 50% of the total
                  combined voting power or total fair market value of all
                  classes of stock entitled to vote of the surviving entity
                  immediately after the consummation of the transaction giving
                  rise to the merger; or



            (b)   The Board of Directors or shareholders of the Company approve
                  the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to
                  one Person or a group of Persons acting together that is
                  unrelated (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and
                  the regulation thereunder) to the Company or the liquidation
                  or dissolution of the Company; or

            (c)   Any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary or any
                  Company employee benefit plan (including any trustee of any
                  such plan acting in its capacity as trustee)) purchases any
                  common shares of the Company (or securities convertible into
                  common shares of the Company) pursuant to a tender or exchange
                  offer without the prior consent of the Board of Directors, or
                  becomes the beneficial owner of securities of the Company
                  representing more than 50% of the voting power or fair market
                  value of the Company's outstanding securities; or

            (d)   During any two-year period, individuals who at the beginning
                  of such period constitute the entire Board of Directors cease
                  to constitute two-thirds of the Board of Directors, unless the
                  election or nomination for election of each new director is
                  approved by at least two-thirds of the directors then still in
                  office who were directors at the beginning of that period.

"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or any successor
thereto or in the event no such committee exists, the Board.

"Company" shall mean Boykin Lodging Company and any successors thereto by
merger, consolidation, liquidation or other reorganization.

"Good Reason" shall mean the occurrence, on or after a Change of Control, of any
of the following with respect to a Participant or his or her status, position,
responsibilities or compensation existing immediately prior to that Change of
Control, unless the Participant has consented thereto in writing: (a) any
limitation of the Participant's responsibilities or duties, or any demotion in
the Participant's position with the Company, (b) any removal of the Participant
from, or failure to re-elect the Participant to, any of the positions with the
Company held by the Participant except in conjunction with an election or
appointment to an equal or higher position, (c) any reduction in the salary,
incentive compensation and other employee benefits, taken as a whole, (d) any
material increase in the Participant's travel obligations, or (e) any change in
the Participant's principal work location or the location of the Participant's
primary work group by more than 50 miles from such Participant's or primary work
group's location immediately prior to the Change of Control. Good Reason shall
be deemed to exist under (a) or (b) above if a Participant's position with the
Company following a Change of Control is such that, although he maintains his
status, position, responsibilities and compensation existing immediately prior
to that Change of Control, such status, position or responsibilities are
maintained with a subsidiary of the acquiring Person and results in such
Participant having a diminution of his status, position or responsibilities with
respect to the acquiring Person as a whole (including all affiliates and
subsidiaries). For example, Good Reason shall be deemed to exist if following a
Change of Control the Company is a subsidiary of the acquiring Person and the
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company holds such position
with the Company, but not the acquiring Person.

"Involuntary Termination" shall mean (a) a Separation from Service (as defined
herein) that is brought about by the Company for any reason other than Cause or
(b) a Separation from Service by the Participant for Good Reason.

"Participant" shall mean any employee who is entitled to participate in the Plan
in accordance with Sections 2.1 and 2.2.

"Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, limited liability company, joint
venture, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization or any other legal
entity.

"Separation from Service" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 409A
of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

"Severance Amount" shall mean the amount determined pursuant to Section 3.1.



"Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken
chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations
(other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns stock possessing
50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of
the other corporations in such chain.

                                    ARTICLE 2

                          ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

2.1   Eligibility. Each employee of the Company whose title is listed on
      Schedule A hereto and any other employee of the Company who has been
      approved by the Compensation Committee for participation in the Plan shall
      be eligible to become a Participant pursuant to Section 2.2.

2.2   Participation. The Company shall, as soon as practicable after the
      effective date of the Plan, prepare and send a separate letter of
      participation ("Participation Letter") to each Participant. An employee
      shall not become a Participant unless and until he or she signs and agrees
      to his or her Participation Letter and the terms and conditions of the
      Plan.

                                    ARTICLE 3

                                    BENEFITS

3.2   Amount of Severance Benefit. The Severance Amount to which a Participant
      shall be entitled under the Plan shall be equal to the Participant's
      Annual Compensation multiplied by (a) two (2) in the case of a Senior Vice
      President or (b) one and eighty-four one hundredths (1.84) in the case of
      a Vice President.

3.2   Entitlement; Payment of Severance Amount in Lump Sum; Payment of Benefits.
      In the event a Participant's employment with the Company terminates within
      two years after a Change of Control due to an Involuntary Termination, the
      Severance Amount shall be paid in a lump sum by the Company upon or
      immediately following the Participant's Involuntary Termination; provided,
      however, that if such Participant is a key employee of the Company (as
      defined in Section 409A of the Code), the Severance Amount shall be paid
      on the earliest date that payment of the Severance Amount can be made
      without incurring an excise tax pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. In
      addition, the Company shall provide the Participant with the Benefits for
      a period following the Involuntary Termination of twenty-four (24) months
      if the Participant is a Senior Vice President or eighteen (18) months if
      the Participant is a Vice President.

3.3   Excess Parachute Tax Gross-Up. It is possible that a payment or
      distribution (including, without limitation, any distribution or payment
      with respect to the vesting of any stock options or share grants or the
      vesting of any benefits) to a Participant or for a Participant's benefit
      (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable) pursuant to the
      terms of the Plan or otherwise (a "Payment") may constitute a "parachute
      payment" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. The Company
      acknowledges that the protections set forth in this Section 3.3 are
      important, and it is agreed that a Participant should not have to bear the
      burden of any excise tax that might be levied under Section 4999 of the
      Code (such excise tax, together with any interest or penalties incurred by
      the Participant with respect to such excise tax, being collectively
      referred to as the "Excise Tax") as a result of the Participant's receipt
      of the benefits payable to the Participant pursuant to this Plan or
      otherwise. The following shall therefore apply:

            (a)   If it is determined that any Payment to a Participant is
                  subject to the Excise Tax, then the Company shall pay to or on
                  behalf of the Participant an additional payment (a "Gross-Up
                  Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the
                  Participant of all taxes (including any interest or penalties
                  imposed with respect to such taxes), including, without
                  limitation, any income taxes (and any interest or penalties
                  imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax, imposed upon the
                  Gross-Up Payment, the Participant retains an amount of the
                  Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the
                  Payment. The foregoing determinations will be made by the
                  Accountants in consultation with the Participant and the
                  Company and in accordance with the analysis, valuations and
                  calculations prepared by the Accountants in connection with
                  Section 3.3(b), below. The Participant and the Company will
                  each provide the Accountants access to and copies of any
                  books, records, and documents in the possession of the



                  Participant or the Company, as the case may be, reasonably
                  requested by the Accountants, and otherwise cooperate with the
                  Accountants in connection with the preparation and issuance of
                  the determinations and calculations contemplated by this
                  Section 3.3.

            (b)   The Company shall cause all determinations required to be made
                  under this Section 3.3, including the assumptions to be
                  utilized in arriving at such determinations, to be made by the
                  Accountants, which shall provide the Participant and the
                  Company with their determinations and detailed supporting
                  calculations with respect thereto at least 15 business days
                  prior to the date on which the Participant would be entitled
                  to receive a Payment (or as soon as practicable in the event
                  that the Accountants have less than 15 business days advance
                  notice that the Participant may receive a Payment) in order
                  that the Participant may determine whether the Participant
                  concurs with such determination. For the purpose of
                  determining whether any of the Payments will be subject to the
                  Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, such Payments
                  will be treated as "parachute payments" within the meaning of
                  Section 280G of the Code, and all "parachute payments" in
                  excess of the "base amount" (as defined under Section
                  280G(b)(3) of the Code) shall be treated as subject to the
                  Excise Tax, unless and except to the extent that in the
                  opinion of the Accountants such Payments (in whole or in part)
                  either do not constitute "parachute payments" or represent
                  reasonable compensation for services actually rendered (within
                  the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code) in excess of
                  the "base amount," or such "parachute payments" are otherwise
                  not subject to such Excise Tax. Any determination by the
                  Accountants shall be binding upon the Company and the
                  Participant. The amount of any Gross-Up Payment shall be paid
                  in a lump sum within seven days following such determination
                  by the Accountants. In the event that the Accountant's
                  determination is not finally accepted by the Internal Revenue
                  Service (the "IRS"), the Participant shall notify the Company
                  in writing of any such claim by the IRS. Such notification
                  shall be given as soon as practicable after the Participant is
                  informed in writing of such claim and shall apprise the
                  Company of the nature of such claim and the date on which any
                  incremental tax attributable to such claim is requested to be
                  paid. In connection with any claim or potential contest of
                  such claim, the Participant and the Company will provide each
                  other access to and copies of any books, records, and
                  documents in the possession of the Participant or the Company,
                  as the case may be, reasonably requested by the other party,
                  and will otherwise cooperate with each other in connection
                  with any such claim. In the event that the Participant or the
                  Company contest such claim, the Company shall bear and pay
                  directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest
                  and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest. Upon
                  resolution of any such claim, an appropriate adjustment,
                  including penalties and interest, if any, shall be computed
                  (with an additional Gross-Up Payment, if applicable) by the
                  Accountants based upon the final amount of the Excise Tax so
                  determined. Such adjustment shall be paid by the appropriate
                  party in a lump sum within seven days following the
                  computation of such adjustment by the Accountants. Nothing
                  contained in this Section 3.3 shall limit the Participant's
                  ability or entitlement to settle or contest as the case may
                  be, any claim or issue asserted by the IRS. All fees and
                  expenses of the Accountants incurred pursuant to this Section
                  3.3 and all costs associated with such claims by the IRS or
                  any other taxing authority shall be borne solely by the
                  Company.

3.4   Withholding. Payments under the Plan are subject to such federal, state
      and local income tax withholding and all other federal, state and local
      taxes as are applicable. The Company shall withhold from any payments it
      makes all applicable federal, state and local withholding taxes.

                                    ARTICLE 4

                                     CLAIMS

4.1   Claims Procedure. If any Participant has a claim for benefits which are
      not being paid, such claimant may file with the Committee a written claim
      setting forth the amount and nature of the claim, supporting facts, and
      the claimant's address. The Committee shall notify each claimant of its
      decision in writing by



      registered or certified mail within 30 days after its receipt of a claim,
      unless otherwise agreed by the claimant. If a claim is denied, the written
      notice of denial shall set forth the reasons for such denial, refer to
      pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based, describe any
      additional material or information necessary for the claimant to realize
      the claim, and explain the claim review procedure under the Plan.

4.2   Claims Review Procedure. A claimant whose claim has been denied or such
      claimant's duly authorized representative may file, within 60 days after
      notice of such denial is received by the claimant, a written request for
      review of such claim by the Committee. If a request is so filed, the
      Committee shall review the claim and notify the claimant in writing of its
      decision within 30 days after receipt of such request. In special
      circumstances, the Committee may extend for up to 15 additional days the
      deadline for its decision. The notice of the final decision of the
      Committee shall include the reasons for its decision and specific
      references to the Plan provisions on which the decision is based. The
      decision of the Committee may be appealed only pursuant to Section 6.10.

                                    ARTICLE 5

                                 ADMINISTRATION

5.1   Plan Administrator. The Company shall be the Plan Administrator and shall
      administer the Plan through the Committee.

5.2   Powers. The Committee shall have the power to do all things necessary or
      convenient to effect the intent and purposes of the Plan, whether or not
      such powers are specifically set forth herein, and, by way of
      amplification and not limitation of the foregoing, the Committee shall
      have authority, in its judgment, to:

            (a)   provide rules for the management, operation and administration
                  of the Plan, and, from time to time, amend or supplement such
                  rules;

            (b)   construe the Plan in good faith to the fullest extent
                  permitted by law;

            (c)   correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any
                  inconsistency in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as
                  it shall deem appropriate in its reasonable discretion to
                  carry the same into effect; and

            (d)   make determinations as to a Participant's eligibility for
                  benefits under the Plan, including determinations as to Cause
                  and Good Reason.

5.3   Binding Authority. The decisions of the Committee shall be final and
      conclusive for all purposes of the Plan, subject to any appeal or review
      pursuant to Section 4.2 or 6.10.

5.4   Exculpation. No member of the Board or Committee shall be directly or
      indirectly responsible or otherwise liable by reason of any action or
      default in connection with the Plan, or by reason of the exercise of or
      failure to exercise any power or discretion in connection with the Plan,
      except for any action, default, exercise or failure to exercise in
      connection with the Plan resulting from such member's bad faith, gross
      negligence or willful misconduct. No member of the Board or Committee
      shall be liable in any way for the acts or defaults of any other member of
      the Board, or any of its advisors, agents or representatives.

5.5   Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member
      of the Board and Committee against any and all expenses and liabilities in
      connection with the Plan arising out of his membership on the Board or
      Committee, except for expenses and liabilities arising out of a member's
      bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

5.6   Compensation and Expenses. Members of the Board or Committee who are
      employees of the Company shall not receive any compensation for their
      services rendered as such members in connection with the



      Plan. The Company shall pay for all expenses of the Board and Committee
      and their respective members reasonably incurred in connection with the
      Plan, including but not limited to legal expenses.

5.7   Information. The Company shall furnish to the Committee in writing all
      information the Committee may deem appropriate for the exercise of its
      powers and duties in the administration of the Plan. Such information
      shall be conclusive for all purposes of the Plan, and the Committee shall
      be entitled to rely thereon without any investigation thereof.



                                    ARTICLE 6

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

6.1   Funding of Obligations.

            (a)   Except as provided in Section 6.1(b), all benefits payable
                  under the Plan shall be paid out of the general assets of the
                  Company. Except as provided in Section 6.1(b), any Participant
                  who may have or claim any interest in or right to any
                  compensation, payment or benefit payable hereunder, shall have
                  solely the status of a general unsecured creditor of the
                  Company and the Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Company
                  to make benefit payments in the future. Except as provided in
                  Section 6.1(b), nothing herein contained shall be construed to
                  give to or vest in the Participant or any other Person now or
                  at any time in the future, any right, title, interest or claim
                  in or to any specific asset, fund, reserve, account, insurance
                  or annuity policy or contract or other property of any kind
                  whatsoever owned by the Company, or in which the Company may
                  have any right, title or interest now or at any time in the
                  future. It is the intention of the Company and the
                  Participants that the Plan be unfunded for tax purposes and
                  for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

            (b)   (i) Notwithstanding Section 6.1(a), not later than one day
                  prior to the day on which a transaction that will result in a
                  Change of Control is to be consummated (or if the Company does
                  not know about the transaction that will result in a Change of
                  Control until after it occurs, not later than five days after
                  the Company should reasonably be expected to know about the
                  transaction), the Company shall cause to be issued an
                  Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit (the "Letter of Credit")
                  in favor of each Participant in order to provide each
                  Participant with the Severance Amount, Benefits and Gross-Up
                  Payment payable under the Plan in the event the Company cannot
                  or will not pay such amounts. The bank or other financial
                  institution (the "Bank") that will issue the Letter of Credit
                  shall be chosen by the Committee or any individual to whom the
                  Committee delegates that responsibility, but must be organized
                  under the laws of the United States of America or any agency
                  or instrumentality thereof or under the laws of any state
                  thereof and have a combined capital and surplus of at least
                  $100,000,000. The Company shall maintain the Letter of Credit
                  until the earlier of the date the applicable Participant is no
                  longer entitled to payments under the Plan or the date of
                  deposit of the entire amount of the Letter of Credit into
                  escrow as contemplated by Section 6.1(b)(iii) The expenses of
                  establishing and maintaining the Letter of Credit shall be
                  paid solely by the Company.

                  (ii) The Letter of Credit shall be in an amount equal to the
                  Company's total potential liability to the applicable
                  Participant pursuant to Section 3 for the Severance Amount,
                  Benefits and Gross-Up Payment. The amount of the Letter of
                  Credit shall be determined by the Company acting in good
                  faith. If the Participant becomes entitled to receive payments
                  under the Plan because of an Involuntary Termination and the
                  Company fails to make the payments required by the Plan, the
                  payments will be paid out of the Letter of Credit in
                  accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 6.1(b)(iii)
                  below. If the amount of the Letter of Credit is not sufficient
                  to satisfy the total amount payable to the Participant under
                  Section 3 for the Severance Amount, Benefits and Gross-Up
                  Payment, the Company shall pay the additional amount necessary
                  to satisfy such total amount payable from its general assets.

                  (iii) If the Participant becomes entitled to receive payments
                  under the Plan because of an Involuntary Termination and the
                  Company fails to make the payments required by the Plan within
                  3 business days of the Company's receipt of a demand for
                  payment from the Participant, the Participant may draw on the
                  Letter of Credit by providing written notice (a "Draw Notice")
                  requesting a draw on the Letter of Credit to both the Bank and
                  the Company (return receipt required) specifying the amount to
                  be drawn (the "Draw Amount"). The Letter of Credit shall
                  require the Participant to certify in the Draw Notice as a
                  condition to receipt of the Draw Amount that (A) he is
                  entitled to receive



                  payments under the Plan, (B) the Company has failed to make
                  such payments and (C) the Participant is entitled to draw on
                  the Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
                  Immediately upon receipt of a Draw Notice containing those
                  certifications, the Bank shall pay to the Participant the
                  amount set forth in the Draw Notice by wire transfer of
                  immediately available funds in accordance with wire transfer
                  instructions provided by the Participant in the Draw Notice.

                  (iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Company may
                  establish an alternative funding arrangement mutually
                  acceptable to the Company and the Participant to fund the
                  amounts payable under the Plan.

6.2   Other Rights. The Plan shall not affect or impair the rights or
      obligations of the Company or a Participant under any other written plan,
      contract, arrangement, or pension, profit sharing or other compensation
      plan; provided, however, that, from and after a Change of Control and so
      long as the Plan is in effect, a Participant shall not be entitled to any
      severance benefits under any other plan or policy of the Company or any
      other agreement between such Participant and the Company, including any
      salary continuation or other post-termination benefits under an employment
      agreement between such Participant and the Company, with respect to any
      termination of employment for which such Participant is entitled to
      benefits under the Plan. For purposes of the prohibition of duplicative
      benefits under this Section 6.2, benefits under a vacation or sick pay
      policy, if any, shall not be deemed to be severance benefits.

6.3   Release. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, each Participant
      shall execute a release in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
      Company with respect to any employment or other agreement and all claims
      such Participant may have with or against the Company or any Subsidiary as
      a condition to the receipt of the Severance Amount payable under the Plan.

6.4   Amendment or Termination. The Plan may be amended, modified, suspended, or
      terminated (any such action, a "Revision") by the Company at any time and
      from time to time by action of the Board; provided, however, that any
      Revision made on or after June 2, 2005 shall be effective (a) with respect
      to each Participant, only if such Participant has been given at least 365
      days advance written notice of the Revision and the Revision is made
      effective as of an anniversary date of June 2, 2005, or (b) if such
      Participant has given prior written consent to such Revision.

6.5   Severability. If any term or condition of the Plan shall be invalid or
      unenforceable to any extent or in any application, then the remainder of
      the Plan, with the exception of such invalid or unenforceable provision,
      shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in effect and application
      to its fullest extent.

6.6   No Employment Rights. None of the establishment of the Plan, any
      provisions of the Plan, or any action of the Board or the Committee shall
      be held or construed to confer upon any Participant the right to a
      continuation of employment by the Company. Subject to any applicable
      employment agreement, the Company reserves the right to dismiss any
      Participant, or otherwise deal with any Participant to the same extent as
      though the Plan had not been adopted.

6.7   Incapacity. If the Committee determines that a Participant is unable to
      care for his or her affairs because of illness or accident, any benefit
      due such Participant may be paid to such Participant's spouse or to any
      other Person deemed by the Committee to have incurred expense for such
      Participant (including a duly appointed guardian, committee or other legal
      representative), and any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the
      Company's obligation hereunder.

6.8   Transferability of Rights. The Company shall have the unrestricted right
      to transfer its obligations under the Plan with respect to one or more
      Participants to any Person, including, but not limited to, any purchaser
      of all or any part of the Company's business. The Company shall cause the
      Plan to be assumed by any successor of the Company, whether such
      succession occurs by merger, asset acquisition, or otherwise. A
      Participant's rights to benefit payments under the Plan are not subject in
      any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment,
      pledge, encumbrance, attachment, or garnishment by creditors of the
      Participant. Any attempt to transfer or assign a benefit, or any rights
      granted hereunder, by a Participant shall, in the sole discretion of the
      Committee (after consideration of such facts as it deems pertinent), be
      grounds for terminating any rights of the Participant to any portion of
      the Plan benefits not previously paid.



6.9   Governing Law. The Plan shall be construed, administered, and enforced
      according to the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to principles of
      conflicts of law, except to the extent that such laws are preempted by the
      federal laws of the United States of America.

6.10  Arbitration of All Disputes. Any controversy or claim arising out of or
      relating to the Plan, after exhaustion of the procedures under Article IV,
      shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in the City of Cleveland,
      Ohio. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the then
      existing rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator(s)
      shall not have the power to add to or delete from or otherwise amend the
      provisions of the Plan. If a Participant is dissatisfied with the written
      decision of the Committee under Section 4.2, such Participant shall have
      the right to appeal the matter to arbitration pursuant to this Section
      6.10. A demand for arbitration must be submitted in writing to the
      Committee within 120 days after receipt of the Committee's written
      decision under Section 4.2. If an arbitration is demanded, the Committee
      shall submit to the arbitrator(s) a certified copy of the record upon
      which the Committee's decision was made. The decision rendered by the
      arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding upon all parties. The costs and
      expenses of the arbitration shall be borne by each respective party;
      provided, however, that the arbitrator(s) shall award costs and expenses
      to such Participant if such Participant is the prevailing party. Judgment
      upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court
      having jurisdiction thereof.

6.11  Gender Neutrality. The masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include the
      feminine, and the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural
      unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context.

6.12  Effective Date. The Plan as amended and restated shall be effective June
      2, 2005.

                                    BOYKIN LODGING COMPANY

                                    By: /s/ Robert W. Boykin
                                        -------------------------
                                    Title: Chief Executive Officer



                                   Schedule A

                                     Titles

Senior Vice President - Acquisitions
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Vice President and Controller