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Income Taxes - Differences Between the Income Tax (Provision) Benefit Calculated at the Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate of 35% and the Actual Income Tax (Provision) Benefit Recorded for Continuing Operations (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]                      
Statutory federal income tax (provision) benefit                 $ (43,750)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ (9,035)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 10,034us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Adjustment for nontaxable income of the REIT                 44,701rhp_IncomeTaxReconciliationNonDeductibleExpensesAndNonTaxableIncome 32,642rhp_IncomeTaxReconciliationNonDeductibleExpensesAndNonTaxableIncome  
State taxes (net of federal tax benefit and change in valuation allowance)                 950us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 3,216us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (523)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Permanent items                 (160)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense 1,092us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense (384)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense
Nondeductible compensation                     (2,319)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost
Nondeductible transaction costs                     (6,632)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseRestructuringCharges
Federal tax credits                 112us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits   542us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCredits
Federal valuation allowance                 (853)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (3,509)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 884us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Unrecognized tax benefits                   6,261us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 432us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
REIT conversion                   62,063rhp_IncomeTaxReconciliationExpenseBenefitOfRealEstateInvestmentTrustConversion  
Other                 467us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems (68)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems  
Total benefit for income taxes $ 1,096us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 463us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ (576)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 484us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 12,136us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 12,450us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 1,784us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 66,292us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 1,467us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 92,662us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 2,034us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit