Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended															12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 Sunburst [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2011 Sunburst [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Sunburst [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 LPC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 LPC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 LPC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Immediate Family Member of Management or Principal Owner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Immediate Family Member of Management or Principal Owner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Immediate Family Member of Management or Principal Owner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Concord 46th NYC LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Pre hotel construction completion [Member] Concord 46th NYC LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Post hotel construction completion [Member] [Member] Concord 46th NYC LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Quarterly [Member] Pre hotel construction completion [Member] Concord 46th NYC LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Monthly [Member] Post hotel construction completion [Member] [Member] Concord 46th NYC LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Lease Agreements [Member] Immediate Family Member of Management or Principal Owner [Member] sqft	Aug. 31, 2012 Lease Agreement Amendment [Member] Immediate Family Member of Management or Principal Owner [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Lease Agreement Amendment [Member] Immediate Family Member of Management or Principal Owner [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number Of Hotels Operated By Related Party				12
Franchise Revenue				$ 2,600,000	$ 4,500,000	$ 4,400,000
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties				200,000	200,000
Operating Leases, Rent Expense	9,200,000	8,400,000	8,400,000				300,000	500,000	700,000
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction												8,000
Related Party Transaction Leased Square Footage																		1,950	2,154
Lease Expiration Date																		2013	2016
Lease Term in Years										5 years
Related Party Transaction Annual Lease Payments																		72,000
Related Party Transaction Annual Lease Payments Extension																				84,000
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party										40,000
Related Party Service Agreement, Utilization Threshold of Designated Employee's Services										50.00%
Related Party Service Agreement, Reimbursement Percentage for Designated Employee's Services Rendered										50.00%
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party										200,000	200,000	100,000
Notes Receivable, Related Parties	60,068,000	29,840,000											19,500,000
Notes Receivable, Related Parties, Current	14,415,000	3,104,000											9,500,000
Notes Receivable	35,103,000	17,508,000											10,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage														6.00%	8.00%
Promissory note, frequency of interest payments																quarterly	monthly
Percentage of membership interest pledged as collateral on promissory note													100.00%
Joint venture, purchase price following default													$ 1