Marketing and Reservation Activities	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Advances, Marketing and Reservation Activities [Abstract]
Marketing and Reservation Activities	Marketing and Reservation Activities The Company’s franchise agreements require the payment of franchise fees, which include marketing and reservation system fees. The Company is obligated to use the marketing and reservation system fees it collects from the current franchisees comprising its various hotel brands to provide marketing and reservation services appropriate to support the operation of the overall system. In discharging its obligation to provide sufficient and appropriate marketing and reservation services, the Company has the right to expend funds in an amount reasonably necessary to ensure the provision of such services, whether or not such amount is currently available to the Company for reimbursement. The franchise agreements provide the Company the right to advance monies to the franchise system when the needs of the system surpass the balances currently available. As a result, expenditures by the Company in support of marketing and reservation services in excess of available revenues are deferred and recorded as an asset in the Company’s financial statements. Conversely, cumulative marketing and reservation system fees not expended in the current period are deferred and recorded as a liability in the financial statements and are carried over to the next fiscal year and expended in accordance with the franchise agreements or utilized to reimburse the Company for prior year advances. Under the terms of these agreements, the Company has the contractually enforceable right to assess and collect from its current franchisees, fees sufficient to pay for the marketing and reservation services the Company has procured for the benefit of the franchise system, including fees to reimburse the Company for past services rendered. The Company has the contractual authority to require that the franchisees in the system at any given point repay any deficits related to marketing and reservation activities. The Company’s current franchisees are contractually obligated to pay any assessment the Company imposes on its franchisees to obtain reimbursement of such deficit regardless of whether those constituents continue to generate gross room revenue and whether or not they joined the system following the deficit's occurrence. At September 30, 2016, cumulative marketing and reservation system costs exceeded cumulative marketing and reservation system revenues earned by $15.3 million with the excess reflected as a long-term asset in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2015 fees collected exceeded expenses by $30.7 million, with the excess reflected as an other long-term liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Depreciation and amortization expense attributable to marketing and reservation activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $6.3 million and $18.7 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense attributable to marketing and reservation activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 were $5.8 million and $17.0 million, respectively. Interest expense attributable to marketing and reservation activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $1 thousand and $6 thousand, respectively. Interest expense attributable to marketing and reservation activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 were $6 thousand and $22 thousand, respectively.

Marketing and Reservation Activities

The Company’s franchise agreements require the payment of franchise fees, which include marketing and reservation system fees. The Company is obligated to use the marketing and reservation system fees it collects from the current franchisees comprising its various hotel brands to provide marketing and reservation services appropriate to support the operation of the overall system. In discharging its obligation to provide sufficient and appropriate marketing and reservation services, the Company has the right to expend funds in an amount reasonably necessary to ensure the provision of such services, whether or not such amount is currently available to the Company for reimbursement. The franchise agreements provide the Company the right to advance monies to the franchise system when the needs of the system surpass the balances currently available. As a result, expenditures by the Company in support of marketing and reservation services in excess of available revenues are deferred and recorded as an asset in the Company’s financial statements. Conversely, cumulative marketing and reservation system fees not expended in the current period are deferred and recorded as a liability in the financial statements and are carried over to the next fiscal year and expended in accordance with the franchise agreements or utilized to reimburse the Company for prior year advances.

Under the terms of these agreements, the Company has the contractually enforceable right to assess and collect from its current franchisees, fees sufficient to pay for the marketing and reservation services the Company has procured for the benefit of the franchise system, including fees to reimburse the Company for past services rendered. The Company has the contractual authority to require that the franchisees in the system at any given point repay any deficits related to marketing and reservation activities. The Company’s current franchisees are contractually obligated to pay any assessment the Company imposes on its franchisees to obtain reimbursement of such deficit regardless of whether those constituents continue to generate gross room revenue and whether or not they joined the system following the deficit's occurrence.

At September 30, 2016, cumulative marketing and reservation system costs exceeded cumulative marketing and reservation system revenues earned by $15.3 million with the excess reflected as a long-term asset in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2015 fees collected exceeded expenses by $30.7 million, with the excess reflected as an other long-term liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Depreciation and amortization expense attributable to marketing and reservation activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $6.3 million and $18.7 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense attributable to marketing and reservation activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 were $5.8 million and $17.0 million, respectively. Interest expense attributable to marketing and reservation activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $1 thousand and $6 thousand, respectively. Interest expense attributable to marketing and reservation activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 were $6 thousand and $22 thousand, respectively.