Transactions with Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Transactions with Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

Transactions with Unconsolidated Joint Ventures

The Company has a management fee arrangement for marketing services with a joint venture partner. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, fees earned and payroll costs reimbursed under this arrangement totaled $0.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, fees earned and payroll costs reimbursed under this arrangement totaled $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

The Company has entered into franchise agreements with certain of the unconsolidated joint ventures discussed in Note 6. Pursuant to these franchise agreements, the Company has recorded royalty and marketing and reservation system fees of approximately $7.2 million and $5.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company has recorded royalty and marking reservation system fees of approximately $16.1 million and $12.6 million, respectively. The Company has recorded $1.6 million and $1.1 million as a receivable due from these joint ventures as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. In addition, the Company has paid commissions of $66 thousand and $56 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $133 thousand and $146 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 to an online travel agent for which the Company is a joint venture member.