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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due Thereafter

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Five Years

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Four Years

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Three Years

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Two Years

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Remainder of Fiscal Year

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Amount classified as assets attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of, expected to be disposed of within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) from the difference between the sale price or salvage price and the book value of an asset that was sold or retired, and gain (loss) from the write down of assets from their carrying value to fair value.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow from the sale of formerly productive land held for sale, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it, and so forth.

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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Dispositions and Planned Dispositions (Details) CAD in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Remaining Future Minimum Operating Lease Obligations Due
Assets held for sale					$ 297	$ 588
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| North American Full-Service Property
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash received from sale of property			$ 169	$ 306
Gain on sale of property			$ 24
Remaining Future Minimum Operating Lease Obligations Due
2017 (remaining)				3
2018				4
2019				4
2020				4
2021				4
Thereafter				175
Total				$ 194
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| North American Full-Service Hotel and Miami Beach EDITION Residences
Remaining Future Minimum Operating Lease Obligations Due
Assets held for sale					$ 297
Scenario, Forecast \| Subsequent Event \| Avendra LLC
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Percentage ownership prior to sale		55.00%
Scenario, Forecast \| Subsequent Event \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| North American Full-Service Property
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash received from sale of property	CAD 337	$ 269
Scenario, Forecast \| Subsequent Event \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Avendra LLC
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Amount received from sale		$ 650