Debt (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended																						3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 Hotels	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Line of Credit [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Line of Credit [Member] Libor Plus Three Point Three Seven Five Due June Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2013 Line of Credit [Member] Libor Plus Three Point Three Seven Five Due June Two Thousand Sixteen [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgages [Member] Four Point Nine Four Percent Due October 2022 [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgages [Member] Four Point Nine Four Percent Due October 2022 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgages [Member] Four Point Nine Five Percent Due October 2022 [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgages [Member] Four Point Nine Five Percent Due October 2022 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgages [Member] Six Point Five Eight Percent Due July Through August 2014 [Member] [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgages [Member] Six Point Five Eight Percent Due July Through August 2014 [Member] [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgages [Member] Five Point Eight One Percent Due July 2016 [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgages [Member] Five Point Eight One Percent Due July 2016 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Senior Notes [Member] Six Point Seven Five Percent Due June 2019 [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes [Member] Six Point Seven Five Percent Due June 2019 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Senior Notes [Member] Five Point Six Two Five Percent Due March 2023 [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes [Member] Five Point Six Two Five Percent Due March 2023 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Senior Notes [Member] Ten Point Zero Zero Percent Due October 2014 [Member] Hotels	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes [Member] Ten Point Zero Zero Percent Due October 2014 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Construction tranche [Member] Libor Plus Four Point Zero Percent Due May 2016 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Construction tranche [Member] Libor Plus Four Point Zero Percent Due May 2016 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Cash collateralized tranche [Member] Libor Plus One Point Two Five Percent Due May 2016 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Cash collateralized tranche [Member] Libor Plus One Point Two Five Percent Due May 2016 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Retired Debt	Mar. 31, 2014 Knickerbocker Loan Libor Plus Four Point Zero Percent Due May 2016 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Knickerbocker Loan Libor Plus One Point Two Five Percent Due May 2016 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Secured Debt [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Secured Debt [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Secured Debt [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Knickerbocker [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Knickerbocker [Member] Knickerbocker Loan	Nov. 30, 2012 Knickerbocker [Member] Knickerbocker Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	44				9		1		4		3		1		6		9		11				0
Interest rate							4.94%		4.95%		6.58%		5.81%		6.75%		5.625%		10.00%
Variable rate basis					LIBOR																					LIBOR	LIBOR
Variable rate basis spread					3.375%																					4.00%	1.25%
Long-term Debt	$ 1,640,628,000		$ 1,663,226,000		$ 93,000,000	$ 88,000,000	$ 31,589,000	$ 31,714,000	$ 125,871,000	$ 126,220,000	$ 34,821,000	$ 35,133,000	$ 9,772,000	$ 9,904,000	$ 525,000,000	$ 525,000,000	$ 525,000,000	$ 525,000,000	$ 230,714,000	$ 229,190,000	$ 12,994,000	$ 0	$ 51,867,000	$ 64,861,000	$ 28,204,000	$ 13,000,000	$ 51,900,000
Remaining Borrowing Capacity of Construction Loan																																20,100,000
Credit facility, capacity				225,000,000
Term of debt extension				1 year																											1 year
Maximum Borrowing Capacity of Construction Loan																																	85,000,000
Interest expense	25,227,000	26,285,000
Interest income	15,000	22,000
Capitalized interest	4,000,000	2,800,000
Repayments of Secured Debt																												17,100,000	10,900,000
Debt extinguishment	$ (6,000)	$ 0																												$ 251,000