Debt (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 Hotels	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	35
Long-term Debt	$ 1,543,439,000		$ 1,585,867,000
Interest expense	19,481,000	25,227,000
Interest income	5,000	15,000
Capitalized interest	3,500,000	4,000,000
Number of hotels	13
Debt extinguishment	(73,000)	(6,000)
The Knickerbocker
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt extension	1 year
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, capacity	225,000,000
Term of debt extension	1 year
Line of Credit [Member] | Libor Plus Three Point Three Seven Five Percent Due June 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	8
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Variable rate basis spread	3.375%
Long-term Debt	84,500,000		111,500,000
Construction Loans [Member] | The Knickerbocker
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of construction loan	85,000,000
Mortgages [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt extension	2 years
Mortgages [Member] | Libor Plus Two Point Five Percent Due July Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	3
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Variable rate basis spread	2.50%
Long-term Debt	140,000,000		140,000,000
Mortgages [Member] | Libor Plus Three Point Zero Percent Due March 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	3
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Variable rate basis spread	3.00%
Long-term Debt	49,067,000		51,008,000
Mortgages [Member] | Four Point Nine Five Percent Due October 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	4
Interest rate	4.95%
Long-term Debt	123,914,000		124,278,000
Mortgages [Member] | Four Point Nine Four Percent Due October 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	1
Interest rate	4.94%
Long-term Debt	31,097,000		31,228,000
Senior Notes [Member] | Six Point Seven Five Percent Due June 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	6
Interest rate	6.75%
Long-term Debt	525,000,000		525,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] | Five Point Six Two Five Percent Due March 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	9
Interest rate	5.625%
Long-term Debt	525,000,000		525,000,000
Construction tranche [Member] | Libor Plus Four Point Zero Percent Due May 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of encumbered hotels (in hotels)	1
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Variable rate basis spread	4.00%
Long-term Debt	58,562,000		58,562,000
Cash collateralized tranche [Member] | Libor Plus One Point Two Five Percent Due May 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate basis	LIBOR
Variable rate basis spread	1.25%
Long-term Debt	6,299,000		6,299,000
Retired Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	0		12,992,000
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of secured debt	$ 13,000,000