Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments, Contingencies and Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Commitments, Contingencies and Related Party Transactions	Commitments and Contingencies Our property insurance has a $100,000 “all-risk” deductible and a 5% deductible (insured value) for named windstorm coverage and for California earthquake coverage. Substantial uninsured or not fully insured losses would have a material adverse impact on our operating results, cash flows and financial condition. Catastrophic losses, such as the losses caused by hurricanes in 2005, could make the cost of insuring against these types of losses prohibitively expensive or difficult to find. In an effort to limit the cost of insurance, we purchase catastrophic insurance coverage based on probable maximum losses based on 250-year events. We have established a self-insured retention of $250,000 per occurrence for general liability insurance with regard to 32 of our hotels. The remainder of our hotels participate in general liability programs sponsored by our managers, with no deductible. Our hotels are operated under various management agreements that call for minimum base management fees, which generally range from 2 to 3% of total revenue, with the exception of our IHG-managed hotel, where base management fees are 2% of total revenue plus 5% of room revenue. Most of our management agreements also provide for incentive management fees that are subordinated to our return on investment. In addition, the management agreements generally require us to invest approximately 3 to 5% of revenues for capital expenditures. The management agreements generally have terms from 5 to 20 years and generally have renewal options. The management agreements governing the operations of 32 of our Consolidated Hotels contain the right and license to operate the hotels under the specified brands. The remaining six Consolidated Hotels operate under franchise or license agreements that are separate from our management agreements. Typically, our franchise or license agreements provide for a license fee, or royalty, of 4 to 5.5% of room revenues. In the event 18. Commitments and Contingencies - (continued) we breach one of these agreements, in addition to losing the right to use the brand name for the operation of the applicable hotel, we may be liable, under certain circumstances, for liquidated damages (generally equal to the fees paid to the franchisor with respect to that hotel during the three immediately preceding years). At December 31, 2016, we have $26.2 million in purchase obligations related to planned renovations at our hotels, most of which we expect to spend in 2017. One of our consolidated subsidiaries was engaged in a commercial dispute with a third party that related to circumstances that arose prior to December 31, 2014. Under generally accepted accounting principles, we recorded $5.9 million in other expenses in 2014 to establish a provision for our estimate of our maximum exposure for this contingency. We paid the disputed amount in January 2015 but continued asserting our contractual rights. In June 2015, we settled the commercial dispute and recovered $3.7 million (net of legal costs), which we have recorded in other revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015. In April 2016, an affiliate of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, or IHG, which had formerly operated three hotels on our behalf (two of which we sold in 2006, and one of which we converted to Wyndham operation and brand in 2013), notified us that the pension fund in which the employees at those hotels had participated has assessed $8.3 million in withdrawal liability in connection with the termination of IHG’s operation of those hotels. Under our hotel management agreements with IHG, we may be obligated to indemnify and hold IHG harmless for some or all of any amount ultimately contributed to the pension fund with respect to these hotels. Because of the rules and regulations governing the pension trust, we have paid $1.1 million to the pension trust during 2016 and expect to continue making such payments, on a quarterly basis, while the dispute is ongoing, subject to an overall contribution limit corresponding to the amount sought by the pension trust. While we aggressively oppose the pension trust’s position, we believe that resolution of this matter may not occur until mid-2018. Accordingly, we have recorded the $1.1 million in payments made in 2016 and accrued for seven more quarterly payments (approximately $2.0 million) that would be made if the dispute remains unresolved until mid-2018 as a loss on the sale of hotels included in discontinued operations (because it primarily relates to hotels sold prior to 2013). Despite these payments and accruals, we believe that (i) the pension trust was in error in assessing the withdrawal liability in this situation and (ii) even if the pension trust was not in error, we are not responsible for a significant portion (or perhaps any) of the withdrawal liability assessed by the pension trust for other reasons and that we are likely to recover a significant portion (if not all) of what we have paid, and may pay in the future, to the pension trust with respect to its claim. Consequently, we are vigorously disputing the underlying claims and, if appropriate, IHG’s demand for indemnification. The matter involves significant legal, actuarial and factual analysis with respect to each hotel, and we have not determined whether any loss to us is probable or that any such loss is estimable (other than the payments and accrual noted in the previous paragraph, for which we intend to seek recovery). There is no other litigation pending or known to be threatened against us or affecting any of our hotels, other than claims arising in the ordinary course of business or which are not considered to be material. Furthermore, most of these claims are substantially covered by insurance. We do not believe that any claims known to us, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on us.

Commitments and Contingencies

Our property insurance has a $100,000 “all-risk” deductible and a 5% deductible (insured value) for named windstorm coverage and for California earthquake coverage. Substantial uninsured or not fully insured losses would have a material adverse impact on our operating results, cash flows and financial condition. Catastrophic losses, such as the losses caused by hurricanes in 2005, could make the cost of insuring against these types of losses prohibitively expensive or difficult to find. In an effort to limit the cost of insurance, we purchase catastrophic insurance coverage based on probable maximum losses based on 250-year events. We have established a self-insured retention of $250,000 per occurrence for general liability insurance with regard to 32 of our hotels. The remainder of our hotels participate in general liability programs sponsored by our managers, with no deductible.

Our hotels are operated under various management agreements that call for minimum base management fees, which generally range from 2 to 3% of total revenue, with the exception of our IHG-managed hotel, where base management fees are 2% of total revenue plus 5% of room revenue. Most of our management agreements also provide for incentive management fees that are subordinated to our return on investment. In addition, the management agreements generally require us to invest approximately 3 to 5% of revenues for capital expenditures. The management agreements generally have terms from 5 to 20 years and generally have renewal options.

The management agreements governing the operations of 32 of our Consolidated Hotels contain the right and license to operate the hotels under the specified brands. The remaining six Consolidated Hotels operate under franchise or license agreements that are separate from our management agreements. Typically, our franchise or license agreements provide for a license fee, or royalty, of 4 to 5.5% of room revenues. In the event

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we breach one of these agreements, in addition to losing the right to use the brand name for the operation of the applicable hotel, we may be liable, under certain circumstances, for liquidated damages (generally equal to the fees paid to the franchisor with respect to that hotel during the three immediately preceding years).

At December 31, 2016, we have $26.2 million in purchase obligations related to planned renovations at our hotels, most of which we expect to spend in 2017.

One of our consolidated subsidiaries was engaged in a commercial dispute with a third party that related to circumstances that arose prior to December 31, 2014. Under generally accepted accounting principles, we recorded $5.9 million in other expenses in 2014 to establish a provision for our estimate of our maximum exposure for this contingency. We paid the disputed amount in January 2015 but continued asserting our contractual rights. In June 2015, we settled the commercial dispute and recovered $3.7 million (net of legal costs), which we have recorded in other revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015.

In April 2016, an affiliate of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, or IHG, which had formerly operated three hotels on our behalf (two of which we sold in 2006, and one of which we converted to Wyndham operation and brand in 2013), notified us that the pension fund in which the employees at those hotels had participated has assessed $8.3 million in withdrawal liability in connection with the termination of IHG’s operation of those hotels. Under our hotel management agreements with IHG, we may be obligated to indemnify and hold IHG harmless for some or all of any amount ultimately contributed to the pension fund with respect to these hotels.

Because of the rules and regulations governing the pension trust, we have paid $1.1 million to the pension trust during 2016 and expect to continue making such payments, on a quarterly basis, while the dispute is ongoing, subject to an overall contribution limit corresponding to the amount sought by the pension trust. While we aggressively oppose the pension trust’s position, we believe that resolution of this matter may not occur until mid-2018. Accordingly, we have recorded the $1.1 million in payments made in 2016 and accrued for seven more quarterly payments (approximately $2.0 million) that would be made if the dispute remains unresolved until mid-2018 as a loss on the sale of hotels included in discontinued operations (because it primarily relates to hotels sold prior to 2013).

Despite these payments and accruals, we believe that (i) the pension trust was in error in assessing the withdrawal liability in this situation and (ii) even if the pension trust was not in error, we are not responsible for a significant portion (or perhaps any) of the withdrawal liability assessed by the pension trust for other reasons and that we are likely to recover a significant portion (if not all) of what we have paid, and may pay in the future, to the pension trust with respect to its claim. Consequently, we are vigorously disputing the underlying claims and, if appropriate, IHG’s demand for indemnification. The matter involves significant legal, actuarial and factual analysis with respect to each hotel, and we have not determined whether any loss to us is probable or that any such loss is estimable (other than the payments and accrual noted in the previous paragraph, for which we intend to seek recovery).

There is no other litigation pending or known to be threatened against us or affecting any of our hotels, other than claims arising in the ordinary course of business or which are not considered to be material. Furthermore, most of these claims are substantially covered by insurance. We do not believe that any claims known to us, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on us.