Taxes, Insurance and Lease Expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Taxes, Insurance and Lease Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of Taxes, Insurance and Lease Expenses

Taxes, insurance and lease expense from continuing operations were comprised of the following

(in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
Hotel lease expense(a)	$	4,896	$	7,107	$	31,635
Land lease expense(b)	14,220		15,458		12,338
Real estate and other taxes	30,556		29,469		31,113
Property insurance, general liability insurance and other	7,645		7,173		9,180
Total taxes, insurance and lease expense	$	57,317	$	59,207	$	84,266

(a) We record hotel lease expense for the consolidated operating lessees of hotels owned by unconsolidated entities and partially offset this expense through noncontrolling interests in other partnerships (generally 49%). We record our 50% share of the corresponding lease income through equity in income from unconsolidated entities. Hotel lease expense includes percentage rent of $1.7 million, $3.4 million and $17.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively, and reflects a decrease attributable to the unwinding of our 10-hotel unconsolidated joint ventures in July 2014.

(b) We include in land lease expense percentage rent of $5.8 million, $5.7 million and $4.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.