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Controlling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent

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Percent of Revenues Generated From Three States

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- Definition

Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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The number of limited partner units outstanding.

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- Definition

The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of real estate investment property which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; and (7) other real estate investments.

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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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Organization - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Organization - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Jul. 31, 2014 Hotels	Dec. 31, 2016 Hotels States shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Hotels shares	May 31, 2015 Hotels	Dec. 31, 2014 Hotels
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent		99.50%
Number of Real Estate Properties		1			13
Aggregate shares and units outstanding (in shares) \| shares		138,600,280
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) \| shares		137,990,097
Units of noncontrolling interests in FelCor LP outstanding (in shares) \| shares		610,000	611,000
Wholly Owned Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties	5				5
Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		38			1
Number of rooms (in rooms)		11,329
Unconsolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties					5
California, Florida, Massachusetts [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of states (in states) \| States		3
Percent of revenues generated from three states		57.00%
United States [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of states (in states) \| States		14
California [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		10
Florida [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		6
MASSACHUSETTS \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		3
Thirty-Seven Hotels [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		37
One Hundred Percent Owned [Member] \| Wholly Owned Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent	100.00%
One Hundred Percent Owned [Member] \| Thirty-Six Hotels [Member] \| Wholly Owned Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent		100.00%
One Hundred Percent Owned [Member] \| Thirty-Six Hotels [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		36
One Hundred Percent Owned [Member] \| One Hotel [Member] \| Wholly Owned Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent	100.00%
Fifty Percent Owned [Member] \| Unconsolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties				1
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	50.00%	50.00%
Fifty Percent Owned [Member] \| Two Hotels [Member] \| Unconsolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		2	2
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		50.00%	50.00%
Fifty Percent Owned [Member] \| One Hotel [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		1
Operated With A Lease [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		38
Operated Without A Lease [Member] \| One Hotel [Member] \| Unconsolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		1
Operated Without A Lease [Member] \| Fifty Percent Owned [Member] \| Unconsolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Hilton Worldwide [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		20
Wyndham Worldwide [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		8
Marriott International Inc. [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		4
InterContinental Hotels Group [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		3
InterContinental Hotels Group [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		1
AccorHotels Group [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		1
Highgate Hotels [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		1
SBE [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		2
Aimbridge Hospitality [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		1
FelCor Lodging LP [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Units of noncontrolling interests in FelCor LP outstanding (in shares) \| shares		610,183
The Knickerbocker® \| Ninety-five Percent Owned [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		1
Real Estate Investment Property, at Cost \| $			$ 329.8
Controlling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent		95.00%
Ownership in all properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties		39