Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Other Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment Hotels $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Hotels $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Hotels $ / shares
Investment [Line Items]
Term for sale to be probable once buyer completed due diligence review of asset	12 months
Maximum term of investments to be considered cash equivalents	3 months
Percentage of revenue composed of nearly all hotel operating revenue	100.00%
Number of Real Estate Properties | Hotels	1		13
Reclassification of foreign currency translation to gain	$ 0	$ 0	$ 24,448,000
Capitalized costs	7,700,000	13,300,000	25,900,000
Cumulative effect of change in accounting for stock compensation forfeitures	0
Stock Compensation Shares Withheld - Value	$ 2,750,000	$ 2,054,000	$ 3,066,000
Number of reportable segments (in segment) | segment	1
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared | $ / shares	$ 0.24	$ 0.18	$ 0.10
Land Lease [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Lease expense	$ 14,220,000	$ 15,458,000	$ 12,338,000
Taxes, Insurance and Lease Expense [Member] | Land Lease [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Lease expense		$ 1,600,000
Number of Real Estate Properties | Hotels		1
Accumulated Deficit
Investment [Line Items]
Cumulative effect of change in accounting for stock compensation forfeitures	185,000
Stock Compensation Shares Withheld - Value	$ 2,746,000	$ 2,051,000