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Joint Venture Transactions (Details)	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($) Hotels	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Hotels	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Hotels $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) $ / shares	May 31, 2015 Hotels
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Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels		1		13
Investment in unconsolidated entities	$ 19,900,000	$ 8,312,000	$ 9,575,000
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest				$ 5,850,000
Gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated entities, net		0	0	30,176,000
Gain from remeasurement of unconsolidated entities, net		$ 0	0	20,737,000
Amount Received for Difference in Values	3,700,000
Ownership percentage by parent		99.50%
Amount paid to equalize trade	2,200,000
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest	$ 5,900,000	$ 0	$ 0	5,850,000
Assets
Investment in hotels				130,100,000
Other assets				1,300,000
Deferred expenses				259,000
Total assets acquired				131,659,000
Liabilities
Debt				64,000,000
Net assets acquired				67,659,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Net income (loss)				$ 94,869,000	$ (65,670,000)
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Basic \| $ / shares				$ 0.43	$ (0.82)
Income (loss) per share/unit - diluted \| $ / shares				$ 0.43	$ (0.82)
Unconsolidated Properties [Member]
Joint Venture [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels				5
Wholly Owned Properties [Member]
Joint Venture [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels	5			5
Gain from remeasurement of unconsolidated entities, net				$ 20,700,000
Three Hotels [Member]
Joint Venture [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels				3
Consolidated Properties [Member]
Joint Venture [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels		38		1
Non-FelCor Ownership [Member]
Joint Venture [Line Items]
Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels	5			5
Joint Venture Transaction Costs				$ 457,000
Gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated entities, net				$ 30,200,000
Fifty Percent Owned [Member]
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Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels	8
Fifty Percent Owned [Member] \| Unconsolidated Properties [Member]
Joint Venture [Line Items]
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Joint Venture [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent	100.00%
Fifty-One Percent Owned [Member] \| Consolidated Joint Venture
Joint Venture [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	51.00%
One Hotel [Member] \| Non-FelCor Ownership [Member]
Joint Venture [Line Items]
Former Joint Venture Partner	10.00%			10.00%
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Number of Real Estate Properties		1
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Ownership percentage by parent	100.00%
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Controlling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent	90.00%
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Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels	1
Six Hotels [Member] \| One Hundred Percent Owned [Member]
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Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels	6
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Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels	10			10
Libor Plus Three Point Zero Percent Due March 2017 [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate				3.00%
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis				LIBOR
Libor Plus Three Point Zero Percent Due March 2017 [Member] \| Wholly Owned Properties [Member]
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Number of Real Estate Properties \| Hotels				4
Additional Paid-in Capital
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Acquisition of noncontrolling interest				$ 3,508,000