Fair Value

Fair Value Measurement

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date in the principal or most advantageous market. The fair value hierarchy has three levels of inputs, both observable and unobservable:


•	Level 1 — Inputs include quoted market prices in an active market for identical assets or liabilities.


•	Level 2 — Inputs are market data, other than Level 1, that are observable either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted market prices in an inactive market, and other observable information that can be corroborated by market data.


•	Level 3 — Inputs are unobservable and corroborated by little or no market data.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company used the following market assumptions and/or estimation methods:


•	Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash reserves, hotel and other receivables, accounts payable and other liabilities — The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for these financial instruments approximate fair value because of their short term maturities.

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Debt — The Senior Notes had an estimated fair value of approximately $1.0 billion at December 31, 2017. On March 9, 2018, the Company completed the early redemption of the senior secured notes in full for an aggregate amount of approximately $539.0 million. The senior unsecured notes had an estimated fair value of approximately $492.2 million at June 30, 2018. The Company estimated the fair value of the Senior Notes by using publicly available trading prices, market interest rates, and spreads for the Senior Notes, which are Level 2 and Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The mortgage loans had an estimated fair value of approximately $233.7 million and $236.2 million at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company estimated the fair value of the mortgage loans by using a discounted cash flow model and incorporating various inputs and assumptions for the effective borrowing rates for debt with similar terms and the loan to estimated fair value of the collateral, which are Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The total estimated fair value of the Company's debt was $725.8 million and $1.3 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The total carrying value of the Company's debt was $742.1 million and $1.3 billion at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.