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Management Agreement, Guarantee Earnings Recognized During Period

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Represents the term of management agreement.

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The annual limit of the amount of the net operating income guarantee provided by Wyndham

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The net operating income guarantee provided by Wyndham to the Company over the life of the management agreement.

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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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The aggregate costs related to management of owned properties during the reporting period.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2(d))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688