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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2010
Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

The following table details the fair value of our financial assets and liabilities that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as well as non-recurring fair value measurements that we completed during 2009 (there were none in 2010) due to the impairment of non-financial assets (in millions):

 

            Fair Value at Measurement Date Using  
     Balance at
December 31,
2010
     Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis:

           

Interest rate swap derivatives(1)

   $ 10.6       $ —         $ 10.6       $ —     

Forward currency purchase contracts(1)(2)

     6.9         —           6.9         —     

 

           Fair Value at Measurement Date Using  
     Balance at
December 31,
2009
    Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis:

         

Interest rate swap derivatives(1)

   $ (1.0   $ —         $ (1.0   $ —     

Forward currency purchase contracts(1)

     1.7        —           1.7        —     

Fair Value Measurements on a Non- recurring Basis:

         

Impaired hotel properties held and used(2)

     78        —           73        5   

Impaired hotel properties sold(2)

     —          —           35        —     

European joint venture investment(2)

     138        —           —          125   

 

(1) These derivative contracts have been designated as hedging instruments.
(2) The fair value measurements are as of the measurement date of the impairment and may not reflect the book value as of December 31, 2009.
Summary of our Four Foreign Currency Purchase Contracts

We also evaluate counterparty credit risk in the calculation of the fair value of the swaps. The following table summarizes our four foreign currency purchase contracts (in millions):

 

Transaction

Date

   Transaction
Amount
in Euros
     Transaction
Amount
in Dollars
     Forward
Purchase
Date
              
            Fair Value as of
December 31,
    Change in
Fair Value
 
            2010      2009     2010      2009  

February 2008

   30       $ 43         August 2011       $ 2.8       $ (.1   $ 2.9       $ (1.8

February 2008

     15         22         February 2013         2.2         .7        1.5         (1.2

May 2008

     15         23         May 2014         2.9         1.1        1.8         (1.4

July 2010

     20         26         October 2014         (1.0             (1.0       
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   80       $ 114          $ 6.9      $ 1.7       $ 5.2      $ (4.4
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Fair Value of Certain Financial Assets and Liabilities and Other Financial Instruments

The fair value of certain financial assets and liabilities and other financial instruments are shown below:

 

     2010      2009  
     Carrying
Amount
     Fair
Value
     Carrying
Amount
     Fair
Value
 
     (in millions)  

Financial assets

           

Mortgage notes

   $ 55       $ 77       $ —         $ —     

Other notes receivable

     —           —           11         11   

Financial liabilities

           

Senior notes

     3,093         3,200         3,411         3,473   

Exchangeable Senior Debentures

     1,156         1,471         1,123         1,246   

Credit facility

     58         58         —           —     

Mortgage debt and other, net of capital leases

     1,110         1,107         1,302         1,269