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Joint Venture Transaction (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Joint Venture Transaction (Narrative) (Details)	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($) Hotels	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Rooms Hotels	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Rooms Hotels	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Hotels
Equity Method Investment, Amount Sold	$ 19,900,000
Amount Received for Difference in Values	3,700,000
Amount paid to equalize trade	2,200,000
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Managing Member or General Partner, Ownership Interest		99.50%
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest	$ 5,900,000			$ 0	$ 5,850,000
Number of hotels \| Hotels						13
Gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated entities, net		$ 0	$ 30,184,000	0	30,184,000
Gain from remeasurement of unconsolidated entities, net		$ 0	$ 20,733,000	$ 0	20,733,000
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests					5,850,000
Non-FelCor Ownership [Member]
Former Joint Venture Partner	0.00%
Number of hotels \| Hotels	5
Gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated entities, net	$ 30,200,000
Joint Venture Transaction Costs	$ 457,000
Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| Fifty-One Percent Owned [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	51.00%
Wholly Owned Properties [Member]
Number of hotels \| Hotels	5
Gain from remeasurement of unconsolidated entities, net	$ 20,700,000
Wholly Owned Properties [Member] \| One Hundred Percent Owned [Member]
Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Managing Member or General Partner, Ownership Interest	100.00%
Consolidated Properties [Member]
Number of hotels \| Rooms		40		40
Unconsolidated Properties [Member] \| Fifty Percent Owned [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	50.00%
One Hotel [Member] \| Non-FelCor Ownership [Member]
Former Joint Venture Partner	10.00%
One Hotel [Member] \| Consolidated Joint Venture [Member] \| Ninety Percent Owned [Member]
Number of hotels \| Hotels	1
One Hotel [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member] \| Fifty Percent Owned [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		50.00%		50.00%
Number of hotels		1		1
One Hotel [Member] \| Consolidated Properties [Member] \| Ninety Percent Owned [Member]
Controlling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent	90.00%
One Hotel [Member] \| Unconsolidated Properties [Member] \| Fifty Percent Owned [Member]
Number of hotels \| Hotels		1		1
Six Hotels [Member] \| One Hundred Percent Owned [Member]
Number of hotels \| Hotels	6
Ten Hotels [Member] \| Unconsolidated Properties [Member] \| Fifty Percent Owned [Member]
Number of hotels \| Hotels	10
Additional Paid-in Capital
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	$ 3,500,000				$ 3,508,000