Income (loss) Per Share/Unit (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) peer increment $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to reporting entity	$ (4,156,000)	$ (8,208,000)	$ (3,284,000)	$ 6,783,000	$ 10,245,000	$ 72,391,000	$ 24,281,000	$ (14,818,000)	$ (8,865,000)	$ 92,099,000	$ (61,504,000)
Discontinued operations attributable to reporting entity									(674,000)	359,000	(16,963,000)
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to reporting entity									(9,539,000)	92,458,000	(78,467,000)
Less: Preferred dividends/distributions									(30,138,000)	(38,712,000)	(38,713,000)
Redemption of preferred stock									(6,096,000)	0	0
Less: Dividends/distributions declared on unvested restricted stock									(56,000)	(8,000)	0
Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to unvested restricted stock									0	(20,000)	0
Numerator for continuing operations attributable to reporting entity common stockholders									(45,829,000)	53,718,000	(117,180,000)
Numerator for basic and diluted income (loss) attributable to reporting entity common stockholders									$ (45,155,000)	$ 53,359,000	$ (100,217,000)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic income (loss) per share (in shares) | shares	142,823	142,982	140,322	124,519	124,188	124,168	124,169	124,146	137,730	124,158	123,818
Denominator for diluted income (loss) per share (in shares) | shares	142,823	142,982	140,322	124,519	125,146	125,526	125,386	124,146	137,730	124,892	123,818
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share data:
Income (loss) from continuing operations (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ (0.07)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.12)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.01	$ 0.50	$ 0.12	$ (0.20)	$ (0.33)	$ 0.43	$ (0.95)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14
Net income (loss) (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ (0.07)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.12)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.00	$ 0.50	$ 0.12	$ (0.20)	$ (0.33)	$ 0.43	$ (0.81)
FelCor Lodging LP [Member]
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to reporting entity	$ (4,200,000)	$ (8,269,000)	$ (3,359,000)	$ 6,769,000	$ 10,247,000	$ 72,576,000	$ 24,352,000	$ (14,939,000)	$ (9,059,000)	$ 92,236,000	$ (62,001,000)
Discontinued operations attributable to reporting entity									(677,000)	360,000	(17,047,000)
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to reporting entity									(9,736,000)	92,596,000	(79,048,000)
Less: Preferred dividends/distributions									(30,138,000)	(38,712,000)	(38,713,000)
Redemption of preferred stock									(6,096,000)	0	0
Less: Dividends/distributions declared on unvested restricted stock									(56,000)	(8,000)	0
Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to unvested restricted stock									0	(20,000)	0
Numerator for continuing operations attributable to reporting entity common stockholders									(46,026,000)	53,856,000	(117,761,000)
Numerator for basic and diluted income (loss) attributable to reporting entity common stockholders									$ (45,349,000)	$ 53,496,000	$ (100,714,000)
Denominator:
Denominator for basic income (loss) per share (in shares) | shares	143,434	143,594	140,933	125,130	124,799	124,781	124,783	124,764	138,341	124,772	124,437
Denominator for diluted income (loss) per share (in shares) | shares	143,434	143,594	140,933	125,130	125,764	126,164	126,000	124,764	138,341	125,511	124,437
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share data:
Income (loss) from continuing operations (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ (0.07)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.12)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.01	$ 0.50	$ 0.12	$ (0.20)	$ (0.33)	$ 0.43	$ (0.95)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14
Net income (loss) (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ (0.07)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.12)	$ (0.02)	$ 0.00	$ 0.50	$ 0.12	$ (0.20)	$ (0.33)	$ 0.43	$ (0.81)
Antidilutive Securities [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Series A Convertible Preferred Shares/Units | shares									9,984	9,984	9,985
Series A Preferred Shares / Units [Member]
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share data:
Dividends excluded from computation of earnings per share/unit									$ 25,100,000	$ 25,100,000	$ 25,100,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Number of Vesting Increments | increment									3
Vesting Period									4 years
Number of Lodging REIT Peers | peer									10
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Antidilutive Securities [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Units/Treasury Stock Method | shares									488	0	547