Taxes, Insurance and Lease Expense

Taxes, insurance and lease expense were comprised of the following (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Hotel lease expense^(a)	$	1,430	$	1,359	$	2,245	$	2,161
Land lease expense^(b)	3,685		3,757		7,089		7,019
Real estate and other taxes	8,532		7,784		16,447		15,359
Property insurance, general liability insurance and other	1,807		1,964		3,575		3,907
Total taxes, insurance and lease expense	$	15,454	$	14,864	$	29,356	$	28,446

(a)

We record hotel lease expense for the consolidated operating lessees of hotels owned by unconsolidated entities and partially offset this expense through noncontrolling interests in other partnerships (generally 49%). We record our 50% share of the corresponding lease income through equity in income (loss) from unconsolidated entities. We include in hotel lease expense percentage rent of $615,000 and $557,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.


(b)	We include in land lease expense percentage rent of $1.6 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $2.9 million and $2.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.