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Number of Rooms Sold

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The difference between the carrying value and the sale price of real estate or properties that were intended to be sold or held for capital appreciation or rental income. This element refers to the gain (loss) included in earnings and not to the cash proceeds of the sale. This element is a noncash adjustment to net income when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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The cash inflow from the sale of formerly productive land held for sale, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it, and so forth.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
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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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Real Estate Properties - Dispositions (Details) $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 22, 2017 USD ($) room	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($) room	Aug. 01, 2017 USD ($) room	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) hotel	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gain on sale of real estate				$ 9,348	$ 0	$ 9,348	$ 0
Chandler, AZ \| Hotel
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of rooms sold \| room			159
Proceeds from sale of property held-for-sale			$ 9,085
Gain on sale of real estate				4,336
Naperville, IL \| Hotel
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of rooms sold \| room		143
Proceeds from sale of property held-for-sale		$ 6,313
Gain on sale of real estate				$ 2,303
Carlson \| Chandler, AZ, Bloomington, MN, and Naperville, IL \| Hotel
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| hotel				3
Carlson \| Bloomington, MN \| Hotel
Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of rooms sold \| room	209
Proceeds from sale of property held-for-sale	$ 8,030
Gain on sale of real estate				$ 2,709