CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 603,153	$ 577,588	$ 1,743,737	$ 1,636,793
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	366,994	343,274	1,056,057	965,546
Depreciation and amortization	101,007	98,205	300,308	286,811
General and administrative	13,425	13,404	38,280	76,097
Total expenses	481,426	454,883	1,394,645	1,328,454
Gain on sale of real estate	0	9,348	0	9,348
Dividend income	626	626	1,878	1,878
Unrealized gains on equity securities	43,453	0	89,348	0
Interest income	478	211	1,093	590
Interest expense (including amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts and premiums of $2,570, $2,194, $7,607 and $6,541, respectively)	(49,308)	(46,574)	(145,589)	(135,329)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0	0	(160)	0
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of an investee	116,976	86,316	295,662	184,826
Income tax expense	(707)	(619)	(1,949)	(1,761)
Equity in earnings of an investee	830	31	881	533
Net income (loss)	117,099	85,728	294,594	183,598
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gain on investment securities	0	7,273	0	19,923
Equity interest in investee’s unrealized gains	173	116	90	295
Other comprehensive income	173	7,389	90	20,218
Comprehensive income	117,272	93,117	294,684	203,816
Net income	117,099	85,728	294,594	183,598
Preferred distributions	0	0	0	(1,435)
Excess of liquidation preference over carrying value of preferred shares redeemed	0	0	0	(9,893)
Net income available for common shareholders	$ 117,099	$ 85,728	$ 294,594	$ 172,270
Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic) (in shares)	164,232	164,149	164,212	164,131
Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted) (in shares)	164,274	164,188	164,242	164,168
Net income available for common shareholders per common share (basic and diluted) (in dollars per share)	$ 0.71	$ 0.52	$ 1.79	$ 1.05
Hotel operating revenues
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 521,250	$ 495,550	$ 1,496,125	$ 1,392,995
Rental income
Revenues:
Total revenues	80,690	80,896	243,701	240,274
FF&E reserve income
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 1,213	$ 1,142	$ 3,911	$ 3,524