CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 2,294,536	$ 2,171,935	$ 2,047,211
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	1,392,355	1,279,547	1,202,538
Depreciation and amortization	403,077	386,659	357,342
General and administrative	104,862	125,402	99,105
Acquisition related costs	0	0	1,367
Total expenses	1,900,294	1,791,608	1,660,352
Gain on sale of real estate	0	9,348	0
Dividend income	2,754	2,504	2,001
Unrealized losses on equity securities	(16,737)	0	0
Interest income	1,528	798	274
Interest expense (including amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts and premiums of $10,177, $8,871 and $8,151, respectively)	(195,213)	(181,579)	(161,913)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(160)	(146)	(228)
Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of an investee	186,414	211,252	226,993
Income tax benefit (expense)	(1,195)	3,284	(4,020)
Equity in earnings of an investee	515	607	137
Net income	185,734	215,143	223,110
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain on investment in available for sale securities	0	39,315	54,954
Equity interest in investee’s unrealized gains (losses)	(68)	460	152
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(68)	39,775	55,106
Comprehensive income	185,666	254,918	278,216
Preferred distributions	0	(1,435)	(20,664)
Excess of liquidation preference over carrying value of preferred shares redeemed	0	(9,893)	0
Net income available for common shareholders	$ 185,734	$ 203,815	$ 202,446
Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic) (in shares)	164,229	164,146	156,062
Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted) (in shares)	164,258	164,175	156,088
Net income available for common shareholders per common share: Basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.13	$ 1.24	$ 1.30
Hotel operating revenues
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 1,960,958	$ 1,843,501	$ 1,733,103
Rental income
Revenues:
Total revenues	328,446	323,764	309,600
FF&E reserve income
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 5,132	$ 4,670	$ 4,508