Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Segment Information
Number of reportable segments | segment					2
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	$ 117,356		$ 541,215		$ 500,859	$ 996,078
Rental income	97,584		68,217		197,656	136,890
FF&E reserve income	0		1,130		201	2,502
Total revenues	214,940		610,562		698,716	1,135,470
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	46,957		380,431		318,105	698,116
Other operating expenses	3,565		1,272		7,324	2,712
Depreciation and amortization	127,427		99,196		255,353	198,561
General and administrative	11,302		12,207		25,326	24,442
Loss on asset impairment	28,514		0		45,254	0
Total expenses	217,765		493,106		651,362	923,831
Loss on sale of real estate	(2,853)		0		(9,764)	159,535
Dividend income	0		876		0	1,752
Gain on insurance settlement	62,386		0		62,386	0
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net	3,848		(60,788)		(1,197)	(39,811)
Interest income	15		449		277	1,086
Interest expense	(72,072)		(49,601)		(143,147)	(99,367)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(6,970)		0		(6,970)	0
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of an investee	(18,471)		8,392		(51,061)	234,834
Income tax (expense) benefit	(16,660)		260		(17,002)	(799)
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	(2,218)		130		(2,936)	534
Net income (loss)	(37,349)	$ (33,650)	8,782	$ 225,787	(70,999)	234,569
Total assets	8,879,545				8,879,545		$ 9,033,967
Corporate
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	0		0		0	0
Rental income	0		0		0	0
FF&E reserve income	0		0		0	0
Total revenues	0		0		0	0
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses			0		0	0
Other operating expenses			0		0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0		0		0	0
General and administrative	11,302		12,207		25,326	24,442
Loss on asset impairment	0				0
Total expenses	11,302		12,207		25,326	24,442
Loss on sale of real estate	0				0	0
Dividend income			876			1,752
Gain on insurance settlement	0				0
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net	3,848		(60,788)		(1,197)	(39,811)
Interest income	0		233		115	659
Interest expense	(72,072)		(49,601)		(143,147)	(99,367)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(6,970)				(6,970)
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of an investee	(86,496)		(121,487)		(176,525)	(161,209)
Income tax (expense) benefit	(16,660)		260		(17,002)	(799)
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	0		130		0	534
Net income (loss)	(103,156)		(121,097)		(193,527)	(161,474)
Total assets	37,128				37,128		124,587
Hotels | Operating segments
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	117,356		541,215		500,859	996,078
Rental income	1,992		5,074		2,372	10,148
FF&E reserve income	0		1,130		201	2,502
Total revenues	119,348		547,419		503,432	1,008,728
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	46,957		380,431		318,105	698,116
Other operating expenses	0		0		0	0
Depreciation and amortization	67,898		66,900		135,438	133,365
General and administrative			0		0	0
Loss on asset impairment	22,361				22,361
Total expenses	137,216		447,331		475,904	831,481
Loss on sale of real estate	0				0	0
Dividend income			0			0
Gain on insurance settlement	62,386				62,386
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net	0		0		0	0
Interest income	15		216		162	427
Interest expense			0		0	0
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0				0
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of an investee	44,533		100,304		90,076	177,674
Income tax (expense) benefit	0		0		0	0
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	(2,218)		0		(2,936)	0
Net income (loss)	42,315		100,304		87,140	177,674
Total assets	4,972,731				4,972,731		4,866,549
Net Lease | Operating segments
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	0		0		0	0
Rental income	95,592		63,143		195,284	126,742
FF&E reserve income	0		0		0	0
Total revenues	95,592		63,143		195,284	126,742
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses			0		0	0
Other operating expenses	3,565		1,272		7,324	2,712
Depreciation and amortization	59,529		32,296		119,915	65,196
General and administrative	0		0		0
Loss on asset impairment	6,153				22,893
Total expenses	69,247		33,568		150,132	67,908
Loss on sale of real estate	(2,853)				(9,764)	159,535
Dividend income			0			0
Gain on insurance settlement	0				0
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net	0		0		0	0
Interest income	0		0		0	0
Interest expense	0		0		0	0
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0				0
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of an investee	23,492		29,575		35,388	218,369
Income tax (expense) benefit	0		0		0	0
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	0		0		0	0
Net income (loss)	23,492		$ 29,575		35,388	$ 218,369
Total assets	$ 3,869,686				$ 3,869,686		$ 4,042,831