Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Segment Information
Number of reportable segments | segment	2
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	$ 1,104,678	$ 875,098	$ 1,989,173
Rental income	390,902	390,156	326,975
Total revenues	1,495,580	1,265,254	2,316,148
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	1,010,737	682,804	1,410,927
Other operating expenses	15,658	15,208	8,357
Depreciation and amortization	485,965	498,908	428,448
General and administrative	53,439	50,668	54,639
Transaction related costs	64,764	15,100	1,795
Loss on asset impairment	78,620	55,756	39,296
Total expenses	1,709,183	1,318,444	1,943,462
Gain on sale of real estate, net	11,522	2,261	159,535
Dividend income	0	0	1,752
Gain on insurance settlement	0	62,386	0
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net	22,535	19,882	(40,461)
Interest income	664	284	2,215
Interest expense	(365,721)	(306,490)	(225,126)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0	(9,394)	(8,451)
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	(544,603)	(284,261)	262,150
Income tax benefit (expense)	941	(17,211)	(2,793)
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	(941)	(9,910)	393
Net income	(544,603)	(311,382)	259,750
Total assets	9,153,315	8,687,319	9,033,967
Corporate
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	0	0	0
Rental income	0	0	0
Total revenues	0	0	0
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	0	0	0
Other operating expenses		0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0
General and administrative	53,439	50,668	54,639
Transaction related costs	0	0	1,795
Loss on asset impairment	0	0	0
Total expenses	53,439	50,668	56,434
Gain on sale of real estate, net	0	0	0
Dividend income			1,752
Gain on insurance settlement		0
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net	22,535	19,882	(40,461)
Interest income	663	278	1,420
Interest expense	(365,721)	(306,490)	(225,126)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt		(9,394)	(8,451)
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	(395,962)	(346,392)	(327,300)
Income tax benefit (expense)	941	(17,211)	(2,793)
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	(941)	(9,910)	393
Net income	(395,962)	(373,513)	(329,700)
Total assets	1,086,119	119,491	124,587
Hotels | Operating segments
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	1,104,678	875,098	1,989,173
Rental income	1,808	2,472	25,724
Total revenues	1,106,486	877,570	2,014,897
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	1,010,737	682,804	1,410,927
Other operating expenses	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	266,641	263,673	268,088
General and administrative	0	0	0
Transaction related costs	64,764	15,100	0
Loss on asset impairment	60,980	17,131	28,371
Total expenses	1,403,122	978,708	1,707,386
Gain on sale of real estate, net	9,558	14,927	0
Dividend income			0
Gain on insurance settlement		62,386
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net	0	0	0
Interest income	1	6	795
Interest expense	0	0	0
Loss on early extinguishment of debt		0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	(287,077)	(23,819)	308,306
Income tax benefit (expense)	0	0	0
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	0	0	0
Net income	(287,077)	(23,819)	308,306
Total assets	4,487,101	4,846,410	4,866,549
Net Lease | Operating segments
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	0	0	0
Rental income	389,094	387,684	301,251
Total revenues	389,094	387,684	301,251
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	0	0	0
Other operating expenses	15,658	15,208	8,357
Depreciation and amortization	219,324	235,235	160,360
General and administrative	0	0	0
Transaction related costs	0	0	0
Loss on asset impairment	17,640	38,625	10,925
Total expenses	252,622	289,068	179,642
Gain on sale of real estate, net	1,964	(12,666)	159,535
Dividend income			0
Gain on insurance settlement		0
Unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0
Interest expense	0	0	0
Loss on early extinguishment of debt		0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	138,436	85,950	281,144
Income tax benefit (expense)	0	0	0
Equity in earnings (losses) of an investee	0	0	0
Net income	138,436	85,950	281,144
Total assets	$ 3,580,095	$ 3,721,418	$ 4,042,831