Hotel Management Agreements and Leases (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 agreement property	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011 Y agreement property	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Nov. 07, 2011 Hotels Marriott Contracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4	Jun. 30, 2011 Hotels Marriott Contracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels Marriott Contracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels Marriott Contracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4 agreement hotel Y	Jun. 14, 2011 Hotels Marriott Contracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4 agreement property	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels Marriott Contracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Marriott Contract No. 4 entity	Nov. 07, 2011 Hotels Marriott Contracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Marriott Contract No. 4	Jun. 14, 2011 Hotels Marriott Contracts Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Marriott Contract No. 4 agreement	Nov. 07, 2011 Hotels InterContinental Contracts Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4	Jul. 31, 2011 Hotels InterContinental Contracts Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 hotel agreement Y	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels InterContinental Contracts Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels InterContinental Contracts Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4	Jul. 25, 2011 Hotels InterContinental Contracts Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 property agreement	Jun. 30, 2011 Hotels InterContinental Contracts Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels Hyatt Hotels Corporation property	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels Carlson Hotels Worldwide property	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels Marriott No 5 contract property	Sep. 30, 2011 Hotels Marriott No 1 contract Y entity	Nov. 30, 2010 Hotels Marriott No 1 contract property
Hotel Management Agreements and Leases
Number of management agreements or leases	8		8							3			1					4
Number of real estate properties leased or managed										71								130		22	11			53
Minimum annual returns and rents payable to the entity							$ 98,404								$ 153,129
Number of consecutive renewal terms that the entity has the option to renew the agreement									2						2
Renewal period (in years)									10						15								12
Number of agreements with minimum rent and return									2
Original security deposits								64,700	64,700										27,557
Security deposits	115,036		115,036		105,859			247	247					62,339		64,203	64,203						50,540
Security deposit adjusted against minimum rent deficit																	9,669
Percentage of cash flows to replenish original security deposit amount (as a percent)									70.00%
Percentage of cash flows paid toward agreed amounts for management fees (as a percent)									30.00%
Minimum percentage of gross revenues from hotel operations to be escrowed as FF&E reserves (as a percent)									5.00%
Maximum percentage of gross revenues from hotel operations to be escrowed as FF&E reserves (as a percent)									6.00%						5.00%
Fund for renovation of hotels									102,000						300,000
Time period for funding for general refurbishment of hotels (in years)									2
Percentage increase in minimum returns after funding for renovation of hotels (as a percent)									9.00%						8.00%
Number of hotels offered for sale or to be rebranded									21						42
Decrease in minimum returns as percentage of sales proceeds (as a percent)									9.00%						8.00%
Number of TRSs to whom property will be leased											1												1
Amount by which the cash flow available to pay entity's minimum rent or return was more (less) than the minimum amount						(2,556)		2,784	18,145					1,863		355	9,669
Deficiencies in minimum annual rent payments	6,653	18,573	37,875	59,322					4,081
Cash received to supplement security deposit									1,554								37,000
Maximum increase in security deposit from cash flows realized															100,000
Percentage of cash flows realized to increase security deposit (as a percent)															50.00%
Proceeds from sale of hotel															6,905
Number of hotels sold															1
Percentage of minimum returns due through 2017 for which limited guarantee has been provided (as a percent)											90.00%
Guarantee provided to the entity, maximum											0	40,000								50,000	40,000
Guarantee provided to the entity, remaining amount																				$ 23,155	$ 27,873
Number of real estate properties for which guarantee provided is unlimited																						1