Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current-
Current- Federal	$ 1,274	$ 180
Current- State	1,488	1,383	928
Current- Foreign	(134)	144	(106)
Current tax	2,628	1,707	822
Deferred-
Deferred- Federal	(535)
Deferred- State	(80)
Deferred- Foreign	(401)	(205)	(184)
Deferred tax	(1,016)	(205)	(184)
Income tax provision	1,612	1,502	638
Reconciliation of effective tax rate and the U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate
Taxes at statutory U.S. federal income tax rate (as a percent)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Nontaxable income of HPT (as a percent)	(35.00%)	(35.00%)	(35.00%)
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit (as a percent)	1.00%	4.30%	0.20%
Alternative minimum Tax (as a percent)	0.00%	0.10%	0.00%
Foreign taxes (as a percent)	(0.30%)	(0.30%)	(0.20%)
Change in valuation allowance (as a percent)	7.10%	(3.10%)	6.10%
Other differences, net (as a percent)	(6.80%)	(0.30%)	(5.70%)
Effective tax rate (as a percent)	1.00%	0.70%	0.40%
Deferred tax assets:
Tax credits	12,091	12,014
Tax loss carryforwards	96,505	77,104
Other	7,550	11,473
Deferred tax assets, gross	116,146	100,591
Valuation allowance	(112,286)	(100,180)
Deferred tax assets, net	3,860	411
Deferred tax liabilities:
Hotel basis difference	(19,276)	(9,185)
Deferred tax liabilities	(19,276)	(9,185)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$ (15,416)	$ (8,774)