Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current-
Current- Federal	$ 5	$ 539	$ 1,274
Current- State	1,647	1,371	1,488
Current- Foreign	150	65	(134)
Current tax	1,802	1,975	2,628
Deferred-
Deferred- Federal		(6,132)	(535)
Deferred- State		(910)	(80)
Deferred- Foreign	143	(27)	(401)
Deferred tax	143	(7,069)	(1,016)
Income tax provision	1,945	(5,094)	1,612
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%	1.10%	1.00%
Foreign taxes (as a percent)	0.10%	0.10%	(0.30%)
Organizational structure change	0.00%	(5.80%)	0.00%
Change in valuation allowance (as a percent)	4.00%	14.40%	7.10%
Other differences, net (as a percent)	(3.90%)	(14.30%)	(6.80%)
Effective tax rate (as a percent)	1.20%	(4.20%)	1.00%
Deferred tax assets:
Tax credits	12,091	12,091
Tax loss carryforwards	123,804	115,209
Other	3,248	3,842
Deferred tax assets, gross	139,143	131,142
Valuation allowance	(138,537)	(130,346)
Deferred tax assets, net	606	796
Deferred tax liabilities:
Hotel basis difference	(9,122)	(9,142)
Deferred tax liabilities	(9,122)	(9,142)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$ (8,516)	$ (8,346)