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Acquisition - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |  | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 09, 2017 | Mar. 31, 2018 | [1] | Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Investments in other businesses |  | $ 3,642 | $ 6,327 | $ 39,000
2017 Acquisitions |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Aggregate purchase price |  |  |  | 725,200
Cash acquired from acquisition |  |  |  | 96,300
Note payable incurred |  |  |  | 29,300
Cambridge |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Aggregate purchase price | $ 616,100 |  |  |
Cash acquired from acquisition | 94,500 |  |  |
Note payable incurred | 23,800 |  |  |
Creative Lodging Solutions |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Aggregate purchase price |  |  |  | 109,100
Cash acquired from acquisition |  |  |  | 1,800
Note payable incurred |  |  |  | 5,500
Non-compete agreements | Cambridge |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Noncompete agreements | $ 5,800 |  |  |
Non-compete agreements | Creative Lodging Solutions |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Noncompete agreements |  |  |  | $ 3,900
[1] | Reflects the impact of the Company's adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), which was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2018 and applied retrospectively to results for 2017. The adoption of Topic 230 resulted in the statement of cash flows presenting the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash. As a result, the Company will no longer present transfers between cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

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