v2.4.0.8

Organization (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 loan hotel state room property
Sale of Stock
OP units outstanding (in units)	123,581,633
Ownership interest in OP units through a combination of direct and indirect interests (as a percent)	99.30%
Number of properties owned	149
Number of hotel rooms owned	22,281
Number of hotels planned for conversion	2
Number of states in which hotels owned by the entity are located	22
Number of mortgage loans owned	1
Ownership interest in assets (as a percent)	100.00%
Hotels
Sale of Stock
Number of hotels owned	147
Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel New York City
Sale of Stock
Ownership interest in assets (as a percent)	95.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 6

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-04.(c) Schedule IV)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6882300&loc=d3e5864-122674



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 948

-SubTopic 310

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29.3)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6589523&loc=d3e617274-123014



Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Paragraph c

-Subparagraph Schedule IV

-Article 5



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-Publisher SEC

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-Number 210

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