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Commitments and Contingencies (Management Agreements) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) hotel	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) hotel	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Other Commitments
Number of Hotel Properties Operated under Management Agreements | hotel	125		125
Management Agreements which include Franchise Agreement, Base Management Fee as Percentage of Hotel Revenues			7.00%
Management fee expense | $	$ 10.6	$ 10.4	$ 34.2	$ 33.8
Minimum
Other Commitments
Management Agreement Term			3 years
Base Management Fee as Percentage of Hotel Revenues			3.00%
Maximum
Other Commitments
Management Agreement Term			25 years
Base Management Fee as Percentage of Hotel Revenues			3.50%

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The aggregate costs related to management of owned properties during the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2(d))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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