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Sale of Hotel Properties - Properties Disposed (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) room	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) room increment hotel	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) room
Sale of Hotel Properties
Gain (loss) on sale of hotel properties, net | $	$ 2,703,000	$ (9,300,000)	$ 30,941,000
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net | $	5,169,000	685,870,000	475,063,000
Sale of hotel properties | $	$ 4,883,000	$ 705,681,000	$ 530,850,000
Residence Inn Houston Sugarland [Member]
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	78
Disposals 2020 [Domain]
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms	78
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net | $	$ 4,900,000
Courtyard Boulder Longmont
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		78
Courtyard Salt Lake City Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		154
Courtyard Fort Lauderdale SW Miramar
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		128
Courtyard Austin Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		150
Fairfield Inn & Suites San Antonio Downtown Market
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		110
Hampton Inn & Suites Clearwater St. Petersburg
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		128
Hampton Inn Fort Walton Beach
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		100
Hampton Inn & Suites Denver Tech Center
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		123
Hampton Inn West Palm Beach Airport Central
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		105
Hilton Garden Inn Bloomington
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		168
Hilton Garden Inn West Palm Beach Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		100
Hilton Garden Inn Durham Raleigh Research Triangle Park
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		177
Residence Inn Longmont Boulder
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		84
Residence Inn Detroit Novi
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		107
Residence Inn Chicago Oak Brook
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		156
Residence Inn Fort Lauderdale Plantation
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		138
Residence Inn Salt Lake City Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		104
Residence Inn San Antonio Downtown Market Square
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		95
Residence Inn Fort Lauderdale SW Miramar
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		130
Residence Inn Silver Spring
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		130
SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		90
Embassy Suites Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		255
Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		385
Courtyard Austin Northwest Arboretum
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		102
Courtyard Denver West Golden
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		110
Courtyard Boulder Louisville
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		154
Courtyard Louisville Northeast
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		114
Courtyard South Bend Mishawaka
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		78
Hampton Inn Houston Galleria
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		176
Hyatt House Houston Galleria
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		147
Hyatt House Austin Arboretum
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		131
Hyatt House Dallas Lincoln Park
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		155
Hyatt House Dallas Uptown
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		141
Residence Inn Austin Northwest Arboretum
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		84
Residence Inn Austin North Parmer Lane
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		88
Residence Inn Denver West Golden
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		88
Residence Inn Boulder Louisville
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		88
Residence Inn Louisville Northeast
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		102
SpringHill Suites Austin North Parmer Lane
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		132
SpringHill Suites Louisville Hurstbourne North
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		142
SpringHill Suites South Bend Mishawaka
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		87
Residence Inn Columbia
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		108
Courtyard Austin South
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		110
Fairfield Inn & Suites Austin South Airport
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		63
Marriott Austin South
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		211
Residence Inn Austin South
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		66
SpringHill Suites Austin South
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms		152
Disposals 2019
Sale of Hotel Properties
Number of properties disposed | hotel		47
Rooms		6,024
Disposal group, number of transactions | increment		5
Proceeds from the sale of hotel properties, net | $		$ 721,000,000.0
Embassy Suites Boston Marlborough
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			229
Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			364
Embassy Suites Napa Valley
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			205
DoubleTree Hotel Columbia
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			152
The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			362
DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington Vermont
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			309
Holiday Inn San Francisco - Fisherman's Wharf
Sale of Hotel Properties
Rooms			585
Disposals 2018
Sale of Hotel Properties
Number of properties disposed | $			7
Rooms		2,206
Sale of hotel properties | $			$ 530,900,000

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