Organization and Description of Business	9 Months Ended
Organization and Description of Business	Sep. 30, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization and Description of Business	Organization and Description of Business Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (“Ashford Trust”), is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). While our portfolio currently consists of upscale hotels and upper upscale full-service hotels, our investment strategy is predominantly focused on investing in upper upscale full-service hotels in the United States that have revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) generally less than twice the U.S. national average, and in all methods including direct real estate, equity, and debt. We currently anticipate future investments will predominantly be in upper upscale hotels. We own our lodging investments and conduct our business through Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership (“Ashford Trust OP”), our operating partnership. Ashford OP General Partner LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashford Trust, serves as the sole general partner of our operating partnership. In this report, terms such as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. and all entities included in its consolidated financial statements. Our hotel properties are primarily branded under the widely recognized upscale and upper upscale brands of Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and Intercontinental Hotel Group. As of September 30, 2021, we owned interests in the following assets: •100 consolidated hotel properties, including 98 directly owned and two owned through a majority-owned investment in a consolidated entity, which represent 22,313 total rooms (or 22,286 net rooms excluding those attributable to our partner); •88 hotel condominium units at WorldQuest Resort in Orlando, Florida (“WorldQuest”); and •16.7% ownership in OpenKey with a carrying value of $2.6 million. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, we have elected to be treated as a REIT, which imposes limitations related to operating hotels. As of September 30, 2021, our 100 hotel properties were leased or owned by our wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries that are treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries for U.S. federal income tax purposes (collectively, these subsidiaries are referred to as “Ashford TRS”). Ashford TRS then engages third-party or affiliated hotel management companies to operate the hotels under management contracts. Hotel operating results related to these properties are included in the consolidated statements of operations. We are advised by Ashford Hospitality Advisors LLC (“Ashford LLC”), a subsidiary of Ashford Inc., through an advisory agreement. All of the hotel properties in our portfolio are currently asset-managed by Ashford LLC. We do not have any employees. All of the services that might be provided by employees are provided to us by Ashford LLC. We do not operate any of our hotel properties directly; instead we employ hotel management companies to operate them for us under management contracts. Remington Hotels, a subsidiary of Ashford Inc., manages 68 of our 100 hotel properties and WorldQuest. Third-party management companies manage the remaining hotel properties. Ashford Inc. also provides other products and services to us or our hotel properties through certain entities in which Ashford Inc. has an ownership interest. These products and services include, but are not limited to, project management services, debt placement and related services, audio visual services, real estate advisory services, insurance claims services, hypoallergenic premium rooms, broker-dealer and distribution services and mobile key technology. On June 28, 2021, our board of directors approved a reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding common stock at a ratio of 1-for-10. This reverse stock split converted every ten issued and outstanding shares of common stock into one share of common stock. The reverse stock split was effective as of the close of business on July 16, 2021. As a result of the reverse stock split, the number of outstanding shares of common stock was reduced from approximately 265.1 million shares to approximately 26.5 million shares on that date. Additionally, the number of outstanding common units, Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) units and Performance LTIP units was reduced from approximately 4.0 million units to approximately 402,000 units on that date. All common stock, common units, LTIP units, Performance LTIP units, performance stock units and restricted stock units as well as per share data related to these classes of equity have been revised in the accompanying consolidated financial statements to reflect this reverse stock split for all periods presented. COVID-19, Management’s Plans and Liquidity In December 2019, COVID-19 was identified in Wuhan, China, subsequently spread to other regions of the world, and has resulted in significant travel restrictions and the extended shutdown of numerous businesses throughout the United States. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. Since late February 2020, we have experienced a significant decline in occupancy and RevPAR, and we expect the significant occupancy and RevPAR declines associated with COVID-19 to continue, as we experienced significant reservation cancellations as well as a significant reduction in new reservations. The prolonged presence of the virus has resulted in health and other government authorities imposing widespread restrictions on travel and other businesses. The hotel industry and our portfolio have experienced the postponement or cancellation of a significant number of business conferences and similar events. The Company continues to have discussions with two of its lenders about potential loan modifications on its property level debt. See note 7. On January 15, 2021, the Company entered into a senior secured term loan facility with Oaktree Capital Management L.P. (“Oaktree”) comprised of (a) initial term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, (b) initial delayed draw term loans (the “Initial DDTL”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $150 million and (c) additional delayed draw term loans (the “Additional DDTL”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100 million. On October 12, 2021, the Oaktree Agreement was amended. See notes 7 and 18. When preparing financial statements for each annual and interim reporting period management has the responsibility to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that create substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. In applying the accounting guidance, the Company considers its current financial condition and liquidity sources, including current funds available, forecasted future cash flows and its unconditional obligations due over the next 12 months. As of September 30, 2021, the Company held cash and cash equivalents of $673.0 million and restricted cash of $85.0 million. The vast majority of the restricted cash comprises lender and manager held reserves. During 2020, the Company worked with its property managers and lenders in order to utilize lender and manager held reserves to fund operating shortfalls. In December 2020, the board of directors approved our dividend policy for 2021, which continued the suspension of the Company’s dividend into 2021 in light of the ongoing uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic and to protect liquidity. We cannot predict when hotel operating levels will return to normalized levels after the effects of the pandemic subside, whether our hotels will be forced to shut down operations or whether one or more possible recurrences of COVID-19 case surges could result in further reductions in business and personal travel or potentially cause state and local governments to reinstate travel restrictions. As a result of these factors arising from the impact of the pandemic, we are unable to estimate future financial performance with certainty. However, based on our completed senior secured term loan facility with Oaktree Capital Management L.P. and forbearance and other agreements with our property-level lenders, our current unrestricted and restricted cash on hand, our current cash utilization and forecast of future operating results for the next 12 months from the date of this report, and the actions we have taken to improve our liquidity, the Company has concluded that the facts and circumstances that previously gave rise to substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued have been resolved. Facts and circumstances could change in the future that are outside of management’s control, such as additional government mandates, health official orders, travel restrictions and extended business shutdowns due to COVID-19.