Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 16,192us-gaap_ProfitLoss	$ 7,973us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	48,919	39,240
Amortization of prepaid lease	36inn_StraightLineRentExpense	36inn_StraightLineRentExpense
Loss on impairment of assets	9,247us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	8,654us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Equity-based compensation	2,843us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	1,616us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Deferred tax asset	(70)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(964)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Gain on disposal of assets	(284)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	(888)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1
Gain on derivative financial instruments		(2)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Restricted cash - operating	(3,437)	(2,882)
Trade receivables	(4,646)	(4,207)
Prepaid expenses and other	3,608	(15,694)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	6,605	13,365
Net cash provided by operating activities	79,013	46,247
Investing activities:
Acquisitions of hotel properties	(177,761)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	(388,456)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate
Acquisition of non-controlling interest in joint venture	(8,232)
Investment in hotel properties under development	(186)	(10,246)
Acquisition of land held for development		(2,800)
Improvements and additions to hotel properties	(34,929)us-gaap_PaymentsForCapitalImprovements	(33,840)us-gaap_PaymentsForCapitalImprovements
Advances under note funding obligation	(2,221)
Purchases of office furniture and equipment		(599)
Proceeds from asset dispositions, net of closing costs	11,597	33,545
Restricted cash - FF&E reserve	18,170	(19,623)
Net cash used in investing activities	(193,562)	(422,019)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of debt	216,001us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt	375,745us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt
Principal payments on debt	(70,459)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt	(321,636)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
Financing fees on debt	(734)us-gaap_PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	(2,484)us-gaap_PaymentsOfFinancingCosts
Proceeds from equity offerings, net of offering costs		389,389
Dividends paid and distributions to members	(42,187)inn_PaymentsOfDividendsAndDistributions	(33,748)inn_PaymentsOfDividendsAndDistributions
Net cash provided by financing activities	102,621	407,266
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	(11,928)	31,494
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	46,706	13,980
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	34,778	45,474
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash payments for interest	19,871us-gaap_InterestPaid	14,639us-gaap_InterestPaid
Capitalized interest	186us-gaap_InterestPaidCapitalized	246us-gaap_InterestPaidCapitalized
Cash payments for taxes, net of refunds	739us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet	683us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Mortgage debt from acquisitions of hotel properties	43,172	33,532
Common units issued for acquisition	$ 3,685

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