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Concentration (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011 Property	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2011 Hotels Property	Feb. 28, 2012 Hotels Marriott (No. 234)	Dec. 31, 2011 Hotels Marriott (No. 234)	Dec. 31, 2011 Hotels InterContinental	Jul. 25, 2011 Hotels InterContinental	Feb. 28, 2011 Hotels InterContinental	Dec. 31, 2011 Hotels Marriott (No. 1)	Dec. 31, 2011 Travel centers Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Hotels Marriott (No. 234) Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Hotels InterContinental Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Hotels Hyatt Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Hotels Carlson Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Hotels Marriott (No. 1) Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Hotels Marriott (No. 5) Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Travel centers TA (No. 1) Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Travel centers TA (No. 2) Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent Hotels Marriott (No. 234)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent Hotels InterContinental	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent Hotels Hyatt	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent Hotels Carlson	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent Hotels Marriott (No. 1)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent Hotels Marriott (No. 5)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent Travel centers TA (No. 1)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent Travel centers TA (No. 2)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment Hotels Marriott (No. 234)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment Hotels InterContinental	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment Hotels Hyatt	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment Hotels Carlson	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment Hotels Marriott (No. 1)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment Hotels Marriott (No. 5)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment Travel centers TA (No. 1)	Dec. 31, 2011 Credit Concentration Investment Travel centers TA (No. 2)
Concentration
Number of properties	473			288							185	473	71	130	22	11	53	1	145	40
Minimum Return/ Minimum Rent																					$ 567,326	$ 98,854	$ 156,220	$ 22,037	$ 12,920	$ 67,557	$ 9,495	$ 144,391	$ 55,852
Concentration risk, percentage																					100.00%	17.00%	28.00%	4.00%	2.00%	12.00%	2.00%	25.00%	10.00%	100.00%	15.00%	27.00%	5.00%	3.00%	10.00%	1.00%	28.00%	11.00%
Investment																														6,671,424	957,026	1,820,743	301,942	202,251	676,948	90,078	1,897,029	725,407
Ground rent due																												5,069
Guarantee provided to the entity, maximum						40,000							40,000		50,000	40,000
Guarantee provided to the entity, remaining amount					25,637	30,873									21,020	25,598
Number of real estate properties for which unlimited guarantee is provided																		1
Security deposits	106,422	105,859					55,820	36,872	41,887	50,540			30,873	55,820			50,540
Net operating results	60,264	85,592	75,205
Reduction to operating expenses	$ 58,771	$ 85,592	$ 75,205

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Represents the amounts generated from managed hotels net operating results that, in aggregate, were less than minimum returns due.

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Represents the minimum return payments or minimum rents due to the entity under management agreements and/or leases agreements.

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Represents the amount of guarantee of performance, by a third party, under the terms of an operating agreement.

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Represents the remaining amount of the guarantee of performance by a third party, under the terms of an operating agreement.

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Represents the number of units (items of property) under operating lease arrangements for which the amount of the guarantee of performance by a third party is unlimited.

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Represents the reduction to hotel operating expenses of the entity.

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Represents the ground rent due to the entity from the lessee.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Investments in real estate held solely for investment purposes (income production and capital appreciation).

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