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Related Person Transactions	3 Months Ended
Related Person Transactions	Mar. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Person Transactions	Related Person Transactions We have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with TA, Sonesta, RMR LLC, The RMR Group Inc., or RMR Inc., AIC and others related to them, including other companies to which RMR LLC provides management services and which have trustees, directors and officers who are also our Trustees or officers. TA. TA is our largest tenant and property operator, leasing 36% of our gross carrying value of real estate properties as of March 31, 2017. We lease all of our travel centers to TA under the TA leases. We are also TA’s largest shareholder; as of March 31, 2017, we owned 3,420,000 common shares of TA, representing approximately 8.7% of TA’s outstanding common shares. RMR LLC provides management services to both us and TA. See Notes 7 and 8 for further information regarding our relationships, agreements and transactions with TA and Note 13 for further information regarding our investment in TA. Sonesta. Sonesta is a private company owned by our Managing Trustees. As of March 31, 2017, Sonesta managed 34 of our hotels pursuant to management and pooling agreements. See Notes 7 and 8 for further information regarding our relationships, agreements and transactions with Sonesta. Our Manager, RMR LLC. See Note 9 for further information regarding our management agreements with RMR LLC. RMR Inc. RMR LLC is a subsidiary of RMR Inc. and RMR Inc. is the managing member of RMR LLC. The controlling shareholder of RMR Inc., ABP Trust, is owned by our Managing Trustees. As of March 31, 2017, we hold 2,503,777 shares of class A common stock of RMR Inc. See Note 13 for further information regarding our investment in RMR Inc. AIC. We, ABP Trust, TA and four other companies to which RMR LLC provides management services currently own AIC, an Indiana insurance company, in equal amounts. We and the other AIC shareholders participate in a combined property insurance program arranged and reinsured in part by AIC. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our investment in AIC had a carrying value of $7,373 and $7,123, respectively. These amounts are included in other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We recognized income related to our investment in AIC, which amounts are presented as equity in earnings of an investee in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Our other comprehensive income includes our proportionate part of unrealized gains on securities which are owned by AIC related to our investment in AIC. For further information about these and other such relationships and certain other related person transactions, please refer to our 2016 Annual Report.