Aggregate number of rooms in hotels.

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- Definition

Indirect ownership in the leased hotels.

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The initial term of each of the Taxable Real Estate Investment Trust Subsidiaries leases.

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- Definition

Number Of Hotels Acquired

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- Definition

Number of hotels in ownership by company.

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The number of hotels that are managed by a related party.

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Number of States In Which Hotels Are Owned

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The ownership percentage in related party by the company's chairman.

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Organization - Additional Information (Details)	12 Months Ended
Organization - Additional Information (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 Hotel Room state	Dec. 30, 2015 Hotel Room	Nov. 17, 2014	Jun. 09, 2014	Jun. 08, 2014	Apr. 17, 2013 Room
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of common units of limited partnership owned (as a percentage)	100.00%
Number of hotels in ownership by Company	40
Aggregate number of rooms in hotels \| Room	6,018
Number of states in which hotels are owned \| state	15
Initial term of each TRS lease	5 years
Island Hospitality Management Inc.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by related party	40
Ownership percentage in related party owned by the company's chairman	51.00%
NewINK Joint Venture
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of hotels in ownership by Company	47	47
Indirect ownership in the leased, hotels	10.30%	10.30%		10.30%
Innkeepers Joint Venture
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate number of rooms in hotels \| Room	6,097
Innkeepers Joint Venture \| Cerberus Capital Management
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Indirect ownership in the leased, hotels					10.30%
Number of hotels managed by related party	47
Inland Joint Venture
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of hotels in ownership by Company	48
Aggregate number of rooms in hotels \| Room	6,401
Indirect ownership in the leased, hotels	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Number of hotels acquired	48	48
Inland Joint Venture \| Island Hospitality Management Inc.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by related party	34
Inland Joint Venture \| Marriott International, Inc.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed by related party	14
Torrance Joint Venture \| Cerberus Capital Management
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate number of rooms in hotels \| Room		248				248
Indirect ownership in the leased, hotels		5.00%				5.00%