Indebtedness (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) hotel extension	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Indebtedness, gross	$ 838,089	$ 840,232
Deferred loan costs, net	(3,979)	(4,640)
Indebtedness, net	$ 834,110	835,592
Mortgages [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Indebtedness, gross		$ 152,000
LIBOR rate	0.437%	0.43%
Mortgages [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	1
Indebtedness, gross	$ 80,000	$ 80,000
Number of extension options \| extension	3
Term of extension options	1 year
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 1 [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.30%
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage loan 2 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	1
Indebtedness, gross	$ 70,000	70,000
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage loan 2 [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.25%
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage loan 3 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	1
Interest rate	5.91%
Indebtedness, gross	$ 33,256	33,381
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage loan 4 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	2
Interest rate	5.95%
Indebtedness, gross	$ 121,918	122,374
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 5 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	3
Interest rate	5.95%
Indebtedness, gross	$ 248,092	249,020
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 6 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	1
Indebtedness, gross	$ 40,000	40,000
Number of extension options \| extension	3
Term of extension options	1 year
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 6 [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.95%
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 7 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	1
Indebtedness, gross	$ 42,000	42,000
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 7 [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	4.95%
Mortgages [Member] \| TIF Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	1
Interest rate	12.85%
Indebtedness, gross	$ 8,098	8,098
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 8 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	2
Indebtedness, gross	$ 194,725	195,359
Number of extension options \| extension	2
Term of extension options	1 year
Mortgages [Member] \| Mortgage Loan 8 [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.65%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels) \| hotel	0
Indebtedness, gross	$ 0	$ 0
Borrowing capacity	150,000
Further possible expansion	$ 300,000
Number of extension options \| extension	2
Term of extension options	1 year
Extension fee	0.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	3.75%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.75%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 15,000

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