Investment In Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
	Aug. 15, 2011 agreement	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Marriott, Hartford, CT [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Hilton, Hartford, CT [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Marriott, Mystic, CT And Courtyard, Norwich, CT [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2013 All Hotel Properties Except Hartford Marriot [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Mystic Partners, LLC [Member] Courtyard, Norwich, CT [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2013 Mystic Partners, LLC [Member] Hilton and Marriott branded hotels in CT and RI [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Inn American Hospitality at Ewing, LLC [Member	Dec. 31, 2012 Metro 29th Street Associates, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Hiren Boston, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Hiren Boston, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member]	Dec. 18, 2013 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member] property	Sep. 20, 2013 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member] property	May 08, 2012 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member] property	Feb. 23, 2012 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member] property	Aug. 15, 2011 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member] agreement property	May 08, 2012 Non-core Hotel Properties of Unconsolidated Joint Venture [Member] property	Feb. 23, 2012 Non-core Hotel Properties of Unconsolidated Joint Venture [Member] property	Aug. 15, 2011 Non-core Hotel Properties of Unconsolidated Joint Venture [Member] property
Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Impairment loss								$ 1,813
Number of Real Estate Properties						2		1							12	16	4		18			4
Investment in hotel properties		1,535,835	1,466,713					0
Percentage of interest acquired										50.00%	50.00%
Loss on conversion from equity method investment to subsidiary										1,668	224
Number of purchase and sale agreements	2																		2
Sales closed on hotel properties																		14		1	3	4
Impairment loss related to purchase and sales agreements	1,677													30,248
Business acquisition, mortgage debt assumed, principal balance													13,750
Gain (loss) on investment in Consolidated Subsidiary												2,757
Preferred units, dividend rate, percentage (in hundredths)									8.50%
Preferred Return Terms		The Mystic Partners, LLC joint venture agreement provides for an 8.5% non-cumulative preferred return based on our contributed equity interest in the venture. Cash distributions will be made from cash available for distribution, first, to us to provide an 8.5% annual non-compounded return on our unreturned capital contributions and then to our joint venture partner to provide an 8.5% annual non-compounded return of their unreturned contributions. Any remaining cash available for distribution will be distributed to us 10.5% with respect to the net cash flow from the Hartford Marriott, 7.0% with respect to the Hartford Hilton and 56.7%, with respect to the remaining two properties. Mystic Partners, LLC allocates income to us and our joint venture partner consistent with the allocation of cash distributions in accordance with the joint venture agreements.
Joint Venture cash distribution percentage				10.50%	7.00%	56.70%
Fees for asset management services as percentage of operating revenues (in hundredths)				0.25%			1.00%
Face amount of loan under performance guarantee				$ 50,000	$ 27,000