Discontinued Operations (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2011 property	Sep. 17, 2013 Holiday Inn Express Camp Springs, MD [Member]	Jun. 12, 2013 Comfort Inn Harrisburg, PA [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member] property	Mar. 31, 2014 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member]	Dec. 20, 2013 Non-core Hotel Properties [Member] property	Sep. 20, 2013 Non-core Hotel Properties II [Member] property	Mar. 31, 2014 Held-for-sale, But Not Qualified As Discontinued Asset [Member] property
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract]
Number of Real Estate Properties		4							16	1
Disposal of portfolio, aggregate purchase price									$ 217,000
Number of hotel properties sold					4			12
Net proceeds from sale of hotel property			8,500	3,700
Reduction in mortgage debt resulting from sale of hotel properties sold						78,754
Gain on sale of hotel properties			120	442	138	31,697
Impairment of Discontinued Assets	$ 1,800		$ 3,723			$ 8,391	$ 8,391