Investment In Hotel Properties (Condensed Pro Forma Financial Data) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013
Investment In Hotel Properties [Abstract]
Pro Forma Total Revenues	$ 113,326		$ 101,589		$ 199,126		$ 180,195
Pro Forma Income from Continuing Operations	59,429		19,566		56,354		15,436
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations			12		(1,415)		(1,103)
Pro Forma Net Income	59,429		19,578		54,939		14,333
(Loss) Income Allocated to Noncontrolling Interest	(1,683)		(260)		(1,244)		328
Preferred Distributions	(3,589)		(3,589)		(7,178)		(7,433)
Extinguishment of Issuance Costs Upon Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock							(2,250)
Pro Forma Net Income Applicable to Common Shareholders	$ 54,157		$ 15,729		$ 46,517		$ 4,978
Pro Forma Income Applicable to Common Shareholders per Common Share: Basic	$ 0.27		$ 0.08		$ 0.23		$ 0.03
Pro Forma Income Applicable to Common Shareholders per Common Share: Diluted	$ 0.27		$ 0.08		$ 0.23		$ 0.02
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: Basic	198,494,473		198,633,051		199,612,898		197,835,465
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding: Diluted	200,213,554	[1]	201,201,337	[1]	201,015,581	[1]	201,083,900	[1]

[1] Income (loss) allocated to noncontrolling interest in HHLP has been excluded from the numerator and units of limited partnership interest in HHLP have been omitted from the denominator for the purpose of computing diluted earnings per share since the effect of including these amounts in the numerator and denominator would have no impact.  In addition, potentially dilutive common shares, if any, have been excluded from the denominator if they are anti-dilutive to income (loss) from continuing operations applicable to common shareholders.