Consolidated Statement Of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenue:
Hotel Operating Revenues		$ 470,272	$ 417,226	$ 338,064
Interest Income from Development Loans				158
Other Revenues		113	180	191
Total Revenues		470,385	417,406	338,413
Operating Expenses:
Hotel Operating Expenses		254,313	227,324	188,431
Insurance Recoveries			(4,604)	(403)
Hotel Ground Rent		3,137	2,433	985
Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes and Property Insurance		34,518	30,342	24,083
General and Administrative (including Share Based Payments of $6,523, $6,028 and $9,746 for the year ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively)		20,515	20,363	23,869
Acquisition and Terminated Transaction Costs		1,119	2,472	974
Depreciation and Amortization		74,390	69,167	55,784
Contingent Consideration Related to Acquisition of Hotel Property			2,000
Total Operating Expenses		387,992	349,497	293,723
Operating Income		82,393	67,909	44,690
Interest Income		193	805	1,784
Interest Expense		(43,557)	(43,357)	(40,935)
Other Expense		367	485	102
Gain on Disposition of Hotel Properties			7,195
Gain on Hotel Acquisitions, net			12,667	12,096
Development Loan Recovery			22,494
Loss on Debt Extinguishment		(561)	(670)	(545)
Income Before Income (Loss) from Unconsolidated Joint Venture Investments, Income Taxes and Discontinued Operations		38,101	66,558	16,988
Income (Loss) from Unconsolidated Joint Ventures		965	693	(22)
Impairment of Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Venture				(1,813)
Income (Loss) from Unconsolidated Joint Venture Investments		965	693	(1,835)
Income Before Income Taxes		39,066	67,251	15,153
Income Tax Benefit		3,141	2,685	5,600
Income from Continuing Operations		42,207	69,936	20,753
Discontinued Operations (Note 11):
(Loss) Gain on Disposition of Discontinued Assets			(128)	32,121
Impairment of Discontinued Assets			(1,800)	(10,314)
Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Income Taxes			263	7,388
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations			(1,665)	29,195
Net Income		42,207	68,271	49,948
Income Allocated to Noncontrolling Interests		(411)	(1,016)	(335)
Preferred Distributions		(14,356)	$ (14,356)	(14,611)
Extinguishment of Issuance Costs Upon Redemption of Series A Preferred Shares				(2,250)
Net Income Applicable to Common Shareholders		$ 27,440	$ 52,899	$ 32,752
BASIC
Income from Continuing Operations Applicable to Common Shareholders		$ 0.56	$ 1.08	$ 0.07
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations Applicable to Common Shareholders		0.00	(0.03)	0.57
Net Income Applicable to Common Shareholders		0.56	1.05	0.64
DILUTED
Income from Continuing Operations Applicable to Common Shareholders		0.56	1.07	0.07
(Loss) Income from Discontinued Operations Applicable to Common Shareholders		0.00	(0.03)	0.56
Net Income Applicable to Common Shareholders		$ 0.56	$ 1.04	$ 0.63
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding:
Basic		47,786,811	49,777,302	49,597,613
Diluted	[1]	48,369,658	50,307,506	50,479,545

[1] Income (loss) allocated to noncontrolling interest in Hersha Hospitality Limited Partnership (the "Operating Partnership" or "HHLP") has been excluded from the numerator and common units of limited partnership interest ("Common Units") in the Operating Partnership have been omitted from the denominator for the purpose of computing diluted earnings per share since the effect of including these shares and units 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.