Subsequent events (Details) (USD $)				1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Brazilian Hotels and La Residencia	Feb. 28, 2014 Brazilian hotels Subsequent event	Feb. 28, 2014 La Residencia Subsequent event	Feb. 28, 2014 LIBOR Brazilian hotels Subsequent event	Feb. 28, 2014 EURIBOR La Residencia Subsequent event
Subsequent events
Amount of debt, maturity of which has been extended				$ 106,000,000	$ 22,080,000
Maturity date				Feb. 01, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015
Variable interest rate basis						LIBOR	EURIBOR
Basis spread on variable interest rate						3.15%	2.75%
Amount of loans reclassified in the current portion of long-term debt	71,011,000	90,115,000	4,600,000
Amount of loans classified in the non-current portion of long-term debt	$ 472,570,000	$ 431,445,000	$ 123,480,000