Organization and Description of Business (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014 Room	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Subsidiaries [Member] hotel Room	Sep. 30, 2014 PIM Highland JV [Member] hotel Room	Mar. 10, 2011 PIM Highland JV [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Ashford Prime OP [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 World Quest Resort [Member] Condominium	Sep. 30, 2014 Wholly Owned Properties [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Majority Owned Properties [Member] hotel
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of hotel properties owned			88					86	2
Total number of rooms owned through majority investments in joint ventures	17,291
Number of rooms owned through majority investments in joint ventures, net	17,264
Number of hotel properties held by majority owned joint venture				28	28	10
Percentage of common equity interest				71.74%	71.74%	14.40%
Percentage of preferred equity interest				50.00%	50.00%
Number of rooms owned through unconsolidated joint venture				8,084
Number of rooms through preferred equity interest in joint ventures, net				5,799
Number of hotel condominiums acquired							88
Notes receivable	$ 3,509	$ 3,384
Number of hotel properties managed by affiliates			55	21		1