Indebtedness (Details) (USD $)				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended									0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended									9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended																											0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Contract [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 1 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 1 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 2 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 2 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior credit facility 1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior credit facility 1 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior credit facility 1 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior credit facility 1 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior credit facility 1 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior credit facility 1 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 3 [Member] hotel extension	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 3 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 4 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 4 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 5 [Member] extension hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 5 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 6 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 6 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 7 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 7 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 8 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 8 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 9 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 9 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 10 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 10 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 11 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 11 [Member] hotel	Jan. 24, 2014 Mortgage loan 12 [Member] extension	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 12 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 12 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 13 [Member] extension hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 13 [Member] hotel	Jul. 25, 2014 Mortgage loan 13 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 14 [Member] hotel extension	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 14 [Member] hotel	Jul. 25, 2014 Mortgage loan 14 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 15 [Member] extension hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 15 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 16 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 16 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 17 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 17 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage loan 18 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan 18 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 19 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 19 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 20 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 20 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 21 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 21 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 22 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 22 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 23 [Member] hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 23 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 24 [Member] hotel	May 01, 2014 Mortgage Loan 24 [Member] extension	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 24 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 25 [Member] hotel	Jul. 25, 2014 Mortgage Loan 25 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 25 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 26 [Member] hotel	Jul. 25, 2014 Mortgage Loan 26 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 26 [Member] hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 Mortgage Loan 27 [Member] hotel	Jul. 25, 2014 Mortgage Loan 27 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage Loan 27 [Member] hotel	Jul. 25, 2014 Refinanced Mortgage Loan [Member]	May 01, 2014 Refinanced Mortgage Loan [Member]	Jan. 24, 2014 Refinanced Mortgage Loan [Member]	Jul. 25, 2014 Refinanced Mortgage Loan 1 [Member]	Jul. 25, 2014 Refinanced Mortgage Loan 2 [Member]	Jul. 25, 2014 Refinanced Mortgage Loan 3 [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 The Ashton Hotel [Member] Mortgage Loan 20 [Member] extension	Jul. 18, 2014 The Ashton Hotel [Member] Mortgage Loan 20 [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 The Ashton Hotel [Member] Mortgage Loan 20 [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Aug. 06, 2014 Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley [Member] Mortgage Loan 15 [Member]	Aug. 06, 2014 Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley [Member] Mortgage Loan 15 [Member] extension	Aug. 06, 2014 Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley [Member] Mortgage Loan 15 [Member] LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral (in hotels)				5	5	1	1							5	5	8	8	9	9	10	10	1	1	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5		5	5	7	7		5	5		1	1	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	3		3	2		2	3		3
Interest Rate						8.32%	8.32%							6.40%	6.40%	5.75%	5.75%			5.22%	5.22%			5.70%	5.70%	5.53%	5.53%	5.53%	5.53%	5.53%	5.53%												5.95%	5.95%	5.95%	5.95%	5.95%	5.95%	5.95%	5.95%			6.26%	6.26%	5.49%	5.49%	5.49%	5.49%	4.99%	4.99%	4.99%	5.20%		5.20%	4.85%		4.85%	4.90%		4.90%							4.00%
Debt instrument description of variable rate basis				LIBOR	LIBOR			LIBOR	LIBOR					LIBOR	LIBOR			LIBOR	LIBOR			LIBOR	LIBOR									LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR		LIBOR	LIBOR		LIBOR	LIBOR									LIBOR	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate				4.50%	4.50%					2.75%	2.75%	3.50%	3.50%	6.15%	6.15%			6.50%	6.50%			4.90%	4.90%									4.75%	4.75%	4.75%	4.35%	4.35%		4.35%	4.35%		4.20%	4.20%									3.75%	3.75%																											3.75%			4.20%
Libor floor rate																																																																															0.25%
Indebtedness	$ 1,959,608,000	$ 1,818,929,000		$ 0	$ 164,433,000	$ 0	$ 5,075,000	$ 0	$ 0					$ 211,000,000	$ 211,000,000	$ 0	$ 102,348,000	$ 0	$ 135,000,000	$ 146,530,000	$ 148,991,000	$ 0	$ 69,000,000	$ 93,319,000	$ 94,899,000	$ 106,032,000	$ 107,737,000	$ 0	$ 89,347,000	$ 76,169,000	$ 77,394,000		$ 200,000,000	$ 0	$ 301,000,000	$ 0		$ 62,900,000	$ 0		$ 37,500,000	$ 0	$ 112,250,000	$ 113,343,000	$ 100,895,000	$ 101,878,000	$ 153,525,000	$ 155,019,000	$ 122,802,000	$ 123,997,000	$ 5,525,000	$ 0	$ 100,246,000	$ 101,268,000	$ 10,709,000	$ 10,800,000	$ 7,337,000	$ 7,400,000	$ 6,869,000		$ 0	$ 67,520,000		$ 0	$ 12,500,000		$ 0	$ 24,980,000		$ 0
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Rate	0.157%	0.168%
Number of extension options														3				3														3			3			3			3																			0																	0				3
Term of mortgage loan extension option														1 year				1 year														1 year			1 year			1 year			1 year																																							1 year
Face amount of debt																																200,000,000					301,000,000			62,900,000																				6,900,000			67,500,000			12,500,000			25,000,000		468,900,000	5,100,000	164,400,000	135,000,000	102,300,000	89,300,000	5,500,000	5,500,000			37,500,000
Repurchased face amount																																																																											101,100,000	88,500,000
Floor interest rate																																0.20%
Net credit default of swap asset (liability)			$ 101,000