CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
REVENUES
Room	$ 572,289	$ 418,943	$ 401,920
Food and beverage	196,524	159,365	157,219
Other operating	65,916	46,236	50,173
Total revenues	834,729	624,544	609,312
OPERATING EXPENSES
Room	144,334	107,788	100,578
Food and beverage	143,120	116,856	115,246
Other operating	26,092	23,265	23,579
Advertising and promotion	41,952	32,225	31,545
Repairs and maintenance	33,766	27,161	26,819
Utilities	31,014	24,527	24,429
Franchise costs	29,115	21,474	20,658
Property tax, ground lease and insurance	63,423	40,980	42,820
Property general and administrative	98,642	74,535	71,019
Corporate overhead	25,746	21,971	25,227
Depreciation and amortization	127,945	92,374	92,457
Impairment loss	10,862	1,943	30,852
Total operating expenses	776,011	585,099	605,229
Operating income	58,718	39,445	4,083
Equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated joint ventures	21	555	(27,801)
Interest and other income	3,118	111	1,388
Interest expense	(82,965)	(70,174)	(75,869)
Gain on remeasurement of equity interests	69,230
Gain on extinguishment of debt			54,506
Income (loss) from continuing operations	48,122	(30,063)	(43,693)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	33,177	68,605	(225,915)
NET INCOME (LOSS)	81,299	38,542	(269,608)
Income from consolidated joint venture attributable to non-controlling interest	(312)
Distributions to non-controlling interest	(30)
Dividends paid on unvested restricted stock compensation			(447)
Preferred stock dividends and accretion	(27,321)	(20,652)	(20,749)
Undistributed income allocated to unvested restricted stock compensation	(636)	(102)
INCOME AVAILABLE (LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE) TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$ 53,000	$ 17,788	$ (290,804)
Basic per share amounts:
Income (loss) from continuing operations available (attributable) to common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.17	$ (0.51)	$ (0.93)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.28	$ 0.69	$ (3.24)
Basic income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.45	$ 0.18	$ (4.17)
Diluted per share amounts:
Income (loss) from continuing operations available (attributable) to common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.17	$ (0.51)	$ (0.93)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.28	$ 0.69	$ (3.24)
Diluted income available (loss attributable) to common stockholders per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.45	$ 0.18	$ (4.17)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	117,206	99,709	69,820
Diluted (in shares)	117,206	99,709	69,820