Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013 Preferred equity investment	Jun. 30, 2014 Preferred equity investment	Jun. 30, 2013 Preferred equity investment	Jun. 30, 2014 Preferred equity investment	Jun. 30, 2013 Preferred equity investment	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred equity investment	May 31, 2014 Rochester Portfolio	Jan. 31, 2013 Rochester Portfolio item	Jun. 30, 2014 Rochester Portfolio	Dec. 31, 2013 Rochester Portfolio	Jan. 31, 2013 Rochester Portfolio Indemnification Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Rochester Portfolio Indemnification Agreement [Member]	Jan. 31, 2013 Kahler Grand item	Jan. 31, 2013 Commercial laundry facility	Jan. 31, 2013 Kahler Inn & Suites item	Jan. 31, 2013 Marriott Rochester item	Jan. 31, 2013 Residence Inn by Marriott Rochester item	Jan. 31, 2013 Maximum Rochester Portfolio
Discontinued Operations
Number of hotels and/or other assets sold												4
Number of rooms sold												1,222					660		271	202	89
Net proceeds received from sale of hotel properties and other assets												$ 195,600,000
Cash proceeds held by accommodator												145,700,000
Gain (loss) on sale	5,199,000	5,199,000	51,620,000								7,000,000	51,600,000
Preferred equity investment					25,000,000
Dividend yield on preferred equity investment (as a percent)					11.00%
Deferred gain on sale of asset	7,000,000	7,000,000		14,000,000	25,000,000							3,700,000	7,000,000
Dividends on the preferred equity investment						700,000	700,000	1,400,000	1,200,000
Working cash advance provided to buyer												3,700,000
Carrying value of asset net of deferred gain						0		0		0			0	0
Portfolio pension plan liability													7,000,000	14,000,000								14,000,000
Reduction in pension plan liability											7,000,000
Repayment of mortgage debt																	26,700,000	400,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt			44,000														3,100,000
Total cost to extinguish debt																	29,800,000
Settlement costs accrued during the period															300,000	1,800,000
Number of hotels for which potential future costs for certain capital expenditures exist															1	1
Estimated liability, minimum																2,000,000
Estimated liability, maximum																3,000,000
Balance of accrued settlement costs																$ 2,100,000