CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
REVENUES
Room	$ 874,117	$ 811,709	$ 653,955
Food and beverage	293,892	259,358	213,346
Other operating	81,171	70,931	56,523
Total revenues	1,249,180	1,141,998	923,824
OPERATING EXPENSES
Room	224,035	214,899	170,361
Food and beverage	204,932	180,053	147,713
Other operating	21,335	21,012	16,819
Advertising and promotion	61,892	54,992	47,306
Repairs and maintenance	46,557	45,901	35,884
Utilities	34,543	34,141	27,006
Franchise costs	40,096	38,271	32,932
Property tax, ground lease and insurance	94,967	84,665	79,004
Property general and administrative	142,332	126,737	103,454
Corporate overhead	33,339	28,739	26,671
Depreciation and amortization	164,716	155,845	137,476
Total operating expenses	1,068,744	985,255	824,626
Operating income	180,436	156,743	99,198
Interest and other income	3,885	3,479	2,821
Interest expense	(66,516)	(72,315)	(72,239)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(2,964)	(4,638)	(44)
Gain on sale of assets	226,217
Income before income taxes and discontinued operations	341,058	83,269	29,736
Income tax provision	(1,434)	(179)	(8,145)
Income from continuing operations	339,624	83,090	21,591
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	15,895	4,849	48,410
NET INCOME	355,519	87,939	70,001
Income from consolidated joint ventures attributable to noncontrolling interests	(8,164)	(6,708)	(4,045)
Preferred stock dividends and redemption charges	(9,200)	(9,200)	(19,013)
INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$ 338,155	$ 72,031	$ 46,943
Basic and diluted per share amounts:
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 1.54	$ 0.34	$ (0.01)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax (in dollars per share)	0.08	0.03	0.30
Basic and diluted income attributable to common stockholders per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.62	$ 0.37	$ 0.29
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	207,350	192,674	161,784