CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
REVENUES
Room	$ 824,340	$ 874,117	$ 811,709
Food and beverage	294,415	293,892	259,358
Other operating	70,585	81,171	70,931
Total revenues	1,189,340	1,249,180	1,141,998
OPERATING EXPENSES
Room	211,947	224,035	214,899
Food and beverage	204,102	204,932	180,053
Other operating	16,684	21,335	21,012
Advertising and promotion	60,086	61,892	54,992
Repairs and maintenance	44,307	46,557	45,901
Utilities	30,424	34,543	34,141
Franchise costs	36,647	40,096	38,271
Property tax, ground lease and insurance	82,979	94,967	84,665
Other property-level expenses	142,742	142,332	126,737
Corporate overhead	25,991	33,339	28,739
Depreciation and amortization	163,016	164,716	155,845
Total operating expenses	1,018,925	1,068,744	985,255
Operating income	170,415	180,436	156,743
Interest and other income	1,800	3,885	3,479
Interest expense	(50,283)	(66,516)	(72,315)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(284)	(2,964)	(4,638)
Gain on sale of assets	18,413	226,217
Income before income taxes and discontinued operations	140,061	341,058	83,269
Income tax benefit (provision)	616	(1,434)	(179)
Income from continuing operations	140,677	339,624	83,090
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax		15,895	4,849
NET INCOME	140,677	355,519	87,939
Income from consolidated joint ventures attributable to noncontrolling interests	(6,480)	(8,164)	(6,708)
Preferred stock dividends and redemption charge	(15,964)	(9,200)	(9,200)
INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$ 118,233	$ 338,155	$ 72,031
Basic and diluted per share amounts:
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.55	$ 1.54	$ 0.34
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax (in dollars per share)		0.08	0.03
Basic and diluted loss attributable to common stockholders per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.55	$ 1.62	$ 0.37
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	214,966	207,350	192,674