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Relationship with Managers
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Relationships with Managers [Abstract]  
Relationships With Managers
Relationships with Managers

We are party to hotel management agreements for each of our hotels owned. The following table sets forth the agreement date, initial term and number of renewal terms under the respective hotel management agreements for each of our hotels. Generally, the term of the hotel management agreements renew automatically for a negotiated number of consecutive periods upon the expiration of the initial term unless the property manager gives notice to us of its election not to renew the hotel management agreement.
Property
 
Manager
 
Date of Agreement
 
Initial Term
 
Number of Renewal Terms
Atlanta Alpharetta Marriott
 
Marriott
 
9/2000
 
30 years
 
Two ten-year periods
Bethesda Marriott Suites
 
Marriott
 
12/2004
 
21 years
 
Two ten-year periods
Boston Westin Waterfront
 
Marriott
 
5/2004
 
20 years
 
Four ten-year periods
Chicago Marriott Downtown
 
Marriott
 
3/2006
 
32 years
 
Two ten-year periods
Courtyard Denver Downtown
 
Sage Hospitality
 
7/2011
 
5 years
 
One five-year period
Courtyard Manhattan/Fifth Avenue
 
Marriott
 
12/2004
 
30 years
 
None
Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East
 
Marriott
 
11/2004
 
30 years
 
Two ten-year periods
Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort
 
Marriott
 
9/2000
 
30 years
 
Two ten-year periods
The Gwen Chicago
 
HEI Hotels & Resorts (1)
 
6/2016
 
10 years
 
None
Hilton Boston Downtown
 
Davidson Hotels & Resorts
 
11/2012
 
7 years
 
Two five-year periods
Hilton Burlington
 
Interstate Hotels & Resorts
 
12/2010
 
5 years
 
Month-to-month
Hilton Garden Inn New York City/Times Square Central
 
Highgate Hotels
 
1/2011
 
10 years
 
One five-year period
Hotel Rex
 
Joie de Vivre Hotels
 
9/2005
 
5 years
 
Month-to-month
Inn at Key West
 
Ocean Properties (2)
 
12/2016
 
10 years
 
Two five-year periods
JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek
 
Sage Hospitality
 
5/2011
 
5 years
 
One five-year period
Lexington Hotel New York
 
Highgate Hotels
 
6/2011
 
10 years
 
One five-year period
Renaissance Charleston
 
Marriott
 
1/2000
 
21 years
 
Two five-year periods
Renaissance Worthington
 
Marriott
 
9/2000
 
30 years
 
Two ten-year periods
Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown
 
Marriott
 
12/2001
 
30 years
 
Three fifteen-year periods
Sheraton Suites Key West
 
Ocean Properties
 
6/2015
 
12 years
 
None
Shorebreak Hotel
 
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group
 
2/2015
 
10 years
 
None
The Lodge at Sonoma, a Renaissance Resort & Spa
 
Marriott
 
10/2004
 
20 years
 
One ten-year period
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
 
Vail Resorts
 
6/2005
 
15½ years
 
None
Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
 
HEI Hotels & Resorts
 
12/2014
 
10 years
 
None
Westin San Diego
 
Interstate Hotels & Resorts
 
12/2010
 
5 years
 
Month-to-month
Westin Washington D.C. City Center
 
HEI Hotels & Resorts
 
4/2015
 
10 years
 
None
______________
(1)
HEI Hotels & Resorts assumed management of the hotel in June 2016. The hotel was previously managed by Crescent Hotels & Resorts.
(2)
Ocean Properties assumed management of the hotel in December 2016. The hotel was previously managed by Noble House Hotels & Resorts.

Under our hotel management agreements, the hotel manager receives a base management fee and, if certain financial thresholds are met or exceeded, an incentive management fee. The base management fee is generally payable as a percentage of gross hotel revenues for each fiscal year. The incentive management fee is generally based on hotel operating profits, but the fee only applies to that portion of hotel operating profits above a negotiated return on our invested capital, which we refer to as the owner's priority. We refer to this excess of operating profits over the owner's priority as “available cash flow.”

The following table sets forth the base management fee, incentive management fee and FF&E reserve contribution, generally due and payable each fiscal year, for each of our properties:
Property
 
Base Management Fee(1)


Incentive Management Fee(2)


FF&E Reserve Contribution(1)


Atlanta Alpharetta Marriott
 
3
%

25
%

5
%

Bethesda Marriott Suites
 
3
%

50
%
(3)
5
%
(4)
Boston Westin Waterfront
 
2.5
%

20
%

4
%

Chicago Marriott Downtown
 
3
%

18
%
(5)
5
%

Courtyard Denver Downtown
 
1.5
%
(6)
10
%

4
%

Courtyard Manhattan/Fifth Avenue
 
6
%

25
%

4
%

Courtyard Manhattan/Midtown East
 
5
%

25
%

4
%

Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort
 
3
%

15
%

5.5
%

The Gwen Chicago
 
1.75
%
(7)
15
%
 
4
%
 
Hilton Boston Downtown
 
2
%
 
10
%

4
%
 
Hilton Burlington
 
1.5
%
(8)
10
%


 
Hilton Garden Inn New York City/Times Square Central
 
3
%

15
%
 
4
%
 
Hotel Rex
 
3
%
 
10
%

4
%
 
Inn at Key West
 
3
%
 
10
%

4
%
 
JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek
 
2.5
%
(9)
10
%

4
%

Lexington Hotel New York
 
3
%
(10)
20
%

5
%
 
Renaissance Charleston
 
3
%
(11)
20
%

5
%

Renaissance Worthington
 
3
%

25
%

5
%

Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown
 
1.5
%
(12)
20
%

5
%

Sheraton Suites Key West
 
3
%
 
10
%
 
4
%
 
Shorebreak Hotel
 
2.5
%
 
15
%
 
4
%
 
The Lodge at Sonoma, a Renaissance Resort & Spa
 
3
%

20
%

5
%

Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
 
3
%

20
%

4
%

Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
 
2.25
%
(13)
15
%

4
%
 
Westin San Diego
 
1.5
%
(8)
10
%

4
%

Westin Washington D.C. City Center
 
2
%
 
15
%

4
%
 
______________
(1)
As a percentage of gross revenues.    
(2)
Based on a percentage of hotel operating profits above a specified return on our invested capital or specified operating profit thresholds.
(3)
The owner's priority expires in 2028, after which the manager will receive 50% of the hotel's operating profits.
(4)
The contribution is reduced to 1% until operating profits exceed an owner's priority of $3.9 million.
(5)
Calculated as 18% of net operating income. There is no owner's priority; however, the Company's contribution to the hotel's multi-year guest room renovation is treated as a deduction in calculating net operating income.
(6)
The base management fee is a sum of 1.5% of gross revenues and 1.5% of gross operating profit.
(7)
The base management fee increases to 2% for 2017 and 2.25% for 2018 through the remainder of the term.
(8) Total management fees are capped at 2.5% of gross revenues.
(9)
The base management fees increased to 2.5% of gross revenues beginning May 19, 2016.
(10)
The base management fee will decrease to 2% from January 2017 through June 2017, and will then subsequently revert back to 3%.
(11)
The base management fee increased to 3.0% beginning September 2016 and will increase to 3.5% beginning September 2017 through the remainder of the term.
(12)
The base management fee decreased from 3% to 1.5% beginning May 2016 and will increase to 2.0% in May 2018 and to 3.0% in May 2021 through the remainder of the term.
(13) The base management fee decreases to 2% beginning January 1, 2017.

The following is a summary of management fees for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Base management fees
$
22,333

 
$
23,228

 
$
21,473

Incentive management fees
7,810

 
7,405

 
8,554

Total management fees
$
30,143

 
$
30,633

 
$
30,027



Nine of our hotels earned incentive management fees for the year ended December 31, 2016. Seven of our hotels earned incentive management fees for the year ended December 31, 2015. Ten of our hotels earned incentive management fees for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Performance Termination Provisions

Our management agreements provide us with termination rights upon a manager's failure to meet certain financial performance criteria and manager's decision not to cure the failure by making a cure payment.

Key Money

Our managers and franchisors have contributed to us certain amounts in exchange for the right to manage or franchise hotels we have acquired and in connection with the completion of certain brand enhancing capital projects. We refer to these amounts as “key money.” Key money is classified as deferred income in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and amortized against management fees or franchise fees on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

During 2015, Starwood provided us with $3.0 million of key money in connection with our renovation associated with the brand conversion of the hotel formerly known as the Conrad Chicago to The Gwen, a Luxury Collection Hotel. The key money will be amortized against franchise fees over the anticipated period of the renovation--January 2016 through April 2017.

We amortized $2.9 million of key money during the year ended December 31, 2016, $1.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2015, and $1.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2014. In connection with the sale of the Los Angeles Airport Marriott on December 18, 2014, we wrote off $1.1 million of unamortized key money. The key money write-off is included within the gain on sale of hotel properties, net on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

Franchise Agreements

The following table sets forth the terms of the hotel franchise agreements for our twelve franchised hotels:
 
 
Date of Agreement
 
Term
 
Franchise Fee
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
 
6/2005
 
16 years
 
6% of gross room sales plus 3% of gross food and beverage sales
JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek
 
5/2011
 
15 years
 
6% of gross room sales and 3% of gross food and beverage sales
Lexington Hotel New York
 
3/2012
 
20 years
 
5% of gross room sales
Courtyard Denver Downtown
 
7/2011
 
16 years
 
5.5% of gross room sales
Hilton Boston Downtown
 
7/2012
 
10 years
 
5% of gross room sales and 3% of gross food and beverage sales; program fee of 4% of gross room sales
Westin Washington D.C. City Center
 
12/2010
 
20 years
 
7% of gross room sales and 3% of gross food and beverage sales
Westin San Diego
 
12/2010
 
20 years
 
7% of gross room sales and 3% of gross food and beverage sales
Hilton Burlington
 
7/2012
 
10 years
 
5% of gross room sales and 3% of gross food and beverage sales; program fee of 4% of gross room sales
Hilton Garden Inn New York/Times Square Central
 
6/2011
 
22 years
 
5% of gross room sales; program fee of 4.3% of gross room sales
Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
 
12/2014
 
20 years
 
6% of gross room sales and 2% of gross food and beverage sales
The Gwen Chicago
 
5/2015
 
20 years
 
4.5% of gross room sales
Sheraton Suites Key West
 
2/2006
 
20 years
 
5% of gross room sales



We recorded $21.8 million, $22.0 million and $15.3 million of franchise fees during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively, which are included in other hotel expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.