Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 184,211	$ 87,796	$ 91,877
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	118,110	104,524	99,090
Corporate asset depreciation as corporate expenses	229	216	95
Loss on sale of hotel properties, net	0	0	764
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	2,373	0	274
Gain on property insurance settlement	(144,192)	(1,724)	0
Non-cash lease expense and other amortization	7,011	5,336	4,378
Non-cash interest rate swap fair value adjustment	2,545	0	0
Amortization of debt issuance costs	1,885	1,862	1,950
Impairment losses	0	0	43,993
Estimated recovery of impairment losses from insurance	0	0	(40,784)
Amortization of deferred income related to key money	(396)	(2,568)	(5,760)
Share-based compensation	6,385	5,573	6,201
Deferred income tax expense	21,018	1,591	7,702
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(6,674)	28,657	(26,333)
Due to/from hotel managers	(5,082)	(5,686)	1,540
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	5,866	(7,997)	17,006
Net cash provided by operating activities	193,289	217,580	201,993
Cash flows from investing activities:
Hotel acquisitions	0	(259,883)	(93,795)
Proceeds from sale of properties, net	0	0	(764)
Proceeds from property insurance	133,529	32,466	10,042
Net cash used in investing activities	(65,730)	(342,588)	(181,941)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Scheduled mortgage debt principal payments	(14,195)	(13,612)	(12,417)
Repurchase of common stock and other	(42,828)	(32,182)	0
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net	0	92,679	0
Repayments of mortgage debt	0	0	(170,368)
Proceeds from unsecured term loan	350,000	50,000	200,000
Repayments of unsecured term loans	(300,000)	0	0
Draws on senior unsecured credit facility	150,000	85,000	0
Repayments of senior unsecured credit facility	(75,000)	(85,000)	0
Payment of financing costs	(4,805)	(412)	(1,579)
Shares redeemed to satisfy tax withholdings on vested share-based compensation	(485)	(931)	(537)
Distributions on common stock and units	(102,052)	(102,709)	(100,542)
Net cash used in financing activities	(39,365)	(7,167)	(85,443)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash	88,194	(132,175)	(65,391)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash beginning of year	91,598	223,773	289,164
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of year	179,792	91,598	223,773
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest	43,742	38,548	36,288
Cash paid for income taxes	1,470	2,208	3,251
Capitalized interest	1,944	0	0
Non-cash cumulative effect of ASC 842 accounting standard adoption	15,286	0	0
Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities:
Loan assumed in hotel acquisition	0	2,943	0
Issuance of Operating Partnership units in connection with acquisition of hotel property	0	7,784	0
Redemption of Operating Partnership units for common stock	44	0	0
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	91,598	91,598	289,164
Operating hotels
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures for operating hotels	(102,660)	(109,447)	(97,424)
Frenchman's Reef
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures for operating hotels	$ (96,599)	$ (5,724)	$ 0