Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Revenues:
Room	$ 237,340	$ 214,991	$ 443,490	$ 407,004
Other	20,296	19,383	38,633	37,722
Total revenue	257,636	234,374	482,123	444,726
Expenses:
Operating	61,459	57,152	118,288	111,757
Hotel administrative	18,857	17,408	37,055	34,564
Sales and marketing	19,896	17,880	37,915	34,978
Utilities	7,719	7,559	15,319	15,717
Repair and maintenance	9,605	9,357	18,689	18,526
Franchise fees	10,933	9,887	20,378	18,709
Management fees	8,947	8,085	16,984	15,590
Property taxes, insurance and other	13,076	11,716	25,528	23,277
Ground lease	2,506	2,507	4,972	5,008
General and administrative	5,060	3,699	9,888	9,246
Transaction costs	1,116	5,825	1,409	7,049
Depreciation	33,824	31,135	67,308	61,854
Total expenses	192,998	182,210	373,733	356,275
Operating income	64,638	52,164	108,390	88,451
Interest and other expense, net	(9,560)	(7,226)	(18,363)	(14,963)
Gain (loss) on sale of real estate	0	(271)	0	15,358
Income before income taxes	55,078	44,667	90,027	88,846
Income tax expense	(360)	(422)	(623)	(734)
Net income	54,718	44,245	89,404	88,112
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized loss on interest rate derivatives	(5,501)	(185)	(12,195)	(459)
Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings	0	785	0	785
Comprehensive income	$ 49,217	$ 44,845	$ 77,209	$ 88,438
Basic and diluted net income per common share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.31	$ 0.24	$ 0.51	$ 0.47
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted (in Shares)	174,667	185,351	174,667	185,896