Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues:
Room	$ 269,393	$ 206,150
Other	23,532	18,337
Total revenue	292,925	224,487
Expenses:
Operating	75,154	56,829
Hotel administrative	24,836	18,198
Sales and marketing	24,109	18,019
Utilities	9,753	7,600
Repair and maintenance	11,916	9,084
Franchise fees	12,474	9,445
Management fees	10,212	8,037
Property taxes, insurance and other	16,927	12,452
Ground lease	2,816	2,466
General and administrative	6,754	4,828
Transaction and litigation costs	0	293
Loss on impairment of depreciable real estate assets	7,875	0
Depreciation	43,767	33,484
Total expenses	246,593	180,735
Operating income	46,332	43,752
Interest and other expense, net	(11,717)	(8,803)
Income before income taxes	34,615	34,949
Income tax expense	(250)	(263)
Net income	34,365	34,686
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Interest rate derivatives	1,545	(6,694)
Comprehensive income	$ 35,910	$ 27,992
Basic and diluted net income per common share (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.20
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted (in Shares)	223,047	174,666