Business	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Business	Business Organization Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (“CWI”) is a publicly-owned, non-traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, invests in, manages and seeks to enhance the value of, interests in lodging and lodging-related properties in the United States. We conduct substantially all of our investment activities and own all of our assets through CWI OP, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). We are a general partner and a limited partner of, and own a 99.985% capital interest in, the Operating Partnership. Carey Watermark Holdings, LLC (“Carey Watermark Holdings”), which is owned indirectly by both W. P. Carey Inc. (“WPC”) and Watermark Capital Partners, LLC (“Watermark Capital Partners”), holds a special general partner interest in the Operating Partnership. We are managed by Carey Lodging Advisors, LLC (our “Advisor”), an indirect subsidiary of WPC. Our Advisor manages our overall portfolio, including providing oversight and strategic guidance to the independent hotel operators that manage our hotels. CWA, LLC (the “Subadvisor”), a subsidiary of Watermark Capital Partners, provides services to our Advisor, primarily relating to acquiring, managing, financing and disposing of our hotels and overseeing the independent operators that manage the day-to-day operations of our hotels. In addition, the Subadvisor provides us with the services of Mr. Michael G. Medzigian, our Chief Executive Officer, subject to the approval of our independent directors. We held ownership interests in 27 hotels at June 30, 2019, including 23 hotels that we consolidate (“Consolidated Hotels”) and four hotels that we record as equity investments (“Unconsolidated Hotels”). Public Offerings We raised $575.8 million through our initial public offering, which ran from September 15, 2010 through September 15, 2013, and $577.4 million through our follow-on offering, which ran from December 20, 2013 through December 31, 2014. We have fully invested the proceeds from both our initial public offering and follow-on offering. In addition, from inception through June 30, 2019, $235.4 million of distributions were reinvested in our common stock through our distribution reinvestment plan (“DRIP”).

Business

Organization

Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (“CWI”) is a publicly-owned, non-traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, invests in, manages and seeks to enhance the value of, interests in lodging and lodging-related properties in the United States. We conduct substantially all of our investment activities and own all of our assets through CWI OP, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). We are a general partner and a limited partner of, and own a 99.985% capital interest in, the Operating Partnership. Carey Watermark Holdings, LLC (“Carey Watermark Holdings”), which is owned indirectly by both W. P. Carey Inc. (“WPC”) and Watermark Capital Partners, LLC (“Watermark Capital Partners”), holds a special general partner interest in the Operating Partnership.

We are managed by Carey Lodging Advisors, LLC (our “Advisor”), an indirect subsidiary of WPC. Our Advisor manages our overall portfolio, including providing oversight and strategic guidance to the independent hotel operators that manage our hotels. CWA, LLC (the “Subadvisor”), a subsidiary of Watermark Capital Partners, provides services to our Advisor, primarily relating to acquiring, managing, financing and disposing of our hotels and overseeing the independent operators that manage the day-to-day operations of our hotels. In addition, the Subadvisor provides us with the services of Mr. Michael G. Medzigian, our Chief Executive Officer, subject to the approval of our independent directors.

We held ownership interests in 27 hotels at June 30, 2019, including 23 hotels that we consolidate (“Consolidated Hotels”) and four hotels that we record as equity investments (“Unconsolidated Hotels”).

Public Offerings

We raised $575.8 million through our initial public offering, which ran from September 15, 2010 through September 15, 2013, and $577.4 million through our follow-on offering, which ran from December 20, 2013 through December 31, 2014. We have fully invested the proceeds from both our initial public offering and follow-on offering. In addition, from inception through June 30, 2019, $235.4 million of distributions were reinvested in our common stock through our distribution reinvestment plan (“DRIP”).