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Ground lease percentage rent on food and beverage revenues maximum

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Ground Rent CPI Maximum

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Total number of guest rooms.

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The amount of debt premium that was originally recognized at the issuance of the instrument that has yet to be amortized.

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Acquisition of Hotel Properties (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended									0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 GuestRooms	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Aug. 23, 2012	Apr. 04, 2012 Hotel Milano [Member] GuestRooms	Jul. 09, 2012 Hotel Vintage Park Seattle [Member] GuestRooms	Jul. 09, 2012 Hotel Vintage Plaza Portland [Member] GuestRooms	Jul. 09, 2012 HotelVintageParkSeattle and HotelVintagePlazaPortland [Member]	Aug. 23, 2012 W Los Angeles-Westwood [Member] GuestRooms	Oct. 25, 2012 Hotel Palomar San Francisco [Member] GuestRooms	Dec. 31, 2012 Hotel Palomar San Francisco [Member]	Oct. 25, 2012 Hotel Palomar San Francisco [Member]	Oct. 25, 2012 First Mortgage [Member] Hotel Palomar San Francisco [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number Of Guest Rooms	4,615				108	125	117		258	196
Acquisition price					$ 29,800,000			$ 63,000,000	$ 125,000,000	$ 58,000,000
Renovation project in progress paid by seller				3,600,000
Proforma adjustment - Acquisition Costs	2,200,000	3,400,000
Acquisition, cash paid										30,800,000
Loans Assumed	27,175,000	42,000,000	91,070,000							(27,175,000)			27,200,000
Base Rent											1,600,000
Ground rent CPI minimum										2.00%
Ground Rent CPI Maximum										4.00%
Ground lease percentage rent on food and beverage revenues minimum										0.00%
Ground lease percentage rent on food and beverage revenues maximum										12.00%
Ground lease percentage rent gross revenues minimum										12.00%
Ground lease percentage rent gross revenues maximum										18.00%
Above Market Lease										6,600,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium	$ 2,498,000	$ 0										$ 2,600,000