Debt (Details) (USD $)			12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 Inter Continental Buckhead Hotel [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Inter Continental Buckhead Hotel [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Skamania Lodge [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Skamania Lodge [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Double Tree By Hilton Bethesda Washington Dc [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Double Tree By Hilton Bethesda Washington Dc [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Monaco Washington D C [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Jan. 11, 2012 Monaco Washington D C [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Monaco Washington D C [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Argonaut Hotel [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Feb. 15, 2012 Argonaut Hotel [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Jan. 11, 2012 Argonaut Hotel [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Argonaut Hotel [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Sofitel Philadelphia [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	May 18, 2012 Sofitel Philadelphia [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Sofitel Philadelphia [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Oct. 25, 2012 Hotel Palomar San Francisco [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Hotel Palomar San Francisco [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Oct. 25, 2012 Hotel Palomar San Francisco [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Westin Gaslamp Quarter [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 27, 2012 Westin Gaslamp Quarter [Member] First Mortgage [Member]
Debt
Long-term Line of Credit	$ 0	$ 0
Unsecured Debt	100,000,000	0
Interest Rate			4.88%		5.44%		5.28%		4.36%	4.36%		4.25%		4.25%		3.90%	3.90%			5.94%	5.94%	3.69%	3.69%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date			Jan. 01, 2016		Feb. 01, 2016		Feb. 01, 2016		Feb. 01, 2017			Mar. 01, 2017				Jun. 01, 2017				Sep. 01, 2017		Jan. 01, 2020
Mortgage debt	368,508,000	251,539,000	51,022,000	51,805,000	30,252,000	30,664,000	35,602,000	36,000,000	45,368,000		35,000,000	46,223,000			42,000,000	49,419,000		56,070,000		27,124,000		81,000,000
Mortgage loans at stated value	366,010,000	251,539,000								46,000,000			47,000,000				50,000,000						81,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Premium	2,498,000	0																	2,600,000
Total debt	$ 468,508,000	$ 251,539,000