Debt (Details Textual 1) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended					0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012		Jan. 29, 2013 Embassy Suites San Diego [Member] First Mortgage [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Embassy Suites San Diego [Member] First Mortgage [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment on Derivatives Included in Net Income, Net of Tax	$ 100,000		$ 300,000
Loans Assumed			66,732,000		0			66,700,000
Term of mortgage loan								3 years
Interest Rate								6.275%	6.275%
Debt instrument, monthly principal and interest payments								500,000
Mortgage loan premium	6,377,000	[1]	6,377,000	[1]		2,498,000	[1]	4,800,000
Estimated fair value of debt	$ 442,400,000		$ 442,400,000			$ 372,300,000

[1] Loan premiums on assumed mortgages recorded in purchase accounting and secured by the leasehold interest on the Hotel Palomar San Francisco and Embassy Suites San Diego Bay - Downtown.