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Organization (Details)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) hotel_room property $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2020 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) hotel_room property $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of hotels owned by the company \| property	54		54
Total number of guest rooms \| hotel_room	13,352		13,352
Number of hotels, open \| property	16		16
Number of hotels, suspended \| property	38		38
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Dividend (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Operating Partnership
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Percentage of Operating Partnership units owned by company	99.70%		99.70%
Percentage of Operating Partnership units owned by other limited partners	0.30%		0.30%
Unsecured debt \| Revolving credit facilities
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Debt	$ 390,000,000		$ 390,000,000	$ 165,000,000
Unsecured debt \| Unsecured term loans
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Debt	1,975,000,000		1,975,000,000	1,975,000,000
Senior unsecured credit facility \| Unsecured debt \| Revolving credit facilities
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	650,000,000.0		650,000,000.0
Debt	390,000,000.0		390,000,000.0	165,000,000
Sixth Term Loan \| Unsecured debt \| Unsecured term loans
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Sixth Term Loan, $300 Million Tranche \| Unsecured debt \| Unsecured term loans
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Debt	$ 300,000,000.0		$ 300,000,000.0