DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS (Details)	Sep. 30, 2013 item
Description of business
Number of upscale, upper midscale and midscale hotel properties owned	92
Number of guestrooms	10,913
Number of states in which hotel properties are located	24
Number of hotel properties held for sale	10
Holiday Inn Express & Suites \| San Francisco, CA
Description of business
Controlling interest owned (as a percent)	80.00%
TRS Lessees
Description of business
Outstanding equity interests (as a percent)	100.00%

The number of real estate properties held for sale.

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Represents the percentage of ownership which the reporting entity holds of its subsidiaries except as separately indicated.

No definition available.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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