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	Dec. 31, 2013 hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Designated as a hedge	Dec. 31, 2012 Designated as a hedge	Oct. 09, 2013 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility	May 23, 2013 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility	Aug. 02, 2013 Mortgage loan with ING Life Insurance and Annuity at 4.55%	Aug. 02, 2013 Mortgage loan with ING Life Insurance and Annuity due March 1, 2032, as amended	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with ING Life Insurance and Annuity due March 1, 2032, as amended hotelproperty	Aug. 02, 2013 Mortgage loans with ING Life Insurance and Annuity loan hotelproperty	Jan. 25, 2013 Mortgage loan with KeyBank National Association at 4.46% item	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with KeyBank National Association at 4.46% hotelproperty	Mar. 07, 2013 Mortgage loan with KeyBank National Association at 4.52% hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with KeyBank National Association at 4.52% hotelproperty	Mar. 08, 2013 Mortgage loan with KeyBank National Association at 4.3% hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with KeyBank National Association at 4.3% hotelproperty	Jul. 22, 2013 Mortgage loan with KeyBank National Association at 4.95% hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with KeyBank National Association at 4.95% hotelproperty	Apr. 04, 2012 Mortgage loan with GE Capital Financial Inc. at 6.03% loan	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with GE Capital Financial Inc. at 6.03% hotelproperty	May 02, 2013 Mortgage loan with MetaBank at 4.95%	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loan with MetaBank at 4.95% hotelproperty	Jul. 26, 2013 Mortgage loan with MetaBank due Augustl 1, 2018	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with MetaBank due Augustl 1, 2018 hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with MetaBank due Augustl 1, 2018 Period until July 26, 2015	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with MetaBank due Augustl 1, 2018 Period from July 26, 2015 until July 26, 2017	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with MetaBank due Augustl 1, 2018 Period from July 26, 2017 until February 1, 2018	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Bank of Cascades due September 30, 2021 hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Bank of Cascades due September 30, 2021 Period until October 1, 2015	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Bank of Cascades due September 30, 2021 Period from October 1, 2015 until October 1, 2017	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Bank of Cascades due September 30, 2021 Period from October 17, 2017 until October 1, 2019	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Bank of Cascades due September 30, 2021 Period from October 1, 2019 until July 2, 2021	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Bank of Cascades due September 30, 2021 Five-year Fixed Rate	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Compass Bank due May 17, 2018 hotelproperty	Oct. 11, 2012 Mortgage loan with Compass Bank due May 17, 2018	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Compass Bank due May 17, 2018 LIBOR	Mar. 02, 2012 Mortgage loans with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017 loan hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017, one hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017, one Second year	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017, one Third year	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017, one LIBOR	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017, two hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017, two Second year	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017, two Third year	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2017, two LIBOR	Oct. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2014	Oct. 30, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2014 hotelproperty	Oct. 30, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2014 Interest rate derivative financial instruments	Oct. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2014 Interest rate derivative financial instruments Maximum	Oct. 31, 2013 Mortgage loans with General Electric Capital Corporation hotelproperty loan	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2018 hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due April 1, 2018 LIBOR	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due March 1, 2019 hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corporation due March 1, 2019 LIBOR	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with AIG at 6.11% hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with AIG at 6.11% Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Greenwich Capital Financial Products Inc. due January 6, 2016 hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association at 5.53% hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgage loan with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association at 5.57% hotelproperty	Jan. 14, 2013 Mortgage loans with First National Bank of Omaha loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loans with First National Bank of Omaha hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loans with First National Bank of Omaha LIBOR	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loans with First National Bank of Omaha LIBOR Minimum	Sep. 24, 2013 Mortgage loan with Chambers Bank at 6.5%	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loan with Chambers Bank at 6.5% hotelproperty	Sep. 27, 2013 Mortgage loan with BNC National	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loan with BNC National hotelproperty	Nov. 12, 2013 Mortgage loan with Bank of the Ozarks due July 10, 2017	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loan with Bank of the Ozarks due July 10, 2017 hotelproperty	Dec. 20, 2013 Mortgage loan with Empire Financial Services, Inc.	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgage loan with Empire Financial Services, Inc. hotelproperty	May 23, 2013 Senior secured interim loan	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility hotelproperty	Oct. 10, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Minimum hotelproperty	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility LIBOR advances LIBOR	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility LIBOR advances LIBOR Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility LIBOR advances LIBOR Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Base rate advances Base rate	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Base rate advances Base rate Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Base rate advances Base rate Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Base rate advances LIBOR	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Base rate advances Prime rate	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Base rate advances Federal funds rate	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $225 Million Revolver	Oct. 10, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $225 Million Revolver	Jan. 02, 2014 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $75 Million Term Loan	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $75 Million Term Loan	Dec. 27, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $75 Million Term Loan	Oct. 10, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $75 Million Term Loan	Sep. 05, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $75 Million Term Loan Designated as a hedge Interest rate derivative financial instruments	Sep. 05, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $75 Million Term Loan LIBOR Interest rate derivative financial instruments	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Standby letters of credit
Debt
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 150,000,000	$ 150,000,000																																																																			$ 92,000,000		$ 300,000,000											$ 225,000,000	$ 225,000,000	$ 75,000,000	$ 75,000,000	$ 75,000,000	$ 75,000,000
Maximum increase in borrowing capacity available through accordion feature option																																																																												100,000,000
Variable rate basis																																		Five-year Fixed Rate			30-day LIBOR					90-day LIBOR				90-day LIBOR								90-day LIBOR		90-day LIBOR								90-day LIBOR														1, 2, 3, or 6-month LIBOR			base rate			1-month LIBOR	prime rate	federal funds rate
Interest rate margin on variable rate basis (as a percent)																																		3.00%			3.50%					5.28%				5.28%								3.50%		3.50%								4.00%															1.75%	2.50%		0.75%	1.50%	1.00%		0.50%
Unused fees payable, if unused portion of credit facility is equal to or greater than 50% (as a percent)																																																																											0.30%
Unused fees payable, if unused portion of credit facility is less than 50% (as a percent)																																																																											0.20%
Threshold for determining unused fees payable (as a percent)																																																																											50.00%
Line of credit current borrowing capacity																																																																											270,700,000
Debt obligation incurred	587,245,000	130,659,000	65,383,000					34,000,000				29,400,000		22,700,000		22,000,000		38,700,000						7,400,000
Fixed interest rate (as a percent)								4.55%				4.46%		4.52%		4.30%		4.95%					4.95%						4.66%																														6.20%	5.53%	5.57%				5.25%		6.50%		5.01%		5.75%		6.00%
Fixed rate up to reset date																								4.25%
Effective interest Rate (as a percent)																																																4.10%																																									3.94%
Variable rate basis of derivative instrument																																																																																														LIBOR
Variable interest rate (as a percent)																																					3.67%																																																						4.15%
Number of unencumbered hotel properties																																																																											32		20
Number of hotel properties to remain unencumbered												4
Line of credit outstanding																																																																											75,000,000																				200,000
Notional value of interest rate derivative				104,273,000	41,095,000																																													10,300,000																																											75,000,000
Fixed rate with derivative (as a percent)																																																																																														2.04%
Amount available for borrowing																																																																											195,500,000
Reduction in collateral									3,900,000
Number of hotel properties securing debt	43									14	14		4	3	3	3	3	2	2		2		2		1				1						1			2	1				1						1				1		1		1		1	1	1		3				1		1		1		1
Prepayment penalties (as a percent)																					1.00%					3.00%	2.00%	1.00%		4.00%	3.00%	2.00%	1.00%							2.00%	1.00%			2.00%	1.00%													1.00%
Debt paid off	497,801,000	82,312,000	268,716,000																			6,700,000																									10,300,000															22,800,000				1,300,000		5,100,000		8,600,000		18,400,000
Additional proceeds to be received after attaining performance level																								1,300,000
Variable rate debt converted to fixed rate debt (as a percent)																																				85.00%
Number of loans											2									2																		2																								2
Period for which interest rate of loans is fixed																																							3 years				3 years
Number of additional properties released																																																				3
Number of additional loans for which collateral was released																																																				2
Derivative termination costs																																																			(100,000)
Prepayment penalty																						$ 0																																								$ 0				$ 0		$ 0		$ 0		$ 0