DEBT (Details 3) (USD $)					0 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 guestroom	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Term loans	Mar. 28, 2014 Mortgage loan with GE Capital Financial Inc. at 5.39%, as amended	Mar. 28, 2014 Mortgage loan with General Electric Capital Corp due April 1, 2020, as amended item	Mar. 31, 2014 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility	Mar. 31, 2014 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility Standby letters of credit	Mar. 31, 2014 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $225 Million Revolver	Mar. 31, 2014 Senior Unsecured Credit Facility $75 Million Term Loan	Mar. 31, 2014 2014 acquisitions Mortgage loan	Jan. 09, 2014 2014 acquisitions Hilton Garden Inn Houston, TX guestroom	Jan. 09, 2014 2014 acquisitions Hilton Garden Inn Houston, TX Mortgage loan	Mar. 31, 2014 2014 acquisitions Hilton Garden Inn Houston, TX Mortgage loan	Jan. 10, 2014 2014 acquisitions Hampton Inn Santa Barbara (Goleta), CA guestroom	Jan. 10, 2014 2014 acquisitions Hampton Inn Santa Barbara (Goleta), CA Mortgage loan	Mar. 31, 2014 2014 acquisitions Hampton Inn Santa Barbara (Goleta), CA Mortgage loan	Mar. 14, 2014 2014 acquisitions DoubleTree by Hilton San Francisco, CA guestroom	Mar. 14, 2014 2014 acquisitions DoubleTree by Hilton San Francisco, CA Mortgage loan	Mar. 31, 2014 2014 acquisitions DoubleTree by Hilton San Francisco, CA Mortgage loan
Debt
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 300,000,000		$ 225,000,000	$ 75,000,000
Maximum increase in borrowing capacity available through accordion feature option						100,000,000
Debt outstanding	567,396,000	435,589,000	476,400,000
Number of guestrooms	11,353										182			98			210
Assumption of debt										43,172,000		17,900,000	17,846,000		12,000,000	12,037,000		13,300,000	13,289,000
Fixed interest rate (as a percent)				5.39%	5.39%							6.22%			6.133%			5.98%
Amortization period												30 years			25 years			30 years
Number of loans					2
Line of credit outstanding						166,000,000	13,900,000
Amount available for borrowing						$ 120,100,000