Merger with FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			4 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($) Rooms $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2017 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) room $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenue						$ 1,893,899	$ 1,996,517
Transaction costs in a business combination					$ (487)	38,391
Business Combination, Revenue recognized during the period			$ 260,020
Sale of hotel properties					$ 530,850	$ 170,000	301,540
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | room					28,800
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share | $ / shares		$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable		$ 4,342
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		$ 24,883
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share | $ / shares			$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Number of Businesses Acquired		37
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		$ 1,412,388
Below Market Lease, Gross			$ 118,609		$ 50,267	$ 118,609
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life				46 years
Other Intangible Assets, Gross			9,511		7,500	9,511
Business Combination, Net Income recognized during the period			$ 14,994
Integration costs in a business combination					2,050	5,696
Total merger-related costs of a business combination					1,563	44,087
Net income attributable to common shareholders						$ 110,231	$ 213,354
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Basic | $ / shares						$ 0.63	$ 1.23
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Diluted | $ / shares						$ 0.63	$ 1.22
Weighted Average Basic Shares Outstanding, Pro Forma | shares						174,142,918	174,009,107
Pro Forma Weighted Average Shares Outstanding, Diluted | shares						174,220,129	174,237,111
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Adjustment, Net					$ 33,400
Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable		$ 1,016,227
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares		50,400,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Share Price | $ / shares		$ 20.18
Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable		$ 366,936
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares		12,879,475
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Share Price | $ / shares		$ 28.49
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Per-Dollar-Amount | $ / shares					$ 1.95
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share | $ / shares			$ 10.00		0.01	$ 10.00
Partnership Interest [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable		$ 4,342
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Share Price | $ / shares		$ 20.18
Business Acquisition, Common Units Issued or Issuable, Number of Units | shares		215,152
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Austin [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		188
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando - Lake Buena Vista [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		229
Embassy Suites Atlanta Buckhead [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		316
Embassy Suites Birmingham [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		242
Embassy Suites Boston Marlborough [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		229
Embassy Suites Dallas Love Field [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		248
Embassy Suites Deerfield Beach [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		244
Embassy Suites Fort Lauderdale 17th Street [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		361
Embassy Suites Los Angeles International Airport South [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		349
Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		250
Embassy Suites Miami International Airport [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		318
Embassy Suites Milpitas Silicon Valley [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		266
Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		310
Embassy Suites Myrtle Beach [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		255
Embassy Suites Napa Valley [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		205
Embassy Suites Orlando International Drive [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		244
Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		232
Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport South San Francisco [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		312
Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport Waterfront [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		340
Embassy Suites Secaucus [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		50.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		261
Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		385
Holiday Inn San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		585
San Francisco Marriott Union Square [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		400
Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		309
Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		364
Fairmont Copley Plaza [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		383
The Knickerbocker New York [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		95.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		330
Mills House Wyndham Grand Hotel [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		216
Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		361
Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		304
Wyndham Houston Medical Center [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		287
Wyndham New Orleans French Quarter [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		374
Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		364
Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		251
Wyndham San Diego Bayside [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		600
Wyndham Santa Monica At The Pier [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		100.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		132
FelCor Lodging LP [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Real Estate Investment, Net		$ 2,661,114
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Equity Investments		25,651
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables		28,308
Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Assets		58,170
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		139,673
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets		23,811
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt		(1,305,337)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable		(118,360)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Deferred Revenue		(23,795)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Interest Payable		22,612
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Dividends Payable		4,312
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest, Fair Value		(5,493)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Preferred equity in a consolidated joint venture		44,430
Below Market Lease, Gross		118,050
Advanced Bookings		13,862
Other Intangible Assets, Gross		7,761
Total intangible assets		$ 139,673
FelCor Lodging Trust [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		11,215
Chateau LeMoyne French Quarter, New Orleans [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties, Ownership Interest, Percentage		50.00%
Number of Units in Real Estate Property | Rooms		171
FelCor Lodging Trust [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share | $ / shares		$ 0.01
Common Stock, Conversion Basis				0.362
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Per-Dollar-Amount | $ / shares				$ 1.95
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share | $ / shares		$ 0.01
RLJ Lodging Trust [Member] | Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Per-Dollar-Amount | $ / shares				1.95	$ 1.95
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share | $ / shares				$ 0.01
Below market ground leases [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life				54 years
Other finite-lived intangible assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life				6 years
Advanced Bookings [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life				1 year
Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate					$ 185,000
Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate					95,500
Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate					35,000
Holiday Inn San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate	$ 75,300				75,300
Embassy Suites Napa Valley [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate					102,000
Embassy Suites Boston Marlborough [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate					$ 23,700