Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	Organization American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated on July 25, 2013 as a Maryland corporation and qualified as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes ("REIT") beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2014. The Company was formed primarily to acquire lodging properties in the midscale limited service, extended stay, select service, upscale select service, and upper upscale full service segments within the hospitality sector. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had acquired or had an interest in a total of 136 hotels with a total of 16,644 guest rooms located in 32 states. As of December 31, 2015, all but one of these hotels operated under a franchise or license agreement with a national brand owned by one of Hilton Worldwide, Inc., Marriott International, Inc., Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and Intercontinental Hotels Group or one of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. During February 2016, the Company completed an acquisition comprising investments in six additional hotels with a total of 707 guest rooms located in two states, all of which were operated under a franchise or license agreement with one of our national brands. On January 7, 2014, the Company commenced its primary initial public offering ("IPO" or the "Offering") on a "reasonable best efforts" basis of up to 80,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, subject to certain volume and other discounts, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-190698), as well as up to 21,052,631 shares of common stock available pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the "DRIP") under which the Company's common stockholders could elect to have their cash distributions reinvested in additional shares of the Company's common stock. On November 15, 2015, the Company suspended the IPO, and, on November 18, 2015, Realty Capital Securities, LLC (the "Former Dealer Manager"), the dealer manager of the IPO, suspended sales activities, effective immediately. On December 31, 2015, the Company terminated the Former Dealer Manager as the dealer manager of the IPO. Prior to suspension of the IPO, the Company depended, and expected to continue to depend, in substantial part on proceeds from the IPO to meet its major capital requirements. Because the Company does not expect it will resume the IPO, it will require funds in addition to operating cash flow and cash on hand to meet its capital requirements. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had approximately 36.3 million shares of common stock outstanding and had received total gross proceeds of approximately $902.9 million, including shares issued under the DRIP. The Company expects to establish its estimated net asset value per share of common stock ("Estimated Per-Share NAV") in connection with the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ending March 31, 2016, but, in any event, no later than July 2, 2016, which is 150 days following the second anniversary of the date that the Company broke escrow in the IPO. After the Company has initially established its Estimated Per-Share NAV, the Company expects to update it periodically, at the discretion of the Company's board of directors, provided that such updated estimates will be made at least once annually. Substantially all of the Company's business is conducted through American Realty Capital Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P. (the "OP"), a Delaware limited partnership. The Company is the sole general partner and holds substantially all of the units of limited partner interest in the OP ("OP Units"). Additionally, the Advisor contributed $2,020 to the OP in exchange for 90 OP Units, which represents a nominal percentage of the aggregate OP ownership. The holders of OP Units have the right to convert OP Units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of common stock or, at the option of the OP, a corresponding number of shares of common stock of the Company in accordance with the limited partnership agreement of the OP. The remaining rights of the limited partner interests are limited, however, and do not include the ability to replace the general partner or to approve the sale, purchase or refinancing of the OP's assets. The Company's Former Dealer Manager served as the dealer manager of the IPO and, together with its affiliates, continued to provide the Company with various services through December 31, 2015. RCS Capital Corporation, the parent company of the Former Dealer Manager and certain of its affiliates that provided services to the Company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2016, prior to which it was also under common control with AR Capital, the parent of the Company's Sponsor, and AR Global. The Company has no employees. The Company has retained the Advisor to manage certain aspects of the Company's affairs on a day-to-day basis. American Realty Capital Hospitality Properties, LLC or one of its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Property Manager"), serves as property manager and the Property Manager has retained Crestline Hotels & Resorts, LLC ("Crestline"), to provide services, including locating investments, negotiating financing and operating certain hotel assets in the Company's portfolio. The Advisor, the Property Manager and Crestline are under common control with AR Capital, LLC (“AR Capital”), the parent of the Company’s sponsor, American Realty Capital IX, LLC (the "Sponsor"), and AR Global Investments, LLC, the successor to AR Capital’s business (“AR Global”), as a result of which they are related parties, and each of which has received or will receive compensation, fees and other expense reimbursements from the Company for services related to the IPO and the investment and management of the Company’s assets. The Company, directly or indirectly through its taxable REIT subsidiaries, enters into agreements with the Property Manager, which, in turn, engages Crestline or a third-party sub-property manager to manage the Company’s hotel properties. Crestline is a leading hospitality management company in the United States, and as of December 31, 2015, had 100 hotels and 15,104 rooms under management in 27 states and the District of Columbia. As of December 31, 2015, 66 of the Company's hotels and 8,937 rooms were managed by Crestline, and 70 of the Company's hotels and 7,707 rooms were managed by third-party sub-property managers.

Organization

American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated on July 25, 2013 as a Maryland corporation and qualified as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes ("REIT") beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2014. The Company was formed primarily to acquire lodging properties in the midscale limited service, extended stay, select service, upscale select service, and upper upscale full service segments within the hospitality sector. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had acquired or had an interest in a total of 136 hotels with a total of 16,644 guest rooms located in 32 states. As of December 31, 2015, all but one of these hotels operated under a franchise or license agreement with a national brand owned by one of Hilton Worldwide, Inc., Marriott International, Inc., Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and Intercontinental Hotels Group or one of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. During February 2016, the Company completed an acquisition comprising investments in six additional hotels with a total of 707 guest rooms located in two states, all of which were operated under a franchise or license agreement with one of our national brands.

On January 7, 2014, the Company commenced its primary initial public offering ("IPO" or the "Offering") on a "reasonable best efforts" basis of up to 80,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, subject to certain volume and other discounts, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-190698), as well as up to 21,052,631 shares of common stock available pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the "DRIP") under which the Company's common stockholders could elect to have their cash distributions reinvested in additional shares of the Company's common stock.

On November 15, 2015, the Company suspended the IPO, and, on November 18, 2015, Realty Capital Securities, LLC (the "Former Dealer Manager"), the dealer manager of the IPO, suspended sales activities, effective immediately. On December 31, 2015, the Company terminated the Former Dealer Manager as the dealer manager of the IPO. Prior to suspension of the IPO, the Company depended, and expected to continue to depend, in substantial part on proceeds from the IPO to meet its major capital requirements. Because the Company does not expect it will resume the IPO, it will require funds in addition to operating cash flow and cash on hand to meet its capital requirements.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had approximately 36.3 million shares of common stock outstanding and had received total gross proceeds of approximately $902.9 million, including shares issued under the DRIP.

The Company expects to establish its estimated net asset value per share of common stock ("Estimated Per-Share NAV") in connection with the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ending March 31, 2016, but, in any event, no later than July 2, 2016, which is 150 days following the second anniversary of the date that the Company broke escrow in the IPO. After the Company has initially established its Estimated Per-Share NAV, the Company expects to update it periodically, at the discretion of the Company's board of directors, provided that such updated estimates will be made at least once annually.

Substantially all of the Company's business is conducted through American Realty Capital Hospitality Operating Partnership, L.P. (the "OP"), a Delaware limited partnership. The Company is the sole general partner and holds substantially all of the units of limited partner interest in the OP ("OP Units"). Additionally, the Advisor contributed $2,020 to the OP in exchange for 90 OP Units, which represents a nominal percentage of the aggregate OP ownership. The holders of OP Units have the right to convert OP Units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of common stock or, at the option of the OP, a corresponding number of shares of common stock of the Company in accordance with the limited partnership agreement of the OP. The remaining rights of the limited partner interests are limited, however, and do not include the ability to replace the general partner or to approve the sale, purchase or refinancing of the OP's assets.

The Company's Former Dealer Manager served as the dealer manager of the IPO and, together with its affiliates, continued to provide the Company with various services through December 31, 2015. RCS Capital Corporation, the parent company of the Former Dealer Manager and certain of its affiliates that provided services to the Company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2016, prior to which it was also under common control with AR Capital, the parent of the Company's Sponsor, and AR Global.

The Company has no employees. The Company has retained the Advisor to manage certain aspects of the Company's affairs on a day-to-day basis. American Realty Capital Hospitality Properties, LLC or one of its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Property Manager"), serves as property manager and the Property Manager has retained Crestline Hotels & Resorts, LLC ("Crestline"), to provide services, including locating investments, negotiating financing and operating certain hotel assets in the Company's portfolio.

The Advisor, the Property Manager and Crestline are under common control with AR Capital, LLC (“AR Capital”), the parent of the Company’s sponsor, American Realty Capital IX, LLC (the "Sponsor"), and AR Global Investments, LLC, the successor to AR Capital’s business (“AR Global”), as a result of which they are related parties, and each of which has received or will receive compensation, fees and other expense reimbursements from the Company for services related to the IPO and the investment and management of the Company’s assets.

The Company, directly or indirectly through its taxable REIT subsidiaries, enters into agreements with the Property Manager, which, in turn, engages Crestline or a third-party sub-property manager to manage the Company’s hotel properties. Crestline is a leading hospitality management company in the United States, and as of December 31, 2015, had 100 hotels and 15,104 rooms under management in 27 states and the District of Columbia. As of December 31, 2015, 66 of the Company's hotels and 8,937 rooms were managed by Crestline, and 70 of the Company's hotels and 7,707 rooms were managed by third-party sub-property managers.