Fair value inputs, estimated selling price.

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Impaired hotels.

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Number of hotels sold.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 06, 2014 Hotel	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Hotel	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Hotel	Dec. 31, 2013 Hotel	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of hotels not considered for sale \| Hotel				24
Impairment charges		$ 5,100	$ 1,600	$ 42,500		$ 5,200	$ 50,121	$ 5,157
Number of hotels sold \| Hotel	4	11		1	40
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated selling prices				$ 70,000
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated selling prices				$ 75,000
Long-term Debt [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Discount rate							4.40%	4.40%