Impairment Losses (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 property	Dec. 31, 2012 property	Dec. 31, 2011 property	Dec. 31, 2011 Two Held For Sale Hotels [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2011 One Held For Sale Hotels [Member] property	Dec. 31, 2011 Nine Hotels Sold [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Two Held For Use Hotels [Member] property
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Assumption used to determine impairment loss for non-core assets, holding period							3 years	5 years
Assumed holding period for core assets	10 years
Number of held for use hotels with impairment charges		2	2						2
Impairment losses on hotels held for use	$ 2,500,000	$ 3,100,000	$ 4,500,000						$ 2,500,000
Number of hotels reclassified as held for use	1
Impairment losses on hotels reclassified to held for use	200,000
Recovery of previously recorded impairment loss on hotels held for sale or use		300,000
Number of held for use hotels with current period impairment losses			2
Impairment loss on hotels held for sale or sold	4,700,000	7,800,000	10,500,000
Number of held for sale hotels, recorded for impairment	8	4		2	1
Number of hotels sold with previous impairment losses	9	17	19
Recovery of previously recorded impairment loss on assets held for sale and sold	$ 300,000	$ 400,000	$ 500,000		$ 200,000	$ 500,000
Number of held for sale hotels with impairment recovery	2
Number of hotels sold with impairment recovery at sale	7	4	9