General	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
General	General Supertel Hospitality, Inc. (SHI) was incorporated in Virginia on August 23, 1994. SHI is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes. SHI, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Supertel Hospitality REIT Trust and E&P REIT Trust (collectively, the “Company”) owns a controlling interest in Supertel Limited Partnership (“SLP”) and E&P Financing Limited Partnership (“E&P LP”). All of the Company’s interests in 58 properties with the exception of furniture, fixtures and equipment on 47 properties held by TRS Leasing, Inc. and its subsidiaries are held directly or indirectly by E&P LP, SLP or Solomon’s Beacon Inn Limited Partnership (SBILP) (collectively, the “Partnerships”). The Company’s interests in ten properties are held directly by either SPPR-Hotels, LLC (SHLLC), SPPR-South Bend, LLC (SSBLLC), SPPR-BMI, LLC (SBMILLC), BMI Alexandria, LLC (BAL) or SPPR-Dowell, LLC (SDLLC). SHI, through Supertel Hospitality REIT Trust, is the sole general partner in SLP and at March 31, 2014 owned approximately 99% of the partnership interests in SLP. SLP is the general partner in SBILP. At March 31, 2014, SLP and SHI owned 99% and 1% interests in SBILP, respectively, and SHI owned 100% of Supertel Hospitality Management, Inc, SPPR Holdings, Inc. (SPPRHI), SPPR-BMI Holdings, Inc. (SBMIHI), BMI Alexandria Holdings, Inc. (BAHI) and SPPR-Dowell Holdings, Inc. (SDHI). SLP and SBMIHI owned 99% and 1% of SBMILLC, respectively, SLP and SPPRHI owned 99% and 1% of SHLLC, respectively, SLP owned 100% of SSBLLC and SLP and SDHI owned 99% and 1% of SDLLC, respectively. References to “we”, “our”, and “us”, herein refer to Supertel Hospitality, Inc., including as the context requires, its direct and indirect subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2014, the Company owned 68 limited service hotels. All of the hotels are leased to our wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary, TRS Leasing, Inc. (“TRS”), and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively “TRS Lessee”), and are managed by eligible independent contractors: Hospitality Management Advisors, Inc. (“HMA”), Strand Development Company, LLC (“Strand”), Kinseth Hotel Corporation (“Kinseth”) and Cherry Cove Hospitality Management, LLC (“Cherry Cove”). HMA manages 18 Company hotels in Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia and Florida. Strand manages the Company’s seven economy extended-stay hotels in Georgia and South Carolina as well as 13 additional Company hotels located in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Kinseth manages 29 Company hotels in eight states primarily in the Midwest. Cherry Cove manages one Company hotel in Maryland. Each of the management agreements with HMA, Strand and Kinseth expires on May 31, 2015, and the management agreement with Cherry Cove expires on May 24, 2015. The management agreements renew for additional terms of one year unless either party to the agreement gives the other party written notice of termination at least 90 days before the end of a term. Each of HMA, Strand, Kinseth, and Cherry Cove receives a monthly management fee with respect to the hotels they manage equal to 3.5% of the gross hotel revenue and 2.25% of hotel net operating income (“NOI”). NOI is equal to gross hotel income less operating expenses (exclusive of management fees, certain insurance premiums and employee bonuses, and personal and real property taxes). The management agreements generally require TRS Lessee to fund debt service, working capital needs, capital expenditures and third-party operating expenses for the management companies excluding those expenses not related to the operation of the hotels. TRS Lessee is responsible for obtaining and maintaining insurance policies with respect to the hotels. The hotel industry is seasonal in nature. Generally, occupancy rates, revenues and operating results for hotels operating in the geographic areas in which we operate are greater in the second and third quarters of the calendar year than in the first and fourth quarters, with the exception of our hotel located in Florida, which experiences peak demand in the first and fourth quarters of the year.

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Supertel Hospitality, Inc. (SHI) was incorporated in Virginia on August 23, 1994. SHI is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes.

SHI, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Supertel Hospitality REIT Trust and E&P REIT Trust (collectively, the “Company”) owns a controlling interest in Supertel Limited Partnership (“SLP”) and E&P Financing Limited Partnership (“E&P LP”). All of the Company’s interests in 58 properties with the exception of furniture, fixtures and equipment on 47 properties held by TRS Leasing, Inc. and its subsidiaries are held directly or indirectly by E&P LP, SLP or Solomon’s Beacon Inn Limited Partnership (SBILP) (collectively, the “Partnerships”). The Company’s interests in ten properties are held directly by either SPPR-Hotels, LLC (SHLLC), SPPR-South Bend, LLC (SSBLLC), SPPR-BMI, LLC (SBMILLC), BMI Alexandria, LLC (BAL) or SPPR-Dowell, LLC (SDLLC). SHI, through Supertel Hospitality REIT Trust, is the sole general partner in SLP and at March 31, 2014 owned approximately 99% of the partnership interests in SLP. SLP is the general partner in SBILP. At March 31, 2014, SLP and SHI owned 99% and 1% interests in SBILP, respectively, and SHI owned 100% of Supertel Hospitality Management, Inc, SPPR Holdings, Inc. (SPPRHI), SPPR-BMI Holdings, Inc. (SBMIHI), BMI Alexandria Holdings, Inc. (BAHI) and SPPR-Dowell Holdings, Inc. (SDHI). SLP and SBMIHI owned 99% and 1% of SBMILLC, respectively, SLP and SPPRHI owned 99% and 1% of SHLLC, respectively, SLP owned 100% of SSBLLC and SLP and SDHI owned 99% and 1% of SDLLC, respectively. References to “we”, “our”, and “us”, herein refer to Supertel Hospitality, Inc., including as the context requires, its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

As of March 31, 2014, the Company owned 68 limited service hotels. All of the hotels are leased to our wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary, TRS Leasing, Inc. (“TRS”), and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively “TRS Lessee”), and are managed by eligible independent contractors: Hospitality Management Advisors, Inc. (“HMA”), Strand Development Company, LLC (“Strand”), Kinseth Hotel Corporation (“Kinseth”) and Cherry Cove Hospitality Management, LLC (“Cherry Cove”).

HMA manages 18 Company hotels in Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia and Florida. Strand manages the Company’s seven economy extended-stay hotels in Georgia and South Carolina as well as 13 additional Company hotels located in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Kinseth manages 29 Company hotels in eight states primarily in the Midwest. Cherry Cove manages one Company hotel in Maryland. Each of the management agreements with HMA, Strand and Kinseth expires on May 31, 2015, and the management agreement with Cherry Cove expires on May 24, 2015. The management agreements renew for additional terms of one year unless either party to the agreement gives the other party written notice of termination at least 90 days before the end of a term.

Each of HMA, Strand, Kinseth, and Cherry Cove receives a monthly management fee with respect to the hotels they manage equal to 3.5% of the gross hotel revenue and 2.25% of hotel net operating income (“NOI”). NOI is equal to gross hotel income less operating expenses (exclusive of management fees, certain insurance premiums and employee bonuses, and personal and real property taxes).

The management agreements generally require TRS Lessee to fund debt service, working capital needs, capital expenditures and third-party operating expenses for the management companies excluding those expenses not related to the operation of the hotels. TRS Lessee is responsible for obtaining and maintaining insurance policies with respect to the hotels.

The hotel industry is seasonal in nature. Generally, occupancy rates, revenues and operating results for hotels operating in the geographic areas in which we operate are greater in the second and third quarters of the calendar year than in the first and fourth quarters, with the exception of our hotel located in Florida, which experiences peak demand in the first and fourth quarters of the year.