Disposition Of Hotel Properties And Discontinued Operations (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) property	Jan. 01, 2015 property
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of hotels	42								42
Number of hotels reclassified as held for sale that represent a strategic shift									0
Net gain (loss) on dispositions of assets | $	$ 1,996	$ 2,928	$ (135)	$ 13	$ (36)	$ 63	$ (1)	$ (25)	$ 4,802	$ 1	$ (47)
Net income (loss) | $	4,341	11,230	(5,615)	3,169	(2,891)	(2,398)	(10,443)	(504)	13,125	(16,236)	(1,351)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to controlling interests | $	$ 476	$ 724	$ (284)	$ 281	$ (4)	$ (3)	$ (15)	$ (1)	1,197	(23)	(2)
Alexandria Comfort Inn And Days Inn [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net income (loss) | $									(665)	761	(81)
Impairment expense | $									1,020
Net earnings (loss) attributable to controlling interests | $									$ (3)	$ 1	$ 0
Held For Sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of hotels	16								16			12
Number of hotels reclassified as held for sale									23
Number of hotels held for sale included in discontinued operations									2
Held For Sale [Member] | Continuing Operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of hotels	2								2
Held For Use [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of hotels reclassified as held for use									2
Held For Use [Member] | Continuing Operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of hotels	1				1				1	1	2
Sold [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of hotels	17				13				17	13	17
Net gain (loss) on dispositions of assets | $									$ 7,759	$ 2,749	$ 1,853
Sold [Member] | Alexandria, Virginia [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of hotels	2								2
Net gain (loss) on dispositions of assets | $									$ 19,000
Sold [Member] | Continuing Operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of hotels	4				2				4	2	1
Net gain (loss) on dispositions of assets | $									$ 4,996	$ 0	$ 0