CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 2,316,148	$ 2,294,536	$ 2,171,935
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	1,410,927	1,387,065	1,274,642
Other operating expenses	8,357	5,290	4,905
Depreciation and amortization	428,448	403,077	386,659
General and administrative	54,639	104,862	125,402
Acquisition and transaction related costs	1,795	0	0
Loss on asset impairment	39,296	0	0
Total expenses	1,943,462	1,900,294	1,791,608
Gain on sale of real estate	159,535	0	9,348
Dividend income	1,752	2,754	2,504
Unrealized losses on equity securities	(40,461)	(16,737)	0
Interest income	2,215	1,528	798
Interest expense (including amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts and premiums of $11,117, $10,177 and $8,871, respectively)	(225,126)	(195,213)	(181,579)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(8,451)	(160)	(146)
Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of an investee	262,150	186,414	211,252
Income tax benefit (expense)	(2,793)	(1,195)	3,284
Equity in earnings of an investee	393	515	607
Net income	259,750	185,734	215,143
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain on investment in available for sale securities	0	0	39,315
Equity interest in investee’s unrealized gains (losses)	91	(68)	460
Other comprehensive income (loss)	91	(68)	39,775
Comprehensive income	259,841	185,666	254,918
Preferred distributions	0	0	(1,435)
Excess of liquidation preference over carrying value of preferred shares redeemed	0	0	(9,893)
Net income available for common shareholders	$ 259,750	$ 185,734	$ 203,815
Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic) (in shares)	164,312	164,229	164,146
Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted) (in shares)	164,340	164,258	164,175
Net income available for common shareholders per common share: Basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.58	$ 1.13	$ 1.24
Hotel operating revenues
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 1,989,173	$ 1,958,598	$ 1,840,829
Rental income
Revenues:
Total revenues	322,236	330,806	326,436
FF&E reserve income
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 4,739	$ 5,132	$ 4,670