CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenues:
Hotel operating revenues	$ 291,651	$ 224,985
Rental income	62,212	73,260
FF&E reserve income	603	3,175
Total revenues	354,466	301,420
Expenses:
Hotel operating expenses	206,649	150,021
Depreciation and amortization	72,280	61,363
General and administrative	12,144	10,522
Acquisition related costs	276	1,060
Loss on asset impairment		889
Total expenses	291,349	223,855
Operating income	63,117	77,565
Interest income	19	66
Interest expense (including amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts of $1,512 and $1,578, respectively)	(35,188)	(34,092)
Equity in earnings of an investee	76	45
Income before income taxes	28,024	43,584
Income tax expense	(518)	(636)
Net income	27,506	42,948
Excess of liquidation preference over carrying value of preferred shares redeemed		(2,944)
Preferred distributions	(8,097)	(11,188)
Net income available for common shareholders	19,409	28,816
Net income	27,506	42,948
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain on TravelCenters of America common shares	12,420	5,308
Equity interest in investee's unrealized losses	(8)	(1)
Other comprehensive income	12,412	5,307
Comprehensive income	$ 39,918	$ 48,255
Weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	125,426	123,523
Basic and diluted net income available for common shareholders per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.23