Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Components of provision for income taxes
Income tax expense	$ 1,566	$ 1,945	$ (5,094)
Current-
Current- Federal		5	539
Current- State	1,435	1,647	1,371
Current- Foreign	200	150	65
Current tax	1,635	1,802	1,975
Deferred-
Deferred- Federal			(6,132)
Deferred- State			(910)
Deferred- Foreign	(69)	143	(27)
Deferred tax	(69)	143	(7,069)
Income tax provision	$ 1,566	$ 1,945	$ (5,094)
Reconciliation of effective tax rate and the U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate
Taxes at statutory U.S. federal income tax rate (as a percent)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Nontaxable income of HPT (as a percent)	(35.00%)	(35.00%)	(35.00%)
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit (as a percent)	0.80%	1.00%	1.10%
Foreign taxes (as a percent)	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%
Organizational structure change	0.00%	0.00%	(5.80%)
Change in valuation allowance (as a percent)	3.70%	4.00%	14.70%
Other differences, net (as a percent)	(3.70%)	(3.90%)	(14.30%)
Effective tax rate (as a percent)	0.90%	1.20%	(4.20%)
Deferred tax assets:
Tax credits	$ 11,877	$ 12,091
Tax loss carryforwards	130,314	123,804
Other	3,723	3,248
Deferred tax assets, gross	145,914	139,143
Valuation allowance	(145,259)	(138,537)
Deferred tax assets, net	655	606
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Gross [Abstract]
Hotel basis difference	(9,104)	(9,122)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$ (8,449)	$ (8,516)