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Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Carrying Amount Of Furniture Fixture And Equipment Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Carrying Amount Of Furniture Fixture And Equipment Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Accumulated Depreciation Net Book Value Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Net Book Value Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Net Book Value Date of Acquisition SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation, Date Acquired Life on which Depreciation in Statement of Operations is Computed SEC Schedule III, Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation, Life Used for Depreciation Land Land Furniture, fixtures and equipment Fixtures and Equipment, Gross Investment in hotel properties, gross Real Estate Investment Property, at Cost Accumulated depreciation Investment in hotel properties, net Net income attributable to common shareholders Decrease in additional paid-in capital from adjustments to noncontrolling interests of common units in Operating Partnership Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Additional Interest Issued to Parent Change from net income attributable to common shareholders and adjustments to noncontrolling interests Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Net Common Dividend per Share/Unit Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid Preferred Dividend per Share/Unit Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity Maximum borrowing capacity under unsecured credit facility Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage Term Loan Unsecured Debt Total lender commitments Total lender commitments Total lender commitments Total revenues 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Percentage of adjusted taxable income distributed to shareholders to qualify for REIT, minimum Comprehensive income Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) Dividend per Share/Unit Extinguishment of Debt (Narrative) [Abstract] Extinguishment of Debt (Narrative) [Abstract]