Morgans Hotel (MHGC) Inactive 10-Q9 May 142014 Q1 Quarterly reportFinancial data

Company Profile

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information	Mar. 31, 2014	8-May-14
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]	'	'
Document Type	'10-Q	'
Amendment Flag	'false	'
Document Period End Date	31-Mar-14	'
Document Fiscal Year Focus	'2014	'
Document Fiscal Period Focus	'Q1	'
Trading Symbol	'MHGC	'
Entity Registrant Name	'Morgans Hotel Group Co.	'
Entity Central Index Key	'0001342126	'
Current Fiscal Year End Date	'--12-31	'
Entity Filer Category	'Accelerated Filer	'
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	'	34,138,956

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets

Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
ASSETS	'	'
Property and equipment, net	$288,289	$292,629
Goodwill	66,572	66,572
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	10,492	10,492
Cash and cash equivalents	129,075	10,025
Restricted cash	25,938	22,144
Accounts receivable, net	19,182	18,384
Related party receivables	3,504	3,694
Prepaid expenses and other assets	8,074	10,409
Deferred tax asset, net	78,829	78,758
Investment in TLG management contracts, net	22,260	23,702
Other assets, net	42,953	34,398
Total assets	695,168	571,207
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT	'	'
Debt and capital lease obligations	707,463	560,751
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	44,474	41,627
Deferred gain on asset sales	131,414	133,419
Other liabilities	13,866	13,891
Total liabilities	897,217	749,688
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	5,157	4,953
Commitments and contingencies	'	'
Preferred stock, $.01 par value; liquidation preference $1,000 per share, 75,000 shares authorized and issued at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively	63,156	62,004
Common stock, $.01 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 36,277,495 shares issued at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively	363	363
Additional paid-in capital	245,387	252,810
Treasury stock, at cost, 2,237,563 and 2,703,181 shares of common stock at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively	-29,085	-37,086
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	-114	-10
Accumulated deficit	-487,350	-462,005
Total Morgans Hotel Group Co. stockholders' deficit	-207,643	-183,924
Noncontrolling interest	437	490
Total deficit	-207,206	-183,434
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders' deficit	$695,168	$571,207

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets_Pa

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Statement Of Financial Position [Abstract]	'	'
Preferred stock, par value	$0.01	$0.01
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share	$1,000	$1,000
Preferred stock, share authorized	75,000	75,000
Preferred stock, share issued	75,000	75,000
Common stock, par value	$0.01	$0.01
Common stock, share authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common stock, share issued	36,277,495	36,277,495
Treasury stock, shares	2,237,563	2,703,181

Consolidated_Statements_of_Com

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Revenues:	'	'
Rooms	$26,994	$25,899
Food and beverage	21,921	19,221
Other hotel	1,318	1,116
Total hotel revenues	50,233	46,236
Management fee-related parties and other income	5,391	6,415
Total revenues	55,624	52,651
Operating Costs and Expenses:	'	'
Rooms	9,012	9,004
Food and beverage	15,540	13,987
Other departmental	772	822
Hotel selling, general and administrative	11,237	10,441
Property taxes, insurance and other	3,930	4,282
Total hotel operating expenses	40,491	38,536
Corporate expenses, including stock compensation of $1.9 million and $0.9 million, respectively	7,882	7,350
Depreciation and amortization	8,402	6,641
Restructuring and disposal costs	7,243	896
Development costs	698	820
Total operating costs and expenses	64,716	54,243
Operating loss	-9,092	-1,592
Interest expense, net	15,998	11,289
Equity in (income) loss of unconsolidated joint ventures	-2	159
Gain on asset sales	-2,005	-2,005
Other non-operating expenses	696	298
Loss before income tax expense	-23,779	-11,333
Income tax expense	163	200
Net loss	-23,942	-11,533
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	-193	116
Net loss attributable to Morgans Hotel Group Co.	-24,135	-11,417
Preferred stock dividends and accretion	-4,367	-2,913
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	-28,502	-14,330
Other comprehensive loss:	'	'
Unrealized (loss) gain on valuation of swap/cap agreements, net of tax	-104	13
Comprehensive loss	($28,606)	($14,317)
Loss per share:	'	'
Basic and diluted attributable to common stockholders	($0.85)	($0.44)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:	'	'
Basic and diluted	33,651	32,348

Consolidated_Statements_of_Com1

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (Parenthetical) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]	'	'
Stock compensation	$1.90	$0.90

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cas

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Cash flows from operating activities:	'	'
Net loss	($23,942)	($11,533)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:	'	'
Depreciation	4,995	4,963
Amortization of other costs	3,407	1,678
Amortization and write off of deferred financing costs	2,298	1,521
Amortization of discount on convertible notes	472	569
Amortization of deferred gain on asset sales	-2,005	-2,005
Stock-based compensation	1,944	954
Accretion of interest	783	568
Equity in (income) losses from unconsolidated joint ventures	-2	159
Gain on transfer and disposal of assets	-289	'
Change in fair value of TLG Promissory Notes	5	70
Change in fair value of interest rate caps, net	'	13
Changes in assets and liabilities:	'	'
Accounts receivable, net	-1,153	245
Related party receivables	190	499
Restricted cash	6,392	60
Prepaid expenses and other assets	2,140	644
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	3,644	-1,861
Net cash used in operating activities	-1,121	-3,456
Cash flows from investing activities:	'	'
Additions to property and equipment	-1,024	-3,504
Additions to leasehold interests	'	-222
Deposit into escrow for development hotel	-10,250	'
Withdrawals from capital improvement escrows, net	64	2,193
Distributions from unconsolidated joint ventures	2	2
Net cash used in investing activities	-11,208	-1,531
Cash flows from financing activities:	'	'
Proceeds from debt	450,000	8,000
Payments on debt and capital lease obligations	-305,369	-2,007
Debt issuance costs	-12,488	-265
Cash paid in connection with vesting of stock based awards	-579	-132
Distributions to holders of noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	-185	-168
Net cash provided by financing activities	131,379	5,428
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	119,050	441
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	10,025	5,847
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	129,075	6,288
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:	'	'
Cash paid for interest	12,618	7,909
Cash paid for taxes	532	150
Non cash financing activities are as follows:	'	'
Write off of discount on convertible debt	$726	'

Organization_and_Formation_Tra

Organization and Formation Transaction	3 Months Ended
Organization and Formation Transaction	Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Organization and Formation Transaction	'
	1. Organization and Formation Transaction
	Morgans Hotel Group Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated on October 19, 2005. The Company operates, owns, acquires and redevelops boutique hotels primarily in gateway cities and select resort markets in the United States, Europe and other international locations, and nightclubs, restaurants, pool lounges, bars and other food and beverage venues in many of the hotels it operates, as well as in hotels and casinos operated by MGM Resorts International (“MGM”) in Las Vegas.
	The Morgans Hotel Group Co. predecessor comprised the subsidiaries and ownership interests that were contributed as part of the formation and structuring transactions from Morgans Hotel Group LLC, now known as Residual Hotel Interest LLC (“Former Parent”), to Morgans Group LLC (“Morgans Group”), the Company’s operating company. At the time of the formation and structuring transactions, the Former Parent was owned approximately 85% by NorthStar Hospitality, LLC, a subsidiary of NorthStar Capital Investment Corp., and approximately 15% by RSA Associates, L.P.
	In connection with the Company’s initial public offering, in February 2006, the Former Parent contributed the subsidiaries and ownership interests in nine operating hotels in the United States and the United Kingdom to Morgans Group in exchange for membership units. Simultaneously, Morgans Group issued additional membership units to the Morgans Hotel Group Co. predecessor in exchange for cash raised by the Company from the initial public offering. The Former Parent also contributed all the membership interests in its hotel management business to Morgans Group in return for 1,000,000 membership units in Morgans Group exchangeable for shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company is the managing member of Morgans Group and has full management control. As of March 31, 2014, there are 75,446 membership units outstanding exchangeable for shares of the Company’s common stock.
	The Company has one reportable operating segment; it operates, owns, acquires, develops and redevelops boutique hotels, nightclubs, restaurants, pool lounges, bars and other food and beverage venues in many of the hotels it operates, as well as in hotels and casinos operated by MGM in Las Vegas. During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company derived 5.1% and 12.8% of its total revenues from international locations, respectively. The assets at these international locations were not significant during the periods presented.
	Operating Hotels
	The Company’s operating hotels as of March 31, 2014 are as follows:


	Hotel Name		Location	Number of		Ownership
	Hotel Name		Location	Rooms		Ownership
	Hudson		New York, NY		866		(1	)
	Morgans		New York, NY		114		(2	)
	Royalton		New York, NY		168		(2	)
	Mondrian SoHo		New York, NY		263		(3	)
	Delano South Beach		Miami Beach, FL		194		(4	)
	Mondrian South Beach		Miami Beach, FL		216		(5	)
	Shore Club		Miami Beach, FL		309		(6	)
	Mondrian Los Angeles		Los Angeles, CA		237		(2	)
	Clift		San Francisco, CA		372		(7	)
	Sanderson		London, England		150		(2	)
	St Martins Lane		London, England		204		(2	)

	-1	The Company owns 100% of Hudson through its subsidiary, Henry Hudson Holdings LLC, which is part of a property that is structured as a condominium, in which Hudson constitutes 96% of the square footage of the entire building. As of March 31, 2014, Hudson has 866 guest rooms and 67 single room dwelling units (“SROs”).
	-2	Operated under a management contract.
	-3	Operated under a management contract and owned through an unconsolidated joint venture in which the Company held a minority ownership interest of approximately 20% at March 31, 2014. See note 4.
	-4	Wholly-owned hotel.
	-5	Operated as a condominium hotel under a management contract and owned through a 50/50 unconsolidated joint venture. As of March 31, 2014, 245 hotel residences have been sold, of which 126 are in the hotel rental pool and are included in the hotel room count, and 90 hotel residences remain to be sold. See note 4.
	-6	Operated under a management contract. Until December 30, 2013, the Company held a minority ownership interest of approximately 7% and accounted for the hotel as an unconsolidated joint venture. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had an immaterial contingent profit participation equity interest in Shore Club. See note 4.
	-7	The hotel is operated under a long-term lease which is accounted for as a financing. See note 6.
	Food and Beverage Joint Venture
	On June 20, 2011, pursuant to an omnibus agreement, subsidiaries of the Company acquired from affiliates of China Grill Management Inc. (“CGM”) the 50% interests CGM owned in the Company’s food and beverage joint ventures for approximately $20 million (the “CGM Transaction”). As a result of the CGM Transaction, the Company owns 100% of the former food and beverage joint venture entities located at Delano South Beach, which is consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
	Following the CGM Transaction, the Company owned 100% of the food and beverage entity which leased and operated all food and beverage venues located at Sanderson and St Martins Lane. Effective as of January 1, 2014, the Company had a verbal agreement to transfer all the food and beverage venues at St Martins Lane to the hotel owner. The Company will continue to manage the transferred food and beverage venues. The Company recorded a gain of $0.3 million related to these transfers in its March 31, 2014 consolidated financial statements.
	Prior to January 1, 2014, all of the St Martins Lane food and beverage venues and all but one of the Sanderson food and beverage venues were consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Subsequent to these transfers, and effective January 1, 2014, the Company continues to lease certain food and beverage venues at Sanderson, which are consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
	The Light Group Acquisition
	On November 30, 2011 pursuant to purchase agreements entered into on November 17, 2011, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries completed the acquisition of 90% of the equity interests in TLG Acquisition LLC (“TLG Acquisition,” and together with its subsidiaries, “TLG”), for a purchase price of $28.5 million in cash and up to $18.0 million in notes (the “TLG Promissory Notes”) convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at $9.50 per share subject to the achievement of certain EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) targets for the acquired business (“The Light Group Transaction”), as discussed in note 6. The TLG Promissory Notes were allocated $16.0 million to Andrew Sasson and $2.0 million to Andy Masi, collectively, the remaining 10% equity owners of TLG, and bear annual interest payments of 8% (increasing to 18% on December 1, 2014, as described in note 6).
	TLG develops, redevelops and operates nightclubs, restaurants, pool lounges, bars, and other food and beverage venues. TLG is a leading lifestyle food and beverage management company, which operates numerous venues primarily in Las Vegas pursuant to management agreements with MGM. The primary assets of TLG consist of its management and similar agreements with various MGM affiliates. Additionally, TLG manages the food and beverage operations at Delano South Beach, including Bianca, a restaurant serving Italian cuisine, FDR, the nightclub, and Delano Beach Club, the pool bar.

	Each of TLG’s venues is managed by a subsidiary of TLG Acquisition. Through the Company’s ownership of TLG, it recognizes management fees in accordance with the applicable management agreement which generally provides for base management fees as a percentage of gross sales, and incentive management fees as a percentage of net profits, as calculated pursuant to the management agreements. TLG’s management agreements are typically structured as 10-year initial term contracts (effective the opening date of each respective venue) with renewal options. In addition to TLG’s management of the food and beverage operations at Delano South Beach, TLG currently manages 18 venues in Las Vegas, including 13 for MGM, 2 for affiliates of The Yucaipa Companies, LLC and Andrew Sasson, and 3 for subsidiaries of the Company. Under TLG’s management agreements, all costs associated with the construction, build-out, furniture, fixtures and equipment, operating supplies, equipment and daily operational expenses are typically borne by the owner or lessor of the venue. TLG’s management agreements may be subject to early termination in specified circumstances. For example, the agreements generally contain, among other covenants, a performance test that stipulates a minimum level of operating performance, and restrictions as to certain requirements of suitability, capacity, compliance with laws and material terms, financial stability, and certain of the management agreements require that Andy Masi, whose employment contract expires December 31, 2014, must remain employed by or under contract to TLG. Additionally, in 2013, the Company failed performance tests at certain venues, and as a result, the Company agreed with MGM to a change in the calculation of base and incentive management fees at all MGM venues effective January 1, 2014, and agreed to a termination effective April 1, 2014 of TLG’s management agreement for Brand Steakhouse.
	TLG owns the trade name, service mark or other intellectual property rights associated with the names of most of its nightclubs, restaurants, pool lounges, and bars.
	Concurrent with the closing of The Light Group Transaction, the operating agreement of TLG Acquisition, the Company’s subsidiary, was amended and restated to provide that Morgans Group, which holds 90% of the membership interests in TLG Acquisition, would be the managing member and that Messrs. Sasson and Masi, each of whom holds a 5% membership interest in TLG Acquisition, would be non-managing members of TLG Acquisition. Messrs. Sasson and Masi, however, have approval rights over, among other things, certain fundamental transactions involving TLG Acquisition.
	Each of Messrs. Sasson and Masi received the right to require Morgans Group to purchase his equity interest in TLG at any time after November 30, 2014 at a purchase price equal to his percentage equity ownership interest multiplied by the product of seven times the EBITDA from non-Morgans business (“Non-Morgans EBITDA”) for the preceding 12 months, subject to certain adjustments (the “Sasson-Masi Put Options”). In addition, Morgans Group has the right to require each of Messrs. Sasson and Masi to sell his 5% equity interest in TLG at any time after November 30, 2017 at a purchase price equal to his percentage equity ownership interest multiplied by the product of seven times the Non-Morgans EBITDA for the preceding 12 months, subject to certain adjustments. The Company initially accounted for the redeemable noncontrolling interest at fair value in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations. Due to the redemption feature associated with the Sasson-Masi Put Options, the Company classified the noncontrolling interest in temporary equity in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s guidance as codified in ASC 480-10, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Subsequently, the Company will accrete the redeemable noncontrolling interest to its current redemption value, which approximates fair value, each period. The change in the redemption value does not impact the Company’s earnings or earnings per share. The Company recorded an obligation of $5.2 million related to the Sasson-Masi Put Options, which is recorded as redeemable noncontrolling interest on the March 31, 2014 consolidated balance sheet.

Summary_of_Significant_Account

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	3 Months Ended
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	'
	2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
	Basis of Presentation
	The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Company consolidates all wholly-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities in which the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Entities which the Company does not control through voting interest and entities which are variable interest entities of which the Company is not the primary beneficiary, are accounted for under the equity method.

	The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The information furnished in the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflects all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements for the interim periods.
	Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.
	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
	Restricted Cash
	As required by certain debt and lease agreements, restricted cash consists of cash held in escrow accounts for taxes, ground rent, insurance premiums, and debt service or lease payments.
	The Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan, defined and discussed below in note 6, provides that, in the event the debt yield ratio falls below certain defined thresholds, all cash flow from Hudson and Delano South Beach are deposited into accounts controlled by the lenders from which debt service and operating expenses, including management fees, are paid and from which other reserve accounts may be funded. Any excess amounts will be retained by the lenders until the debt yield ratio exceeds the required thresholds for two consecutive calendar quarters.
	As further required by the debt and lease agreements related to hotels owned by the Company or one of its subsidiaries, the Company must set aside 4% of the hotels’ revenues in restricted escrow accounts for the future periodic replacement or refurbishment of furniture, fixtures and equipment. As replacements occur, the Company or its subsidiary is eligible for reimbursement from these escrow accounts.
	As of March 31, 2014, restricted cash also consists of cash held in escrow for insurance programs, collateral for an outstanding letters of credit related to a development hotel, and litigation settlement escrows.
	Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
	The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated joint ventures using the equity method as it does not exercise control over significant asset decisions such as buying, selling or financing nor is it the primary beneficiary under ASC 810-10, as discussed above. Under the equity method, the Company increases its investment for its proportionate share of net income and contributions to the joint venture and decreases its investment balance by recording its proportionate share of net loss and distributions. Once the Company’s investment balance in an unconsolidated joint venture is zero, the Company suspends recording additional losses. For investments in which there is recourse or unfunded commitments to provide additional equity, distributions and losses in excess of the investment are recorded as a liability. As of March 31, 2014, there were no liabilities required to be recorded related to these investments.
	Investment in TLG Management Contracts, net
	Investment in TLG management contracts represents the fair value of the TLG management contracts. TLG operates numerous nightclubs, restaurants, pool lounges, and bar venues primarily in Las Vegas pursuant to management agreements with MGM. The management contract assets are being amortized, using the straight line method, over the expected life of each applicable management contract.

	Other Assets
	In August 2012, the Company entered into a 10-year licensing agreement with MGM, with two 5-year extensions at the Company’s option subject to performance thresholds, to convert THEhotel to Delano Las Vegas, which will be managed by MGM. In addition, the Company acquired the leasehold interests in three food and beverage venues at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas from an existing tenant for $15.0 million in cash at closing and a deferred, principal-only $10.6 million promissory note (“Restaurant Lease Note”) to be paid over seven years, which the Company recorded at fair value as of the date of issuance of $7.5 million, as discussed in note 6. The venues have been reconcepted and renovated and are managed by TLG. The three food and beverage venues are being operated pursuant to 10-year operating leases with an MGM affiliate, pursuant to which the Company pays minimum annual lease payments and a percentage rent based on cash flow. The Company allocated the total consideration paid, or to be paid, to the license agreement and the restaurant leasehold asset based on their respective fair values. The Company amortizes the fair value of the license agreement, using the straight line method, over the 10-year life of the license agreement, and the fair value of the restaurant leasehold interests, using the straight line method, over the 10-year life of the operating leases.
	Further, as of March 31, 2014, other assets consists of key money payments related to hotels under development, as discussed further in note 7, deferred financing costs, and fair value of the lease agreement at Sanderson, which the Company acquired in the CGM Transaction, as discussed further in note 1. The Sanderson food and beverage lease agreement is being amortized, using the straight line method, over the expected life of the agreement. Deferred financing costs included in other assets are being amortized, using the straight line method, which approximates the effective interest rate method, over the terms of the related debt agreements.
	Income Taxes
	The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities and for loss and credit carry forwards. Valuation allowances are provided when it is more likely than not that the recovery of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
	The Company’s deferred tax assets are recorded net of a valuation allowance when, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the recorded deferred tax assets will not be realized in future periods. Decreases to the valuation allowance are recorded as reductions to the Company’s provision for income taxes and increases to the valuation allowance result in additional provision for income taxes. The realization of the Company’s deferred tax assets, net of the valuation allowance, is primarily dependent on estimated future taxable income. A change in the Company’s estimate of future taxable income may require an addition to or reduction from the valuation allowance. The Company has established a reserve on its deferred tax assets based on anticipated future taxable income and tax strategies which may include the sale of property or an interest therein.
	All of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are subject to local jurisdiction corporate income taxes. Income tax expense is reported at the applicable rate for the periods presented.
	Income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, were computed using the Company’s effective tax rate.
	Credit-risk-related Contingent Features
	The Company has entered into agreements with each of its derivative counterparties in connection with the interest rate caps and hedging instruments related to the outstanding 2.375% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”), as discussed in note 6. The agreements provide that in the event the Company either defaults or is capable of being declared in default on any of its indebtedness, the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

	The Company has entered into warrant agreements with Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, L.P. and Yucaipa American Alliance (Parallel) Fund II, L.P., (collectively, the “Yucaipa Investors”), as discussed in note 9, to purchase a total of 12,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share (the “Yucaipa Warrants”). In addition, the Yucaipa Investors have certain consent rights over certain transactions for so long as they collectively own or have the right to purchase through exercise of the Yucaipa Warrants 6,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
	Fair Value Measurements
	ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820-10”) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC 820-10 applies to reported balances that are required or permitted to be measured at fair value under existing accounting pronouncements; accordingly, the standard does not require any new fair value measurements of reported balances.
	ASC 820-10 emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, ASC 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).
	Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which is typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.
	Currently, the Company uses interest rate caps to manage its interest rate risk. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. To comply with the provisions of ASC 820-10, the Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees. Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by itself and its counterparties. However, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of its derivative positions and determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of its derivatives. Accordingly, all derivatives have been classified as Level 2 fair value measurements. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had three interest rate caps outstanding and the fair value of these interest rate caps was $0.3 million.

	In connection with The Light Group Transaction, the Company provided Messrs. Sasson and Masi with the Sasson-Masi Put Options. Due to the redemption feature associated with the Sasson-Masi Put Options, the Company classified the noncontrolling interest in temporary equity. Subsequently, the Company will accrete the redeemable noncontrolling interest to its current redemption value, which approximates fair value, each period. The Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value the Sasson-Masi Put Options fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Accordingly, the Sasson-Masi Put Options have been classified as Level 3 fair value measurements.
	In connection with the three restaurant leases in Las Vegas, the Company issued the Restaurant Lease Note to be paid over seven years. The Restaurant Lease Note does not bear interest except in the event of default, as defined by the agreement. In accordance with ASC 470, Debt, the Company imputed interest on the Restaurant Lease Note, which is recorded at fair value on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. On the date of grant, the Company determined the fair value of the Restaurant Lease Note to be $7.5 million imputing an interest rate of 10%. The Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value the Restaurant Lease Note fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, which accordingly has been classified as Level 2 fair value measurements.
	Fair Value of Financial Instruments
	Disclosures about fair value of financial instruments are based on pertinent information available to management as of the valuation date. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair values. Accordingly, the estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts at which these instruments could be purchased, sold, or settled. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
	The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, restricted cash, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and fixed and variable rate debt. Management believes the carrying amounts of the aforementioned financial instruments, excluding fixed-rate debt, is a reasonable estimate of fair value as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 due to the short-term maturity of these instruments or variable market interest rates on certain debt instruments.
	The Company’s fixed rate debt of $158.9 million and $247.1 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, which includes the Company’s trust preferred securities, TLG Promissory Notes, excluding accrued interest, Restaurant Lease Note, discussed above, and the Convertible Notes at face value, as discussed in note 6, had a fair market value of approximately $158.0 million and $217.7 million, respectively, using market rates.
	Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its fixed rate debt fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its fixed rate debt utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads. However, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of its fixed rate debt and determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of its fixed rate debt. Accordingly, all derivatives have been classified as Level 2 fair value measurements.
	Stock-based Compensation
	The Company accounts for stock based employee compensation using the fair value method of accounting described in ASC 718-10. For share grants, total compensation expense is based on the price of the Company’s stock at the grant date. For option grants, the total compensation expense is based on the estimated fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. For long-term incentive awards under the Company’s Outperformance Award Program, discussed in note 8, the total compensation expense is based on the estimated fair value using the Monte Carlo pricing model. Compensation expense is recorded ratably over the vesting period. Stock compensation expense recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was $1.9 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

	Income (Loss) Per Share
	Basic net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders, less any dividends on unvested restricted common stock, by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders, less dividends on unvested restricted common stock, by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, plus other potentially dilutive securities, such as unvested shares of restricted common stock and warrants.
	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
	Due to the redemption feature associated with the Sasson-Masi Put Options, the Company classifies the noncontrolling interest in temporary equity in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s guidance as codified in ASC 480-10, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Subsequently, the Company will accrete the redeemable noncontrolling interest to its current redemption value, which approximates fair value, each period. The change in the redemption value does not impact the Company’s earnings or earnings per share.
	Noncontrolling Interest
	The Company follows ASC 810-10, when accounting and reporting for noncontrolling interests in a consolidated subsidiary and the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. Under ASC 810-10, the Company reports noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (deficit) in the consolidated financial statements and reflects net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interests and net income (loss) attributable to the common stockholders on the face of the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.
	The membership units owned by the Former Parent in Morgans Group, the Company’s operating company, are presented as a noncontrolling interest in Morgans Group in the consolidated balance sheets and were approximately $0.4 million and $0.5 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The noncontrolling interest in Morgans Group is: (i) increased or decreased by the holders of membership interests’ pro rata share of Morgans Group’s net income or net loss, respectively; (ii) decreased by distributions; (iii) decreased by exchanges of membership units for the Company’s common stock; and (iv) adjusted to equal the net equity of Morgans Group multiplied by the holders of membership interests’ ownership percentage immediately after each issuance of units of Morgans Group and/or shares of the Company’s common stock and after each purchase of treasury stock through an adjustment to additional paid-in capital. Net income or net loss allocated to the noncontrolling interest in Morgans Group is based on the weighted-average percentage ownership throughout the period. As of March 31, 2014, there are 75,446 membership units outstanding, each of which is exchangeable for a share of the Company’s common stock.
	Recent Accounting Updates
	During April 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08 (“ASU 2014-08”), Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant and Equipment; Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Components of an Entity.” ASU 2014-08 modifies the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. Under the amendments in ASU 2014-08, the definition of discontinued operation has been modified to only include those disposals of an entity that represent a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results, the operations and cash flows of the component have been, or will be, eliminated from the ongoing operations of the entity as a result of the disposal transaction and the entity will not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of the component after the disposal transaction. ASU 2014-08 shall be applied prospectively for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2014-08 for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 and as a result of this adoption, no changes were made to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
	Reclassifications
	Certain prior year financial statement amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Income_Loss_Per_Share

Income (Loss) Per Share	3 Months Ended
Income (Loss) Per Share	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Income (Loss) Per Share	'
	3. Income (Loss) Per Share
	The Company applies the two-class method as required by ASC 260-10, Earnings per Share (“ASC 260-10”). ASC 260-10 requires the net income per share for each class of stock (common stock and preferred stock) to be calculated assuming 100% of the Company’s net income is distributed as dividends to each class of stock based on their contractual rights. To the extent the Company has undistributed earnings in any calendar quarter, the Company will follow the two-class method of computing earnings per share.
	Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share include the effect of potential shares outstanding, including dilutive securities. Potential dilutive securities may include shares and options granted under the Company’s stock incentive plan and membership units in Morgans Group, which may be exchanged for shares of the Company’s common stock under certain circumstances. The 75,446 Morgans Group membership units (which may be converted to cash, or at the Company’s option, common stock) held by third parties at March 31, 2014, Yucaipa Warrants (as defined in note 9) issued to the Yucaipa Investors, unvested restricted stock units, LTIP Units (as defined in note 8), stock options, OPP LTIP Units (as defined in note 8) and shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding Convertible Notes have been excluded from the diluted net income (loss) per common share calculation, as there would be no effect on reported diluted net income (loss) per common share.
	The table below details the components of the basic and diluted loss per share calculations (in thousands, except for per share data). The Company has not had any undistributed earnings in any calendar quarter presented. Therefore, the Company does not present earnings per share following the two-class method.


		Three Months			Three Months
		Ended			Ended
		March 31, 2014			March 31, 2013
	Numerator:
	Net loss	$	(23,942	)	$	(11,533	)
	Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(193	)		116

	Net loss attributable to Morgans Hotel Group Co.		(24,135	)		(11,417	)
	Less: preferred stock dividends and accretion		4,367			2,913

	Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(28,502	)	$	(14,330	)

	Denominator, continuing and discontinued operations:
	Weighted average basic common shares outstanding		33,651			32,348
	Effect of dilutive securities		—			—

	Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding		33,651			32,348

	Basic and diluted loss available to common stockholders per common share	$	(0.85	)	$	(0.44	)

Investments_in_and_Advances_to

Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract]	'
Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures	'
	4. Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
	The Company’s investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures and its equity in losses of unconsolidated joint ventures are summarized as follows (in thousands):
	Investments


	Entity	As of		As of
		March 31,		December 31,
		2014		2013
	Mondrian Istanbul	$	10,392	$	10,392
	Mondrian South Beach food and beverage—MC South Beach		—		—
	Other		100		100

	Total investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$	10,492	$	10,492


	Equity in income (losses) from unconsolidated joint ventures


		Three Months		Three Months
		Ended		Ended
		March 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013
	Mondrian South Beach food and beverage – MC South Beach	$	—	$	(159	)
	Other		2		—

	Total	$	2	$	(159	)

	Mondrian South Beach
	On August 8, 2006, the Company entered into a 50/50 joint venture to renovate and convert an apartment building on Biscayne Bay in Miami Beach into a condominium hotel, Mondrian South Beach, which opened in December 2008. The Company operates Mondrian South Beach under a long-term management contract.
	The Mondrian South Beach joint venture acquired the existing building and land for a gross purchase price of $110.0 million. An initial equity investment of $15.0 million from each of the 50/50 joint venture partners was funded at closing, and subsequently each member also contributed $8.0 million of additional equity. The Company and an affiliate of its joint venture partner provided additional mezzanine financing of approximately $22.5 million in total to the joint venture through a new 50/50 mezzanine financing joint venture to fund completion of the construction in 2008. Additionally, the Mondrian South Beach joint venture initially received nonrecourse mortgage loan financing of approximately $124.0 million at a rate of LIBOR plus 3.0%. A portion of this mortgage debt was paid down, prior to the amendments discussed below, with proceeds obtained from condominium sales. In April 2008, the Mondrian South Beach joint venture obtained a mezzanine loan from the mortgage lenders of $28.0 million bearing interest at LIBOR, based on the rate set date, plus 6.0%. The $28.0 million mezzanine loan provided by the lender and the $22.5 million mezzanine loan provided by the mezzanine financing joint venture were both amended when the loan matured in April 2010, as discussed below.
	In April 2010, the Mondrian South Beach ownership joint venture amended the nonrecourse financing and mezzanine loan agreements secured by Mondrian South Beach or related equity interests and extended the maturity date for up to seven years through one-year extension options until April 2017, subject to certain conditions. Among other things, the amendment allowed the joint venture to accrue all interest through April 2012, allows the joint venture to accrue a portion of the interest thereafter and provides the joint venture the ability to provide seller financing to qualified condominium buyers with up to 80% of the condominium purchase price. The Company and an affiliate of its joint venture partner each provided an additional $2.75 million to the joint venture through the mezzanine financing joint venture resulting in total mezzanine financing provided by the mezzanine financing joint venture of $28.0 million. The amendment also provides that this $28.0 million mezzanine financing invested in the property be elevated in the capital structure to become, in effect, on par with the lender’s mezzanine debt so that the mezzanine financing joint venture receives at least 50% of all returns in excess of the first mortgage.
	In March 2014, the joint venture exercised its option to extend the outstanding mortgage and mezzanine debt for another year until April 2015. As of March 31, 2014, the joint venture’s outstanding nonrecourse mortgage loan and mezzanine loan was $57.1 million, in the aggregate, of which $29.1 million was mortgage debt, and the outstanding mezzanine debt owed to affiliates of the joint venture partners was $28.0 million.
	The joint venture is in the process of selling units as condominiums, subject to market conditions, and unit buyers will have the opportunity to place their units into the hotel’s rental program. As of March 31, 2014, 245 hotel residences have been sold, of which 126 are in the hotel rental pool, and 90 hotel residences remain to be sold. In addition to hotel management fees, the Company could also realize fees from the sale of condominium units, although there can be no assurances of any sales in the future.
	The Mondrian South Beach joint venture was determined to be a variable interest entity as during the process of refinancing the venture’s mortgage in April 2010, its equity investment at risk was considered insufficient to permit the entity to finance its own activities. Management determined that the Company is not the primary beneficiary of this variable interest entity as the Company does not have a controlling financial interest in the entity.

	Because the Company has written its investment value in the joint venture to zero, for financial reporting purposes, the Company believes its maximum exposure to losses as a result of its involvement in the Mondrian South Beach variable interest entity is limited to its outstanding management fees and related receivables and $14.0 million of advances in the form of mezzanine financing, excluding guarantees and other contractual commitments.
	The Company is not committed to providing financial support to this variable interest entity, other than as contractually required, and all future funding is expected to be provided by the joint venture partners in accordance with their respective percentage interests in the form of capital contributions or loans, or by third parties.
	Morgans Group and affiliates of its joint venture partner have provided certain guarantees and indemnifications to the Mondrian South Beach lenders. See note 7.
	Mondrian SoHo
	In June 2007, the Company entered into a joint venture with Cape Advisors Inc. to acquire and develop a Mondrian hotel in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. The Company initially contributed $5.0 million for a 20% equity interest in the joint venture. The joint venture obtained a loan of $195.2 million to acquire and develop the hotel, which matured in June 2010. On July 31, 2010, the mortgage loan secured by the hotel was amended to, among other things, provide for extensions of the maturity date to November 2011 with extension options through 2015, subject to certain conditions including a minimum debt service coverage test calculated, based on ratios of net operating income to debt service for specified periods ended September 30th of each year. The joint venture satisfied the extension conditions in 2011 and the maturity of this debt was extended to November 2012.
	Mondrian SoHo opened in February 2011 and has 263 guest rooms, a restaurant, bar and other facilities. The Company has a 10-year management contract with two 10-year extension options to operate the hotel. As of March 31, 2014, the Mondrian SoHo joint venture’s outstanding mortgage debt secured by the hotel was $196.0 million, excluding $28.7 million of deferred interest. The joint venture did not satisfy the extension conditions in 2012 and the loan matured on November 15, 2012. In January 2013, the lender initiated foreclosure proceedings and litigation is ongoing, as discussed further in note 7, “—Litigations Regarding Mondrian SoHo.”
	On February 25, 2013, the owner of Mondrian SoHo, a joint venture in which Morgans Group owns a 20% equity interest, gave notice purporting to terminate the Company’s subsidiary as manager of the hotel. It also filed a lawsuit against the Company seeking termination of the management agreement on the same grounds. This litigation and related litigation is ongoing, as discussed further in note 7, “—Litigations Regarding Mondrian SoHo.”
	In December 2011, the Mondrian SoHo joint venture was determined to be a variable interest entity as a result of upcoming debt maturity and cash shortfalls, and because its equity was considered insufficient to permit the entity to finance its own activities. However, the Company determined that it was not the primary beneficiary and, therefore, consolidation of this joint venture is not required. The Company continues to account for its investment in Mondrian SoHo using the equity method of accounting. Because the Company has written its investment value in the joint venture to zero, for financial reporting purposes, the Company believes its maximum exposure to losses as a result of its involvement in the Mondrian SoHo variable interest entity is limited to its outstanding management fees and related receivables and advances in the form of priority loans, excluding guarantees and other contractual commitments.
	Certain affiliates of the Company’s joint venture partner have provided certain guarantees and indemnifications to the Mondrian SoHo lenders for which Morgans Group has agreed to indemnify the joint venture partner and its affiliates in certain circumstances. See note 7.

	Food and Beverage Venture at Mondrian South Beach
	On June 20, 2011, the Company completed the CGM Transaction, pursuant to which subsidiaries of the Company acquired for approximately $20.0 million the interests CGM owned in the Company’s food and beverage joint ventures, which included the food and beverage venture at Mondrian South Beach.
	As a result, the Company’s ownership interest in the food and beverage venture at Mondrian South Beach is less than 100%, and was reevaluated in accordance with ASC 810-10. The Company concluded that this venture did not meet the requirements of a variable interest entity and accordingly, this investment in the joint venture is accounted for using the equity method, as the Company does not believe it exercises control over significant asset decisions such as buying, selling or financing.
	The Company accounted for this investment under the equity method of accounting through December 31, 2013, until its recording of losses was suspended. At March 31, 2014, the Company’s investment in this food and beverage venture was zero. Because the Company has written its investment value in the joint venture to zero, for financial reporting purposes, the Company believes its maximum exposure to losses as a result of its involvement in the food and beverage venture at Mondrian South Beach variable interest entity is limited to any outstanding receivables, which are immaterial as of March 31, 2014.
	Ames
	On June 17, 2008, the Company, Normandy Real Estate Partners, and Ames Hotel Partners entered into a joint venture agreement as part of the development of the Ames hotel in Boston. Ames opened on November 19, 2009 and has 114 guest rooms, a restaurant, bar and other facilities.
	The Company contributed a total of approximately $12.1 million in equity for an approximately 31% interest in the ownership joint venture. The joint venture obtained a loan for $46.5 million secured by the hotel, which matured on October 9, 2012 and the mortgage lender served the joint venture with a notice of event of default stating that the nonrecourse mortgage refinancing on the property was not repaid when it matured.
	On April 26, 2013, the joint venture closed on a new loan agreement with the mortgage lenders that provides for a reduction of the mortgage debt and an extension of maturity in return for a cash paydown. The Company did not contribute to the cash paydown and instead entered into an agreement with its joint venture as discussed further in note 7, “—Operating Joint Venture Hotels Commitments and Guarantees, Ames.”
	In May 2013, the hotel owner exercised its right to terminate the Company’s management agreement effective July 17, 2013, and on July 17, 2013 the management agreement terminated. The Company received cash of $1.8 million, which was recorded in management fee-related parties and other income on the consolidated statement of comprehensive loss during the year ended December 31, 2013.
	Prior to the Company assigning its equity interests in the joint venture to its joint venture partner, net income or loss and cash distributions or contributions were allocated to the partners in accordance with ownership interests. The Company accounted for this investment under the equity method of accounting.
	Shore Club
	In May 2013, a Florida trial court entered a final judgment of foreclosure in favor of the lender on the Shore Club mortgage that allegedly went into default in September 2009, and set a June 25, 2013 foreclosure sale. On June 24, 2013, the joint venture that owned the Shore Club at that time agreed to a six-month refinancing with Fortress Investment Group LLC, a new lender, which expired on December 24, 2013. Pursuant to the refinancing, the foreclosure judgment was satisfied by the joint venture, and a notice of that satisfaction was filed with the court on July 9, 2013, resolving the foreclosure judgment and absolving the need for a judicial sale.

	Subsequent to the expiration of the refinancing term, the hotel was sold on December 30, 2013 to HFZ Capital Group. Phillips International, an affiliate of Shore Club’s former owner, will retain an ownership stake. The new owner has publicly stated that it may convert a substantial part of the hotel to condos, and the Company could be replaced as hotel manager. To date, the Company has received no notice of termination of its management agreement, and intends to continue to operate the hotel pursuant to that agreement. However, no assurance can be provided that the Company will continue to do so in the future. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had only an immaterial contingent profit participation equity interest in Shore Club.
	Mondrian Istanbul
	In December 2011, the Company entered into a new hotel management agreement for an approximately 105 room Mondrian-branded hotel to be located in the Old City area of Istanbul, Turkey. In December 2011 and January 2012, the Company contributed an aggregate of $10.3 million in the form of equity and key money and has a 20% ownership interest in the joint venture owning the hotel. The Company has no additional funding commitments in connection with this project.
	Due to the Company’s joint venture partner’s failure to achieve certain agreed milestones in the development of the hotel, in early 2014, the Company exercised its put option under the joint venture agreement that requires the Company’s joint venture partner to buy back the Company’s equity interests in the Mondrian Istanbul joint venture. The Company’s rights under that joint venture agreement are secured by, among other things, a mortgage on the property. In February 2014, the Company issued a notice of default to its joint venture partner, as they failed to buy back the Company’s equity interests by the contractual deadline, and further notified its joint venture partner that the Company plans to begin foreclosure proceedings as a result of the event of default. The Company does not currently anticipate that these proceeding will have an impact on its management agreement should the hotel development continue.

Other_Liabilities

Other Liabilities	3 Months Ended
Other Liabilities	Mar. 31, 2014
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Other Liabilities	'
	5. Other Liabilities
	Other liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):


		As of		As of
		March 31,		December 31,
		2014		2013
	Designer fee claim	$	13,866	$	13,866
	OPP LTIP Units Liability (note 8)		—		25

		$	13,866	$	13,891

	Designer Fee Claim
	As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, other liabilities consist of a liability related to a designer fee claim. The Former Parent had an exclusive service agreement with a hotel designer, pursuant to which the designer has made various claims related to the agreement. Although the Company is not a party to the agreement, it may have certain contractual obligations or liabilities to the Former Parent in connection with the agreement. According to the agreement, the designer was owed a base fee for each designed hotel, plus 1% of gross revenues, as defined in the agreement, for a 10-year period from the opening of each hotel. In addition, the agreement also called for the designer to design a minimum number of projects for which the designer would be paid a minimum fee. A liability amount has been estimated and recorded in these consolidated financial statements before considering any defenses and/or counter-claims that may be available to the Company or the Former Parent in connection with any claim brought by the designer. The estimated costs of the design services were capitalized as a component of the applicable hotel in prior years and were amortized over the five-year estimated life of the related design elements.

Debt_and_Capital_Lease_Obligat

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	'
	6. Debt and Capital Lease Obligations
	Debt and capital lease obligations consists of the following (in thousands):


	Description	As of		As of		Interest rate at
		March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2014
	Hudson/Delano Mortgage (a)	$	450,000	$	—	5.80% (LIBOR + 5.65%)
	Notes secured by Hudson (a)		—		180,000	8.90% (LIBOR + 8.40%,
						LIBOR floor of 0.50%)
	Clift debt (b)		92,108		91,486	9.60%
	Liability to subsidiary trust (c)		50,100		50,100	8.68%
	Convertible Notes, face value (d)		83,896		170,698	2.38%
	TLG Promissory Notes (e)		18,907		18,807	(f)
	Restaurant Lease Note (f)		6,346		6,551	(h)
	Capital lease obligations (g)		6,106		6,109	(g)
	Revolving credit facility (h)		—		37,000	5.00% (LIBOR + 4.00%,
						LIBOR floor of 1.00%)

	Debt and capital lease obligation	$	707,463	$	560,751

	As a result of the refinancing the Company completed in February 2014, discussed further below, the Company believes it has sufficient cash to meet its scheduled short-term debt maturities consisting of obligations due on the outstanding Convertible Notes, scheduled development commitments, operating expenses and other expenditures directly associated with its properties. The net proceeds from the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan, defined below, were applied to (1) repay $180 million of outstanding mortgage debt under the prior mortgage loan secured by Hudson (the “Hudson 2012 Mortgage Loan”), (2) repay $37 million of indebtedness under the Company’s $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility secured by Delano South Beach (the “Delano Credit Facility”), (3) provide cash collateral for reimbursement obligations with respect to a $10.0 million letter of credit under the Delano Credit Facility, and (4) fund reserves required under the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan, with the remainder available for general corporate purposes and working capital, which may include the repayment of other indebtedness, including the Convertible Notes and TLG Promissory Notes, subject to certain minimum unencumbered asset requirements.
	On February 28, 2014, the Company repurchased $88.0 million of outstanding Convertible Notes for an amount equal to their principal balance plus accrued interest, using cash on hand, including proceeds of the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan.
	(a) Mortgage Agreements
	Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan
	On February 6, 2014, subsidiaries of the Company entered into a new mortgage financing with Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. and Bank of America, N.A., as lenders, consisting of $300.0 million nonrecourse mortgage notes and $150.0 million mezzanine loans resulting in an aggregate principal amount of $450 million, secured by mortgages encumbering Delano South Beach and Hudson and pledges of equity interests in certain subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan”).
	The Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan bears interest at a reserve adjusted blended rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 565 basis points. The Company maintains interest rate caps for the principal amount of the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan that caps the LIBOR rate on the debt under the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan at approximately 1.75% through the initial maturity date.
	The Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan matures on February 9, 2016. The Company has three, one-year extension options that will permit the Company to extend the maturity date of the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan to February 9, 2019, if certain conditions are satisfied at the respective extension dates, including delivery by the borrowers of a business plan and budget for the extension term reasonably satisfactory to the lenders and achievement by the Company of a specified debt yield. The second and third extensions would also require the payment of an extension fee in an amount equal to 0.25% of the then outstanding principal amount under the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan. A minimum unencumbered assets requirement may also be required if certain other indebtedness (as same may be amended, supplemented, modified, refinanced or replaced) becomes due during the extension term. The Company may prepay the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan in an amount necessary to achieve the specified debt yield.

	The Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan may be prepaid at any time, in whole or in part, subject to payment of a prepayment premium for any prepayment prior to August 9, 2015. There is no prepayment premium after August 9, 2015.
	The Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan is assumable under certain conditions, and provides that either one of the encumbered hotels may be sold, subject to prepayment of the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan at a specified release price and satisfaction of certain other conditions.
	The Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan contains restrictions on the ability of the borrowers to incur additional debt or liens on their assets and on the transfer of direct or indirect interests in Hudson or Delano South Beach and the owners of Hudson and Delano South Beach and other affirmative and negative covenants and events of default customary for multiple asset commercial mortgage-backed securities loans. The Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan is nonrecourse to the Company’s subsidiaries that are the borrowers under the loan, except pursuant to certain carveouts detailed therein. In addition, the Company has provided a customary environmental indemnity and nonrecourse carveout guaranty under which it would have liability with respect to the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan if certain events occur with respect to the borrowers, including voluntary bankruptcy filings, collusive involuntary bankruptcy filings, changes to the Hudson capital lease without prior written consent of the lender, violations of the restrictions on transfers, incurrence of additional debt, or encumbrances of the property of the borrowers. The nonrecourse carveout guaranty requires the Company to maintain minimum unencumbered assets (as defined in the nonrecourse carveout guaranty) until the Company’s outstanding Convertible Notes and TLG Promissory Notes are repaid, extended, refinanced or replaced beyond the term of the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan. Further, the nonrecourse carveout guaranty prohibits the payment of dividends on or repurchase of the Company’s common stock.
	On April 8, 2014, the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan was amended to reallocate the principal amount and interest rate spread of the $300.0 million nonrecourse mortgage notes. This technical amendment had no impact on the total outstanding principal amount of the nonrecourse mortgage notes or the blended interest rate of the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan.
	Hudson Mortgage and Mezzanine Loan
	On November 14, 2012, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries entered into the Hudson 2012 Mortgage Loan, a mortgage financing with UBS Real Estate Securities Inc., as lender, consisting of a $180.0 million nonrecourse mortgage loan, secured by Hudson, which was fully-funded at closing. The net proceeds from the Hudson 2012 Mortgage Loan were applied to (1) repay $115 million of outstanding mortgage debt under the prior mortgage loan and related fees, (2) repay $36.0 million of indebtedness under the Company’s revolving credit facility, and (3) fund reserves required under the Hudson 2012 Mortgage Loan, with the remainder available for general corporate purposes.
	The Hudson 2012 Mortgage Loan bore interest at a reserve adjusted blended rate of 30-day LIBOR (with a minimum of 0.50%) plus 840 basis points. The Company maintained an interest rate cap for the amount of the Hudson 2012 Mortgage Loan that capped the 30-day LIBOR rate on the debt under the Hudson 2012 Mortgage Loan at approximately 2.5% through the maturity date.
	In connection with the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan, the Hudson 2012 Mortgage Loan was terminated after repayment of the outstanding debt thereunder in February 2014.

	(b) Clift Debt
	In October 2004, Clift Holdings LLC (“Clift Holdings”), a subsidiary of the Company, sold the Clift hotel to an unrelated party for $71.0 million and then leased it back for a 99-year lease term. Under this lease, Clift Holdings is required to fund operating shortfalls including the lease payments and to fund all capital expenditures. This transaction did not qualify as a sale due to the Company’s continued involvement and therefore is treated as a financing.
	Due to the amount of the payments stated in the lease, which increase periodically, and the economic environment in which the hotel operates, Clift Holdings has from time to time operated Clift at a loss, with Morgans Group funding cash shortfalls sustained at Clift in order to enable Clift Holdings to make lease payments from time to time. Clift Holdings was not able to make certain lease payments in 2010 and Morgans Group elected not to fund the cash shortfalls. Litigation ensued, and on September 17, 2010, Clift Holdings and the lessors entered into an amendment to the lease to memorialize, among other things, a reduced annual lease payment of $4.97 million from March 1, 2010 to February 29, 2012. Effective March 1, 2012, the annual rent reverted to the rent stated in the lease agreement, which provides for base annual rent of approximately $6.0 million per year through October 2014. Thereafter, base rent increases at 5-year intervals by a formula tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index, with a maximum increase of 40% and a minimum increase of 20% at October 2014, and a maximum increase of 20% and a minimum increase of 10% at each 5-year rent increase date thereafter. The lease is nonrecourse to the Company.
	Morgans Group also entered into an agreement, dated September 17, 2010, whereby Morgans Group agreed to guarantee losses of up to $6 million suffered by the lessors in the event of certain “bad boy” type acts. As of March 31, 2014, there has been no triggering event that would require the Company to recognize a liability related to this guarantee.
	(c) Liability to Subsidiary Trust Issuing Preferred Securities
	On August 4, 2006, a newly established trust formed by the Company, MHG Capital Trust I (the “Trust”), issued $50.0 million in trust preferred securities in a private placement. The Company owns all of the $0.1 million of outstanding common stock of the Trust. The Trust used the proceeds of these transactions to purchase $50.1 million of junior subordinated notes issued by the Company’s operating company and guaranteed by the Company (the “Trust Notes”) which mature on October 30, 2036. The sole assets of the Trust consist of the Trust Notes. The terms of the Trust Notes are substantially the same as preferred securities issued by the Trust. The Trust Notes and the preferred securities have a fixed interest rate of 8.68% until October 2016, after which the interest rate will float and reset quarterly at the three-month LIBOR rate plus 3.25% per annum. The Trust Notes are redeemable by the Trust, at the Company’s option, at par, and the Company has not redeemed any Trust Notes. To the extent the Company redeems the Trust Notes, the Trust is required to redeem a corresponding amount of preferred securities.
	The Company has identified that the Trust is a variable interest entity under ASC 810-10. Based on management’s analysis, the Company is not the primary beneficiary under the trust. Accordingly, the Trust is not consolidated into the Company’s financial statements. The Company accounts for the investment in the common stock of the Trust under the equity method of accounting.
	In the event the Company were to undertake a transaction that was deemed to constitute a transfer of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety within the meaning of the indenture, the Company may be required to repay the Trust Notes prior to their maturity or obtain the trustee’s consent in connection with such transfer.
	(d) October 2007 Convertible Notes Offering
	On October 17, 2007, the Company issued $172.5 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes in a private offering. Net proceeds from the offering were approximately $166.8 million.
	The Convertible Notes are senior subordinated unsecured obligations of Morgans Hotel Group Co. and are guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by the Company’s operating company, Morgans Group. The Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock under certain circumstances and upon the occurrence of specified events.

	Interest on the Convertible Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on April 15, 2008, and the Convertible Notes mature on October 15, 2014, unless previously repurchased by the Company or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date. The initial conversion rate for each $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes is 37.1903 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing an initial conversion price of approximately $26.89 per share of common stock. The initial conversion rate is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. The maximum conversion rate for each $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes is 45.5580 shares of the Company’s common stock representing a maximum conversion price of approximately $21.95 per share of common stock.
	The Company follows ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options (“ASC 470-20”), which clarifies the accounting for convertible notes payable. ASC 470-20 requires the proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes to be allocated between a debt component and an equity component. The debt component is measured based on the fair value of similar debt without an equity conversion feature, and the equity component is determined as the residual of the fair value of the debt deducted from the original proceeds received. The resulting discount on the debt component is amortized over the period the debt is expected to be outstanding as additional interest expense. The equity component, recorded as additional paid-in capital, was determined to be $9.0 million, which represents the difference between the proceeds from issuance of the Convertible Notes and the fair value of the liability, net of deferred taxes of $6.4 million as of the date of issuance of the Convertible Notes.
	In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Notes, the Company entered into convertible note hedge transactions (the “Convertible Notes Call Options”) with respect to the Company’s common stock with Merrill Lynch Financial Markets, Inc. and Citibank, N.A. These call options are exercisable solely in connection with any conversion of the Convertible Notes and pursuant to which the Company will receive shares of the Company’s common stock from Merrill Lynch Financial Markets, Inc. and Citibank, N.A equal to the number of shares issuable to the holders of the Convertible Notes upon conversion. The Company paid approximately $58.2 million for the Convertible Notes Call Options.
	In connection with the sale of the Convertible Notes, the Company also entered into separate warrant transactions with Merrill Lynch Financial Markets, Inc. and Citibank, N.A., whereby the Company issued warrants (the “Convertible Notes Warrants”) to purchase 6,415,327 shares of common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, at an exercise price of approximately $40.00 per share of common stock. The Company received approximately $34.1 million from the issuance of the Convertible Notes Warrants.
	The Company recorded the purchase of the Convertible Note Call Options, net of the related tax benefit of approximately $20.3 million, as a reduction of additional paid-in capital and the proceeds from the Convertible Notes Warrants as an addition to additional paid-in capital in accordance with ASC 815-30, Derivatives and Hedging, Cash Flow Hedges.
	As discussed in note 9, from April 21, 2010 to July 21, 2010, the Yucaipa Investors purchased from third parties $88.0 million of the Convertible Notes. On February 28, 2014, the Company entered into a Note Repurchase Agreement with the Yucaipa Investors, pursuant to which the Company repurchased the $88.0 million of Convertible Notes owned by them for an amount equal to their principal balance plus accrued interest. The Company used cash on hand, including proceeds of the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan, for this repurchase. In connection with the Note Repurchase Agreement, the Company reversed the applicable pro rata amount of Convertible Notes Call Options and Convertible Notes Warrants through additional paid-in capital.
	Following the closing under the Note Repurchase Agreement, these Convertible Notes were retired and, as a result, the principal amount of the outstanding Convertible Notes has been reduced to $84.5 million.
	In the event the Company were to undertake, among other things, a transaction that was deemed to constitute a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company within the meaning of the indenture, the Company may be required to repay the Convertible Notes prior to their maturity or obtain the trustee’s consent in connection with such transfer.

	(e) TLG Promissory Notes
	On November 30, 2011, pursuant to purchase agreements entered into on November 17, 2011, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries completed the acquisition of 90% of the equity interests in TLG for a purchase price of $28.5 million in cash and up to $18.0 million in notes convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at $9.50 per share subject to the achievement of certain EBITDA targets for the acquired business (collectively, the “TLG Promissory Notes”). The TLG Promissory Notes were allocated $16.0 million to Mr. Sasson and $2.0 million to Mr. Masi.
	The payment of $18.0 million is based on TLG achieving EBITDA of at least $18.0 million from non-Morgans business (the “Non-Morgans EBITDA”) during the 27-month period starting on January 1, 2012, with ratable reduction of the payment if less than $18.0 million of EBITDA is earned. The TLG Promissory Notes mature on November 30, 2015 and may be voluntarily prepaid at any time. At either Messrs. Sasson’s or Masi’s options, the TLG Promissory Notes are payable in cash or in common stock of the Company valued at $9.50 per share. Each of the TLG Promissory Notes earns interest at an annual rate of 8%, provided that if the notes are not paid or converted on or before November 30, 2014, the interest rate increases to 18%. The TLG Promissory Notes provide that 75% of the accrued interest is payable quarterly in cash and the remaining 25% accrues and is included in the principal balance which is payable at maturity. Morgans Group has guaranteed payment of the TLG Promissory Notes and interest.
	As of the issue date, the fair value of the TLG Promissory Notes was estimated at approximately $15.5 million utilizing a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the probability of the performance conditions being satisfied. The fair value of the TLG Promissory Notes was estimated as of the issue date using the following assumptions in the Monte-Carlo simulation: expected price volatility for the Company’s stock of 25%; a risk free rate of 0.4%; and no dividend payments over the measurement period. The EBITDA targets were achieved at March 31, 2014 and the fair value of the TLG Promissory Notes of $18.0 million plus accrued interest of $0.9 million is reflected in the Company’s March 31, 2014 consolidated financial statements.
As discussed further in note 7, on August 5, 2013, Messrs. Sasson and Masi filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against TLG Acquisition and Morgans Group alleging, among other things, breach of contract and an event of default under the TLG Promissory Notes as a result of the Company’s failure to repay the TLG Promissory Notes following an alleged “Change of Control” of the Company in connection with the election of directors at the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting. On September 26, 2013, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety. On February 6, 2014, the court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss. Messrs. Sasson and Masi have appealed the decision and a timeline for an appeal process is currently unclear.
(f) Restaurant Lease Note
As discussed in note 2, in August 2012, the Company acquired the leasehold interests in three food and beverage venues at Mandalay Bay from an existing tenant for $15.0 million in cash at closing and the issuance of a principal-only $10.6 million Restaurant Lease Note to be paid over seven years. The Restaurant Lease Note does not bear interest except in the event of default, as defined in the agreement. In accordance with ASC 470, Debt, the Company imputed interest on the Restaurant Lease Note, which was recorded at its fair value of $7.5 million as of the date of issuance. At March 31, 2014, the balance outstanding recorded on the Restaurant Lease Note is $6.3 million.
(g) Capital Lease Obligations
The Company has leased two condominium units at Hudson from unrelated third-parties, which are reflected as capital leases. One of the leases requires the Company to make annual payments, currently $649,728 (subject to increases due to increases in the Consumer Price Index), through November 2096. This lease also allows the Company to purchase, at its option, the unit at fair market value after November 2015. The second lease requires the Company to make annual payments, currently $328,128 (subject to increases due to increases in the Consumer Price Index), through December 2098.

The Company has allocated both lease payments between the land and building based on their estimated fair values. The portion of the payments allocated to the building has been capitalized at the present value of the future minimum lease payments. The portion of the payments allocable to the land is treated as operating lease payments. The imputed interest rate on both of these leases is 8%, which is based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the time the lease agreement was executed. The capital lease obligations related to the units amounted to approximately $6.1 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Substantially all of the principal payments on the capital lease obligations are due at the end of the lease agreements.
The Company has also entered into capital lease obligations, which are immaterial to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, related to equipment at certain of the hotels.
(h) Delano Credit Facility
On July 28, 2011, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Borrowers”), including Beach Hotel Associates LLC (the “Florida Borrower”), entered into a secured credit agreement with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as sole lead arranger, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as agent, and the lenders party thereto.
The credit agreement provided commitments for the Delano Credit Facility, a $100 million revolving credit facility and included a $15 million letter of credit sub-facility. The interest rate applicable to loans outstanding on the Delano Credit Facility was a floating rate of interest per annum, at the Borrowers’ election, of either LIBOR (subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.00%) plus 4.00%, or a base rate, as defined in the agreement, plus 3.00%. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.50% applied to the unused portion of the commitments under the Delano Credit Facility.
In connection with the closing of the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan, described more fully above, the Delano Credit Facility was terminated after repayment of the outstanding debt thereunder in February 2014.

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

7. Commitments and Contingencies

Hotel Development Related Commitments

In order to obtain long-term management, franchise and license contracts, the Company has committed to contribute capital in various forms on hotel development projects. These include equity investments, key money, debt financing and cash flow guarantees to hotel owners. The cash flow guarantees generally have a stated maximum amount of funding and a defined term. The terms of the cash flow guarantees to hotel owners generally require the Company to fund if the hotels do not attain specified levels of operating profit. Oftentimes, cash flow guarantees to hotel owners may be recoverable as loans repayable to the Company out of future hotel cash flows and/or proceeds from the sale of hotels.

The following table details, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s key money, equity investment and debt financing commitments for hotels under development as well as potential funding obligations under cash flow guarantees at operating hotels and hotels under development at the maximum amount under the applicable contracts, but excluding contracts where the maximum amount cannot be determined (in thousands):

As of

March 31,

December 31,

2014 (1)

2013 (1)

Key money, equity investment and debt financing commitments (2)

23,339

22,499

Key money commitments in dispute (3)

10,000

Cash flow guarantees

13,000

Cash flow guarantees in dispute (4)

8,000

Total maximum future funding commitments

54,399

53,499

Amounts due within one year (5)

26,339

25,499

-1

The currency translation is based on an exchange rate of the applicable local currency to U.S. dollar using the exchange rate as of the end of the applicable reporting period.

-2

As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, these commitments consist of key money commitments. The Company had no equity or debt financing commitments at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

-3

Reflects funding of $10.0 million in key money for Mondrian at Baha Mar secured by a cash collateralized letter of credit, which the Company believes it is not obligated to fund due to the owner’s defaults under the management agreement terms, discussed further below.

-4

Reflects an $8.0 million performance cash flow guarantee related to Delano Marrakech, which the Company believes it is not obligated to fund due to the owner’s defaults under the management agreement terms. The Company has terminated its management agreement effective November 12, 2013, discussed further below.

-5

Amount represents £9.4 million (or approximately $15.6 million as of March 31, 2014) in key money for Mondrian London, which is expected to open in the third quarter of 2014, and funding of $10.0 million in key money for Mondrian at Baha Mar secured by a cash collateralized letter of credit, which the Company believes it is not obligated to fund due to the owner’s defaults under the management agreement terms, discussed further below.

On March 26, 2014, the Company notified Baha Mar Ltd. (“Baha Mar Owner”) that, effective on April 25, 2014, it was terminating the management agreement relating to Mondrian at Baha Mar in Nassau, the Bahamas due to the failure of Baha Mar Owner to obtain a Non-Disruption Agreement from its lender as required by the management agreement. Baha Mar Owner has disputed the termination and on April 22, 2014, the Company learned that Baha Mar Owner had submitted a draw certificate seeking payment of the $10.0 million letter of credit posted by the Company to secure certain payments under the management agreement. On April 23, 2014, the Company sought and was granted a temporary restraining order enjoining the payment of the $10.0 million letter of credit. A preliminary injunction hearing is scheduled for June 5, 2014.

In September 2012, the Company opened Delano Marrakech, a 71 room hotel in Marrakech, Morocco. The management agreement included certain cash flow guarantees by the Company which stipulate certain minimum levels of operating performance and could result in potential future funding obligations related to Delano Marrakech, which are in dispute and disclosed in the hotel commitments and guarantees table above. As discussed further below, the Company and the hotel owner are in litigation surrounding the termination of the hotel management agreement, performance-based cash flow guarantee and related matters. Both parties are seeking arbitration of the dispute, which is expected to occur in March 2015.

In January 2014, the Company signed a franchise agreement for a Morgans Original branded hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. The hotel, which is currently under development, is being converted from office and retail space, is expected to have 78 rooms and open in late 2014. The Company has a $0.7 million key money obligation that will be funded upon the hotel opening, which is included in the table above.

As the Company pursues its growth strategy, it may continue to invest in new management, franchise and license agreements through key money and equity investments. To fund any such future investments, the Company may from time to time pursue additional potential financing opportunities it has available.

The Company has signed management, license or franchise agreements for new hotels which are in the development stage. As of March 31, 2014, these include the following:

Expected Room

Anticipated

Initial

Count

Opening

Term

Hotels Currently Under Construction or Renovation:

Mondrian London

360

2014

25 years

Delano Las Vegas (1)

1,114

2014

10 years

Morgans Original, Istanbul (1)

2014

15 years

Mondrian at Baha Mar (2)

310

2014

20 years

Mondrian Doha

270

2015

30 years

Delano Moscow

160

2015

20 years

Other Signed Agreements:

Mondrian Istanbul

105

20 years

Delano Aegean Sea

150

20 years

Delano Cartagena

211

20 years

-1

Hotel is subject to a license or franchise agreement.

-2

Management agreement is currently in dispute, as discussed above.

Financing has not been obtained for the hotel projects listed under “Other Signed Agreements” in the table above, and there can be no assurances that any or all of the Company’s development stage projects will be developed as planned. If adequate project financing is not obtained, these projects may need to be limited in scope, deferred or cancelled altogether, and to the extent the Company has previously funded key money, an equity investment or debt financing on a cancelled project, the Company may be unable to recover the amounts funded.

For example, due to the Company’s joint venture partner’s failure to achieve certain agreed milestones in the development of the Mondrian Istanbul hotel, in early 2014, the Company exercised its put option under the joint venture agreement that requires the Company’s joint venture partner to buy back the Company’s equity interests in the Mondrian Istanbul joint venture. The Company’s rights under that joint venture agreement are secured by, among other things, a mortgage on the property. In February 2014, the Company issued a notice of default to its joint venture partner, as they failed to buy back the Company’s equity interests by the contractual deadline, and further notified its joint venture partner that the Company plans to begin foreclosure proceedings as a result of the event of default. The Company does not currently anticipate that these proceeding will have an impact on its management agreement should the hotel development continue.

Other Guarantees to Hotel Owners

As discussed above, the Company has provided certain cash flow guarantees to hotel owners in order to secure management contracts.

The Company’s hotel management agreements for Royalton and Morgans contain cash flow guarantee performance tests that stipulate certain minimum levels of operating performance. These performance test provisions give the Company the option to fund a shortfall in operating performance limited to the Company’s earned base fees. If the Company chooses not to fund the shortfall, the hotel owner has the option to terminate the management agreement. As of March 31, 2014, approximately $0.2 million was accrued as a reduction to management fees related to these performance test provisions. The Company’s maximum potential amount of future fundings related to the Royalton and Morgans performance guarantee cannot be determined as of March 31, 2014, but under the hotel management agreements is limited to the Company’s base fees earned.

Operating Joint Venture Hotels Commitments and Guarantees

The following details obligations the Company has or may have related to its operating joint venture hotels as of March 31, 2014.

Mondrian South Beach Mortgage and Mezzanine Agreements. Morgans Group and affiliates of its joint venture partner have agreed to provide standard nonrecourse carve-out guaranties and provide certain limited indemnifications for the Mondrian South Beach mortgage and mezzanine loans. In the event of a default, the lenders’ recourse is generally limited to the mortgaged property or related equity interests, subject to standard nonrecourse carve-out guaranties for “bad boy” type acts. Morgans Group and affiliates of its joint venture partner also agreed to guarantee the joint venture’s obligation to reimburse certain expenses incurred by the lenders and indemnify the lenders in the event such lenders incur liability in connection with certain third-party actions. Morgans Group and affiliates of its joint venture partner have also guaranteed the joint venture’s liability for the unpaid principal amount of any seller financing note provided for condominium sales if such financing or related mortgage lien is found unenforceable, provided they shall not have any liability if the seller financed unit becomes subject to the lien of the lender’s mortgage or title to the seller financed unit is otherwise transferred to the lender or if such seller financing note is repurchased by Morgans Group and/or affiliates of its joint venture at the full amount of unpaid principal balance of such seller financing note. In addition, although construction is complete and Mondrian South Beach opened on December 1, 2008, Morgans Group and affiliates of its joint venture partner may have continuing obligations under construction completion guaranties until all outstanding payables due to construction vendors are paid. As of March 31, 2014, there are remaining payables outstanding to vendors of approximately $0.4 million. Pursuant to a letter agreement with the lenders for the Mondrian South Beach loan, the joint venture agreed that these payables, many of which are currently contested or under dispute, will not be paid from operating funds but only from tax abatements and settlements of certain lawsuits. In the event funds from tax abatements and settlements of lawsuits are insufficient to repay these amounts in a timely manner, the Company and its joint venture partner are required to fund the shortfall amounts.

The Company and affiliates of its joint venture partner also have each agreed to purchase approximately $14 million of condominium units under certain conditions, including an event of default. In the event of a default under the lender’s mortgage or mezzanine loan, the joint venture partners are each obligated to purchase selected condominium units, at agreed-upon sales prices, having aggregate sales prices equal to 1/2 of the lesser of $28.0 million, which is the face amount outstanding on the lender’s mezzanine loan, or the then outstanding principal balance of the lender’s mezzanine loan. The joint venture is not currently in an event of default under the mortgage or mezzanine loan. As of March 31, 2014, there has been no triggering event that would require the Company to recognize a liability related to the construction completion or the condominium purchase guarantees.

Mondrian SoHo. Certain affiliates of the Company’s joint venture partner have agreed to provide a standard nonrecourse carve-out guaranty for “bad boy” type acts and a completion guaranty to the lenders for the Mondrian SoHo loan, for which Morgans Group has agreed to indemnify the joint venture partner and its affiliates up to 20% of such entities’ guaranty obligations, provided that each party is fully responsible for any losses incurred as a result of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. As of March 31, 2014, there has been no triggering event that would require the Company to recognize a liability related to this indemnity.

Ames. On April 26, 2013, the joint venture closed on a new loan agreement with the mortgage lenders that provided for a reduction of the mortgage debt and an extension of maturity in return for a cash paydown. The Company did not contribute to the cash paydown and instead entered into an agreement with its joint venture partner pursuant to which, among other things, (1) the Company assigned its equity interests in the joint venture to its joint venture partner, (2) the Company agreed to give its joint venture partner the right to terminate its management agreement upon 60 days prior notice in return for an aggregate payment of $1.8 million, and (3) a creditworthy affiliate of the Company’s joint venture partner has assumed all or a portion of the Company’s potential liability with respect to historic tax credit guaranties, with the Company’s liability for any tax credit guaranties capped, in any event, at $3.0 million in the aggregate. The potential liability for historic tax credit guaranties relates to approximately $16.9 million of federal and state historic rehabilitation tax credits that Ames qualified for at the time of its development. As of March 31, 2014, there has been no triggering event that would require the Company to accrue any potential liability related to the historic tax credit guarantee. In May 2013, the hotel owner exercised its right to terminate the Company’s management agreement and it was terminated on July 17, 2013. The termination fee was recorded by the Company in the second and third quarters of 2013.

Guaranteed Loans and Commitments

The Company has made payment guarantees to lenders and lessors of its owned and leased hotels, namely related to the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan and Clift lease payments, as discussed further in note 6.

Litigations Regarding Mondrian SoHo

On January 16, 2013, German American Capital Corporation, the lender for the mortgage loans on Mondrian SoHo (“GACC” or the “lender”), filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York against Sochin Downtown Realty, LLC, the joint venture that owns Mondrian SoHo (“Sochin JV”), Morgans Management, the manager for the hotel, Morgans Group, Happy Bar LLC and MGMT LLC, seeking foreclosure including, among other things, the sale of the mortgaged property free and clear of the management agreement, entered into on June 27, 2007, as amended on July 30, 2010, between Sochin JV and Morgans Management. According to the complaint, Sochin JV defaulted by failing to repay the approximately $217 million outstanding on the loans when they became due on November 15, 2012. Cape Advisors Inc. indirectly owns 80% of the equity interest in Sochin JV and Morgans Group indirectly owns the remaining 20% equity interest.

On March 11, 2013, the Company moved to dismiss the lender’s complaint on the grounds that, among other things, the Company’s management agreement is not subject to foreclosure. On April 2, 2013, the lender opposed the Company’s motion to dismiss and cross-moved for summary judgment. On August 12, 2013, the court heard oral argument on both motions, as well as a third motion brought by the Company to strike an affirmation submitted by lender’s attorney. On January 27, 2014, the court granted Morgans Management’s motion to dismiss on the ground that the Company’s subsidiary that manages the hotel is not a proper party to the foreclosure action and that a management contract does not constitute an interest subject to foreclosure, and denied lender’s motion for summary judgment as moot. On March 20, 2014, the lender moved for summary judgment against the remaining four defendants who are seeking foreclosure on four mortgages secured by Mondrian SoHo. That motion is pending.

On February 25, 2013, Sochin JV filed a complaint in the Delaware Chancery Court against Morgans Hotel Group Management LLC and Morgans Group, seeking, among other things, a declaration that plaintiff terminated the management agreement for the hotel, injunctive relief, and an award of damages in an amount to be determined, but alleged to exceed $10 million, plus interest. In addition, the Company, through its equity affiliate, filed a separate action against the owner and its parent in the Delaware Chancery Court for, among other things, breaching fiduciary duties and their joint venture agreement for failing to obtain consent prior to the termination. That action was subsequently consolidated with the termination action. On September 17, 2013, the Delaware Chancery Court heard oral argument on various motions to dismiss and for partial summary judgment in the consolidated actions, following which the court entered orders, on September 20, 2013, ruling that Sochin JV properly terminated the hotel management agreement on agency principles, that Morgans must vacate the hotel forthwith or on whatever other timetable the hotel owner chooses, and that certain claims by the Company’s equity affiliate are dismissed but not its breach of fiduciary duty claim. On September 30, 2013, the Company filed a motion for reconsideration and/or to certify the judgment for appeal. That motion is still pending, and no final order has as yet been issued. By joint stipulation of the parties, granted on March 18, 2014, Sochin JV will file its opposition to the motion for reconsideration and to stay by May 9, 2014, following which the court will issue its ruling. The parties have also stipulated to move, answer or otherwise respond to the operative complaints, by May 9, 2014. Should the Company not prevail on its motion for reconsideration and to stay, the Company intends to vigorously pursue its rights on appeal, but no assurance can be provided that the Company will prevail or otherwise retain management of the hotel.

On April 30, 2013, the Company filed a lawsuit against the majority member of Sochin JV’s parent and its affiliate in New York Supreme Court for damages based on the attempted wrongful termination of the management agreement, defamation, and breach of fiduciary and other obligations under the parties’ joint venture agreement. On August 23, 2013, the owner moved to dismiss that complaint. That motion has been fully briefed and oral argument has been set for June 5, 2014. It is not possible to predict with reasonable certainty the outcome of this action, nor the amount of damages the Company is likely to recover should it ultimately prevail on one or more of its claims.

Litigation Regarding Delano Marrakech

In June 2013, the Company served the owner of Delano Marrakech with a notice of default for, among other things, failure to pay fees and reimbursable expenses and to operate the hotel in accordance with the standards under the management agreement. In September 2013, the Company served notice of termination of its management agreement for Delano Marrakech following the failure by the owner of Delano Marrakech to remedy numerous breaches of the agreement. As a result, the Company discontinued all affiliation with the hotel, including removal of the Delano name, and terminated management of the property, effective November 12, 2013. Pursuant to the management agreement, in the event of an owner default, the Company has no further obligations under the performance-based cash flow guarantee. In addition, as a result of the breaches by the hotel owner, the Company has asserted a claim for losses and damages against the owner that is currently estimated at in excess of $30.0 million, including interest. The owner of the hotel is disputing the circumstances surrounding termination and therefore its liability for this amount. On April 17, 2014, the owner submitted a counterclaim against the Company under both the performance-based cash flow guarantee and for loss of profits. The total counterclaim made by the owner is in excess of $119.0 million, excluding interest. The Company considers the counterclaim made by the owner to be entirely without merit and intends to vigorously defend itself. Both parties are seeking arbitration of the dispute, which is expected to occur in March 2015.

Litigation Regarding TLG Promissory Notes

On August 5, 2013, Messrs. Andrew Sasson and Andy Masi filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against TLG Acquisition LLC and Morgans Group LLC relating to the $18 million TLG Promissory Notes. See note 1 and note 6 regarding the background of the TLG Promissory Notes. The complaint alleges, among other things, a breach of contract and an event of default under the TLG Promissory Notes as a result of the Company’s failure to repay the TLG Promissory Notes following an alleged “Change of Control” that purportedly occurred upon the election of the Company’s current Board of Directors on June 14, 2013. The complaint sought payment of Mr. Sasson’s $16 million TLG Promissory Note and Mr. Masi’s $2 million TLG Promissory Note, plus interest compounded to principal, as well as default interest, and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the lawsuit. On September 26, 2013, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety. On February 6, 2014, the Court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss. Messrs. Sasson and Masi have appealed the decision and a timeline for an appeal process is currently unclear.

Litigation Regarding 2013 Deleveraging Transaction, Proxy Litigation Between Mr. Burkle and OTK and the Company’s Current Directors, and Litigation Regarding Yucaipa Board Observer Rights

On February 28, 2014, the Company entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) which contemplates the partial settlement and dismissal with prejudice of the action entitled OTK Associates, LLC v. Friedman, et al., C.A. No. 8447-VCL (Del. Ch.) (the “Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action”) and the complete settlement and dismissal with prejudice of the actions entitled Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II L.P., et al. v. Morgans Hotel Group Co., et al., Index No. 652294/2013 (NY Sup.) (the “New York Securities Action”); Burkle v. OTK Associates, LLC, et al., Case No. 13-CIV-4557 (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Proxy Action”); and Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II L.P., et al. v. Morgans Hotel Group Co., Index No. 653455/2013 (NY Sup.) (the “Board Observer Action”) (the foregoing four actions are collectively referred to as the “Actions”). The parties to the MOU have executed a Stipulation of Settlement, dated as of May 5, 2014 (the “Settlement Stipulation”), incorporating the terms of the MOU, which is being submitted to the Court in the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action for approval. An overview of the Actions and the terms of the MOU and the Settlement Stipulation follows.

Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action

On April 1, 2013, director Jason T. Kalisman filed in the Delaware Chancery Court the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action, a purported derivative action on the Company’s behalf against former directors Robert Friedman, Thomas L. Harrison, Michael D. Malone, Jeffrey Gault, Andrew Sasson, Michael J. Gross and Ronald W. Burkle, and the following companies with which Mr. Burkle is affiliated: Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, L.P., Yucaipa American Alliance (Parallel) Fund II, L.P., Yucaipa Aggregator Holdings, LLC and The Yucaipa Companies LLC (collectively, the “Yucaipa Defendants”). The action arose from a proposed deleveraging transaction between the Company and certain of the Yucaipa Defendants (the “2013 Deleveraging Transaction”), which a majority of the Board of Directors voted to approve on March 30, 2013. On April 4, 2013, OTK, a stockholder of the Company, filed a motion to intervene as a plaintiff in the Delaware Action, which the court granted, and thereafter OTK and Mr. Kalisman filed an amended complaint (the “Amended Complaint”).

On May 14, 2013, the court issued a preliminary injunction (a) prohibiting the Company from taking any steps to consummate the 2013 Deleveraging Transaction until the earlier of a trial or the taking of certain action by the Board of Directors and one of its committees; and (b) requiring the Company to hold its 2013 Annual Meeting on the date originally scheduled, using the originally scheduled record date. The court further determined that all claims asserted by plaintiffs, including those resolved on a preliminary basis by the court in its May 14, 2013 Order, were subject to final resolution following trial.

On July 9, 2013, the court granted plaintiff OTK’s motion to file a Second Amended and Supplemental Complaint (the “Second Amended Complaint”). The Second Amended Complaint excludes Mr. Kalisman as a plaintiff but continues to assert claims, both directly and derivatively on the Company’s behalf, against all persons and entities previously named as defendants in the Amended Complaint, except that no claims were made against the Company.

On July 17, 2013, Mr. Kalisman and OTK filed in the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action a motion seeking the interim award from the Company of approximately $2.7 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred prior to June 1, 2013 by their counsels in prosecuting the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action. On October 31, 2013, the court, after directing that notice of the application be given to the Company’s stockholders and having not received any objections, issued an order granting the award. The Company’s directors and officers liability insurance carrier paid this award in late 2013.

On January 21, 2014, the court granted an unopposed motion to dismiss with prejudice (subject to certain exceptions) all claims asserted against Mr. Gross, a former director and chief executive officer of the Company, in the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action. On February 5, 2014, the court issued an opinion denying, in most part, the motions to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint made by certain of the remaining defendants.

On March 4, 2014, plaintiff filed a letter with the court informing it that certain parties had entered into the MOU and on March 20, 2014, all parties filed a proposed stipulation requesting that the court stay the action pending submission of a stipulation of settlement and the court’s consideration of a motion to approve the settlement. On March 21, 2014, the court granted that request.

New York Securities Action

On June 27, 2013, Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, L.P., Yucaipa American Alliance (Parallel) Fund II, L.P., Yucaipa Aggregator Holdings, LLC and Vintage Deco Hospitality LLC (collectively the “Yucaipa Securities Action Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against the Company and Morgans Group in the Supreme Court of the State of New York alleging, among other things, that the Company and Morgans Group had refused to use commercially reasonable best efforts to close the various putative agreements comprising the 2013 Deleveraging Transaction, and that there has “effectively” been a withdrawal or adverse modification of the approval of the 2013 Deleveraging Transaction by the Company’s Board of Directors. Alternatively, the Yucaipa Securities Action Plaintiffs contended that the Company and Morgans Group breached certain representations and warranties under the putative contracts comprising the 2013 Deleveraging Transaction. The Yucaipa Securities Action Plaintiffs asserted various claims and sought, among other things, an award of damages equal to a termination fee of $9 million, as well as payment of out-of-pocket costs, indemnification in excess of $1 million, pre-judgment interest and attorney’s fees.

On July 22, 2013, the Company and Morgans Group filed a motion in the New York Securities Action to stay (or alternatively to dismiss) that action pending the disposition of the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action. On January 29, 2014, the court in the New York Securities Action denied on a “without prejudice” basis, that motion. On February 26, 2014, the Company and Morgans Group served an answer to the complaint in the New York Securities Action.

On March 24, 2014, the parties filed a letter with the court requesting that the court stay the action pending consideration by the Delaware Chancery Court of the settlement contemplated by the MOU. The court granted that request.

Proxy Action

On July 1, 2013, Mr. Burkle filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against OTK and the seven current members of the Board of Directors. The complaint purports to assert a claim against all defendants arising under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for allegedly using false and materially misleading proxy solicitation materials during the 2013 annual election of directors. The complaint seeks, among other things, an injunction requiring defendants to cause the Company to hold a new election of the Board of Directors.

On August 30, 2013, Mr. Burkle filed a motion for preliminary injunction requesting that defendants be ordered to call a stockholders’ meeting and to schedule a new board of directors election. On that same date, defendants filed a motion to dismiss Mr. Burkle’s complaint. On November 13, 2013, the court issued a decision denying Mr. Burkle’s preliminary injunction motion and on February 25, 2014, the court converted the dismissal motion to one for summary judgment and gave the parties 30 days to submit any additional relevant material.

On March 7, 2014, the parties filed a letter with the court requesting that the court postpone the deadline for filing additional material for summary judgment until such time as the Delaware Chancery Court had ruled on the proposed settlement. On March 10, 2014, the Court ordered the action stayed for 90 days. The Company is not a party to the Proxy Action.

Board Observer Action

On October 4, 2013, Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, L.P. and Yucaipa American Alliance (Parallel) Fund II L.P. filed a complaint against the Company in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The plaintiffs assert in the complaint, among other things, that the Company has breached the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2009, that the Company entered with the plaintiffs by not providing plaintiffs with the “observer” rights to the Board of Directors meetings that plaintiffs contend they are entitled to under the Securities Purchase Agreement. In addition to attorneys’ fees and other unspecified relief, the complaint seeks preliminary and permanent injunctions ordering the Company to “honor fully” plaintiffs’ alleged observer rights by, among other things, refraining from holding informal board meetings, from failing to provide notice, and from improperly delegating board duties to a committee of the Board of Directors. On January 27, 2014, the Company filed an answer, denying material allegations of the complaint, and the Company served demands for discovery.

The MOU and Settlement Stipulation

The MOU was executed by all parties to the Actions, except for the following three defendants in the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action: Michael J. Gross (who was previously dismissed as a defendant as discussed above) and Messrs. Harrison and Malone (the “Non-Settling Former Directors”). The parties to the MOU subsequently documented its terms in the Settlement Stipulation. The Settlement Stipulation is being submitted to the Delaware Court of Chancery in the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action for review and approval and will not become effective, pursuant to its terms, until such approval is given and is no longer subject to further court review (the “Effective Date”).

The Settlement Stipulation provides, among other things, for the following:

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The Company will pay to the Yucaipa Securities Action Plaintiffs in the New York Securities Action an amount equal to $3 million less the aggregate amount of any reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by Mr. Burkle in his defense of the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action that are paid to him by the Company’s insurers prior to the Effective Date (the “Securities Action Payment”).

•

Mr. Burkle will pay to the Company the amount of all insurance proceeds he recovers from the Company’s insurers after the Effective Date for the reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees and expenses that he incurred in defense of the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action and assign to the Company any claims he may have against the Company’s insurers relating to any such reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees and expenses that the Company’s insurers may fail to pay Mr. Burkle.

•

To the extent not paid by the Company’s insurers, the Company will pay the amount of any reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by Messrs. Friedman, Gault and Sasson (collectively, the “Settling Former Directors”) in defending the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action, subject to the Settling Former Directors’ assignment to the Company of any claims they have against the Company’s insurers relating to any such unpaid amounts.

•

The Settling Former Directors will pay to the Company a portion of the Securities Action Payment (which cannot presently be quantified because the amount depends on the resolution of pending claims submitted to the Company’s insurers) unless the Company’s insurers pay such amounts to the Company or the Settling Former Directors assign to the Company any claims they have against the Company’s insurers relating to any such amounts that the Company’s insurers fail to pay.

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OTK and current director Jason T. Kalisman will apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for an award of payment from the Company of the reasonable and necessary fees and expenses incurred by their counsel in connection with the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action, excluding those fees and expenses encompassed in the court’s October 31, 2013 order in the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action. Any such award may be subject to recovery by the Company from its insurers.

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Plaintiffs and defendants in each of the Actions, apart from the Non-Settling Former Directors who chose not to participate in the MOU and the Settlement Stipulation and against whom the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action continues, will exchange customary releases which release the parties and certain of their affiliates from claims arising from the subject matters of each of the Actions.

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Each of the Actions will be dismissed with prejudice and on the merits with each party bearing its own costs, except as to the Non-Settling Former Directors against whom the Delaware Shareholder Derivative Action continues or as specified in the Settlement Stipulation.

The Company cannot currently predict the amount of any funds it might be required to pay under the Settlement Stipulation; whether the Company’s insurers will pay some or all of the amounts that the Company would otherwise be obligated to pay under the Settlement Stipulation; whether the Company would be successful in asserting against its insurers any claims that will or may be assigned to the Company under the terms of the Settlement Stipulation or that the Company might assert on its own behalf; or what the amount of any such recovery might be. Furthermore, the Company cannot predict whether the Delaware Court of Chancery will approve the Settlement Stipulation or whether the court’s decision will be challenged on appeal and, if so challenged, affirmed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company does not expect that the net amount of all payments the Company might ultimately be required to make under the terms of the Settlement Stipulation, if approved, and after recovery of all insurance proceeds, will be material to financial position of the Company, and as of March 31, 2014, the Company believes its accruals are adequate to cover its contingencies relating to these matters.

Other Litigation

From time to time, the Company is involved in various litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company is not currently a party to any legal or administrative proceedings, other than as noted above, the adverse outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, the Company believes would have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.

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Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan

8. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan

On February 9, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Morgans Hotel Group Co. 2006 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan. Subsequently and on several occasions, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted, and stockholders approved, amendments to the Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Plan”), to namely increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the plan. As of March 31, 2014, the Stock Plan has 14,610,000 shares reserved for issuance.

The Stock Plan provides for the issuance of stock-based incentive awards, including incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, shares of common stock of the Company, including restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and other equity-based awards, including membership units in Morgans Group which are structured as profits interests (“LTIP Units”), or any combination of the foregoing. The eligible participants in the Stock Plan include directors, officers and employees of the Company. Awards other than options and stock appreciation rights reduce the shares available for grant by 1.7 shares for each share subject to such an award.

On March 10, 2014, the Company implemented a plan of termination (the “Termination Plan”) that resulted in a workforce reduction of its corporate office employees. The Termination Plan was part of the Company’s previously announced corporate strategy to, among other things, reduce corporate overhead and costs allocated to property owners. As a result of the Termination Plan, during the first quarter of 2014, the Company recognized accelerated stock compensation expense relating to certain outstanding stock-based incentive awards of approximately $1.8 million relating to the severance of former executives, pursuant to the termination provisions of their respective employment agreements. All other equity awards granted to terminated employees that were unvested as of March 10, 2014 expired and were forfeited.

A summary of stock-based incentive awards as of March 31, 2014 is as follows (in units, or shares, as applicable):

Restricted Stock

LTIP Units

Stock Options

Units

Outstanding as of January 1, 2014

888,461

1,134,610

1,424,740

Granted during 2014

—

Distributed/exercised during 2014

(541,369

)

(83,000

)

—

Forfeited during 2014

(57,928

)

—

Outstanding as of March 31, 2014

289,164

1,051,610

1,424,740

Vested as of March 31, 2014

37,452

1,034,943

1,424,740

Total stock compensation expense, which is included in corporate expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, was $1.9 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, there were approximately $1.0 million and $3.4 million, respectively, of total unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested share awards, excluding outstanding OPP LTIP Units, as discussed below. As of March 31, 2014, the weighted-average period over which the unrecognized compensation expense will be recorded is approximately 1 year.

Outperformance Award Program

In March 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company implemented an Outperformance Award Program, which was a long-term incentive plan intended to provide the Company’s senior management with the ability to earn cash or equity awards based on the Company’s level of return to stockholders over a three-year period, the Company issued a new series of outperformance long-term incentive units (the “OPP LTIP Units”).

Pursuant to the Outperformance Award Program, each of the senior managers then employed by the Company, Messrs. David Hamamoto, Michael Gross, Daniel Flannery and Yoav Gery, had the right to receive, an award (an “Award”), in each case reflecting the participant’s right to receive a participating percentage (the “Participating Percentage”) in an outperformance pool if the Company’s total return to stockholders (including stock price appreciation plus dividends) increased by more than 30% (representing a compounded annual growth rate of approximately 9% per annum) over a three-year period from March 20, 2011 to March 20, 2014 (or a prorated hurdle rate over a shorter period in the case of certain changes of control), of a new series of outperformance long-term incentive units as described below, subject to vesting and the achievement of certain performance targets. Mr. Hamamoto, the Company’s former Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, tendered his resignation from the Board of Directors and from his position as Executive Chairman, effective November 20, 2012. As such, all Awards issued to him were forfeited.

The total return to stockholders was calculated based on the average closing price of the Company’s common shares on the 30 trading days ending on the Final Valuation Date (as defined below). The baseline value of the Company’s common shares for purposes of determining the total return to stockholders was $8.87, the closing price of the Company’s common shares on March 18, 2011. As a result of the change in the Company’s Board of Directors on June 14, 2013, the outstanding OPP LTIP Units became fully vested at that time. There was no impact to the performance criteria discussed below.

The aggregate dollar amount available to all vested participants would have been equal to 10% of the amount by which the Company’s March 20, 2014 valuation exceeds 130%, or $11.53, of the Company’s March 20, 2011 valuation (the “Total Outperformance Pool”) and the dollar amount payable to each participant (the “Participation Amount”) would have been equal to such participant’s Participating Percentage in the Total Outperformance Pool. The Company determined, as of March 20, 2014, that the Total Outperformance Pool had no value, as the valuation on that day did not exceed $11.53, therefore all existing Awards of OPP LTIP Units were forfeited.

As the Company had the ability to settle the vested OPP LTIP Units with cash, these Awards were not considered to be indexed to the Company’s stock price and were accounted for as liabilities at fair value prior to their forfeiture on March 20, 2014.

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Preferred Securities and Warrants	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Equity [Abstract]	'
Preferred Securities and Warrants	'
	9. Preferred Securities and Warrants
	Preferred Securities and Warrants Held by Yucaipa Investors
	On October 15, 2009, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the Yucaipa Investors. Under the agreement, the Company issued and sold to the Yucaipa Investors (i) $75.0 million of preferred stock comprised of 75,000 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred securities, $1,000 liquidation preference per share, and (ii) warrants to purchase 12,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share, or the Yucaipa Warrants.
	The Series A preferred securities have an 8% dividend rate through October 15, 2014, a 10% dividend rate from October 15, 2014 to October 15, 2016, and a 20% dividend rate thereafter, with a 4% increase in the dividend rate during certain periods during which the Yucaipa Investor’s nominee to the Company’s Board of Directors has not been elected as a director or subsequently appointed as a director by the Company’s Board of Directors. As of July 14, 2013, the dividend rate was 12% as a result of the Yucaipa Investors’ nominee not being elected or appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. The Yucaipa Investors contend that the 4% dividend rate increase was effective June 14, 2013.
	The Company has the option to accrue any and all dividend payments. The cumulative unpaid dividends have a dividend rate equal to the dividend rate on the Series A preferred securities. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had undeclared and unpaid dividends of approximately $35.4 million.
	The Company has the option to redeem any or all of the Series A preferred securities at par at any time. The Series A preferred securities have limited voting rights and only vote on the authorization to issue senior preferred securities, amendments to their certificate of designations and amendments to the Company’s charter that adversely affect the Series A preferred securities. In addition, the Yucaipa Investors have consent rights over certain transactions for so long as they collectively own or have the right to purchase through exercise of the Yucaipa Warrants 6,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, including (subject to certain exceptions and limitations):

		•	the sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets to a third party;

		•	the acquisition by the Company of a third party where the equity investment by the Company is $100 million or greater;

		•	the acquisition of the Company by a third party; or

		•	any change in the size of the Company’s Board of Directors to a number below 7 or above 9.
	The Yucaipa Investors are subject to certain standstill arrangements as long as they beneficially own over 15% of the Company’s common stock.
	As discussed in note 2, the Yucaipa Warrants to purchase 12,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share have a 7-1/2 year term and are exercisable utilizing a cashless exercise method only, resulting in a net share issuance. Until October 15, 2010, the Yucaipa Investors had certain rights to purchase their pro rata share of any equity or debt securities offered or sold by the Company. In accordance with ASC 815-10-15, the Yucaipa Warrants are accounted for as equity instruments indexed to the Company’s stock. The Yucaipa Investors’ right to exercise the Yucaipa Warrants to purchase 12,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock expires in April 2017.

	The exercise price and number of shares subject to the Yucaipa Warrants are both subject to anti-dilution adjustments.
	The Company calculated the fair value of the Series A preferred securities at its net present value by discounting dividend payments expected to be paid on the shares over a 7-year period using a 17.3% rate. The Company determined that the market discount rate of 17.3% was reasonable based on the Company’s best estimate of what similar securities would most likely yield when issued by entities comparable to the Company at that time.
	The initial carrying value of the Series A preferred securities was recorded at its net present value less costs to issue on the date of issuance. The carrying value will be periodically adjusted for accretion of the discount. As of March 31, 2014, the value of the preferred securities was $63.2 million, which includes cumulative accretion of $15.1 million.
	The Company calculated the estimated fair value of the Yucaipa Warrants using the Black-Scholes valuation model, as discussed in note 2.
	For so long as the Yucaipa Investors collectively own or have the right to purchase through exercise of the Yucaipa Warrants (assuming a cash rather than a cashless exercise) 875,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Board of Directors to nominate and recommend to the Company’s stockholders the election of a person nominated by the Yucaipa Investors as a director of the Company and to use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Yucaipa Investors’ nominee is elected to the Company’s Board of Directors at each such meeting. If that nominee is not elected as a director at a meeting of stockholders, the Yucaipa Investors have certain Board of Director observer rights. Further, if the Company does not, within 30 days from the date of such meeting, create an additional seat on the Board of Directors and make available such seat to the nominee, the dividend rate on the Series A preferred securities increases by 4% during any time that a Yucaipa Investors’ nominee is not a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. At the 2013 Annual Meeting, Ron Burkle, the Yucaipa Investors’ nominee was not re-elected to the Board of Directors, and as of July 14, 2013, had not been offered a seat on the Company’s Board of Directors. Accordingly, the dividend rate on the Series A preferred securities increased by 4% to 12% as of July 14, 2013. The Yucaipa Investors contend that the 4% dividend rate increase was effective June 14, 2013. In April 2014, the Company nominated, and recommends its stockholders elect at its annual shareholder meeting to be held on May 14, 2014, a person nominated by the Yucaipa Investors as a director of the Company.
	Convertible Notes Held by Yucaipa Investors
	On April 21, 2010, the Company entered into a Waiver Agreement with the Yucaipa Investors, pursuant to which the Yucaipa Investors were permitted to purchase up to $88 million in aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes within six months of April 21, 2010 and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth therein. From April 21, 2010 to July 21, 2010, the Yucaipa Investors purchased $88 million of the Convertible Notes from third parties. On February 28, 2014, the Company entered into a Note Repurchase Agreement with the Yucaipa Investors, pursuant to which the Company repurchased the $88 million of Convertible Notes owned by them. Following the closing under the Note Repurchase Agreement, these Convertible Notes were retired.

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Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
Related Party Transactions	'
	10. Related Party Transactions
	The Company earned management fees, chain services fees and fees for certain technical services and has receivables from hotels it owns through investments in unconsolidated joint ventures. These fees totaled approximately $1.2 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
	As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had receivables from these affiliates of approximately $3.5 million and $3.7 million, respectively, which are included in related party receivables on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

	On February 9, 2014, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Jonathan A. Langer, a member of the Company’s Board. Under the terms of the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Langer provides services to the Company in connection with various strategic and financial opportunities through December 31, 2014. Pursuant to the Consulting Agreement, in consideration of Mr. Langer’s efforts in connection with the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan, including negotiating with the lenders and overseeing the transaction on the Company’s behalf, Mr. Langer is entitled to a payment of $495,000 (or 0.11% of the aggregate proceeds from the Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan), payable in cash or stock, at the Company’s election. Under the terms of the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Langer may also be compensated for the successful negotiation of a revised hotel management or new franchise agreement with one of the Company’s existing hotels in an amount equal to 2.0% of the projected management, incentive and franchise fees to be earned by the Company during the duration of the management or franchise agreement, plus certain other potential fees not to exceed $250,000. Under the Consulting Agreement, the Company and Mr. Langer may agree in the future to expand the scope of services Mr. Langer is providing to the Company. In February 2014, Mr. Langer earned a fee of $495,000, payable in cash or stock, which has been accrued for in the Company’s March 31, 2014 consolidated financial statements.
	As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the TLG Promissory Notes due to Messrs. Sasson and Masi had aggregate fair values of approximately $18.9 million and $18.8 million, respectively, as discussed in note 6, which are included in debt and capital lease obligations on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of interest expense related to the TLG Promissory Notes.

Other_Expenses

Other Expenses	3 Months Ended
Other Expenses	Mar. 31, 2014
Text Block [Abstract]	'
Other Expenses	'
	11. Other Expenses
	Restructuring and disposal costs
	These expenses primarily relate to costs incurred related to the Company’s corporate restructuring initiatives, such as professional fees, litigation and settlement costs, executive terminations and severance costs related to such restructuring initiatives, including the Termination Plan, and losses on asset disposals as part of major renovation projects. Restructuring and disposal costs consist of the following (in thousands):


		Three Months			Three Months
		Ended March			Ended March
		31, 2014			31, 2013
	Restructuring (income) costs	$	(139	)	$	507
	Severance and related costs		7,318			389
	Loss on asset disposal and other costs		64			—

		$	7,243		$	896

	As a result of the Termination Plan, which constituted a plan of termination under ASC 420, Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations, the Company recorded a charge of approximately $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2014 related to the cost of one-time termination benefits which have been or are expected to be paid in cash, which were recorded as ‘Severance and Related Costs’ in the above table. The Company also recorded a charge of approximately $1.8 million of non-cash stock compensation expense relating to the severance of former executives, which is included in Corporate Expense on the Company’s consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.
	The Company also recorded a $0.3 million gain on the effective transfer of its lease in the food and beverage operations at St Martins Lane to the owner effective January 1, 2014, as discussed in note 1. This amount is recorded in the above table as ‘Restructuring (Income) Costs’.
	On May 1, 2014, the Company implemented a restructuring plan at its owned, joint venture and managed hotels. As a result, the Company anticipates achieving annualized savings of approximately $9.0 million at its owned, joint venture and managed hotels, of which approximately $4.5 million relates to the Company’s owned hotels, all of which are based on 2013 incurred costs and targeted compensation levels. In the second quarter of 2014, the hotel properties are expected to accrue a combined total of approximately $0.6 million in severance and related payments, of which $0.3 million relates to the Company’s owned hotels.

	Development costs
	These expenses primarily relate to transaction costs, internal development payroll and other costs and pre-opening expenses incurred related to new concepts at existing hotel and the development of new hotels, and the write-off of abandoned development projects previously capitalized. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Development costs consist of the following (in thousands):


		Three Months			Three Months
		Ended March			Ended March
		31, 2014			31, 2013
	Transaction costs	$	246		$	—
	Internal development payroll and other		89			426
	Pre-opening expenses		363			394

		$	698		$	820

Deferred_Gain_on_Asset_Sales

Deferred Gain on Asset Sales	3 Months Ended
Deferred Gain on Asset Sales	Mar. 31, 2014
Revenue Recognition [Abstract]	'
Deferred Gain on Asset Sales	'
	12. Deferred Gain on Asset Sales
	On May 3, 2011, pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement, Mondrian Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, sold Mondrian Los Angeles for $137.0 million to Pebblebrook. The Company applied a portion of the proceeds from the sale, along with approximately $9.2 million of cash in escrow, to retire the $103.5 million mortgage secured by the hotel. Net proceeds, after the repayment of debt and closing costs, were approximately $40 million. The Company continues to operate the hotel under a 20-year management agreement with one 10-year extension option.
	On May 23, 2011, pursuant to purchase and sale agreements, Royalton LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, sold Royalton for $88.2 million to Royalton 44 Hotel, L.L.C., an affiliate of FelCor Lodging Trust, Incorporated, and Morgans Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, sold Morgans for $51.8 million to Madison 237 Hotel, L.L.C., an affiliate of FelCor Lodging Trust, Incorporated. The Company applied a portion of the proceeds from the sale to retire the outstanding balance on its revolving credit facility at the time, which was secured in part by these hotels. Net proceeds, after the repayment of debt and closing costs, were approximately $93 million. The Company continues to operate the hotels under 15-year management agreements with one 10-year extension option.
	On November 23, 2011, the Company’s subsidiary, Royalton Europe, and Walton MG London, each of which owned a 50% equity interest in Morgans Europe, the joint venture that owned the 150 room Sanderson and 204 room St Martins Lane hotels, completed the sale of their respective equity interests in the joint venture for an aggregate of £192 million (or approximately $297 million). The Company received net proceeds of approximately $72.3 million, after applying a portion of the proceeds from the sale to retire the £99.5 million of outstanding mortgage debt secured by the hotels and payment of closing costs. The Company continues to operate the hotels under long-term management agreements that, including extension options, extend the term of the prior management agreements to 2041 from 2027.
	In accordance with ASC 360-20, Property, Plant and Equipment, Real Estate Sales, the Company evaluated its accounting for the gain on sales of these assets, noting that the Company continues to have significant continuing involvement in the hotels as a result of long-term management agreements and shares in risks and rewards of ownership. Accordingly, the Company recorded deferred gains of approximately $152.4 million related to the sales of Royalton, Morgans, Mondrian Los Angeles, and the Company’s equity interests in Morgans Europe, which are deferred and recognized as a gain on asset sales over the initial term of the related management agreements. Gain on asset sales for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 were $2.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively.

Summary_of_Significant_Account1

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	3 Months Ended
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Basis of Presentation	'
	Basis of Presentation
	The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Company consolidates all wholly-owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities in which the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Entities which the Company does not control through voting interest and entities which are variable interest entities of which the Company is not the primary beneficiary, are accounted for under the equity method.

	The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The information furnished in the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflects all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements for the interim periods.
	Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Use of Estimates	'
	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Restricted Cash	'
	Restricted Cash
	As required by certain debt and lease agreements, restricted cash consists of cash held in escrow accounts for taxes, ground rent, insurance premiums, and debt service or lease payments.
	The Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan, defined and discussed below in note 6, provides that, in the event the debt yield ratio falls below certain defined thresholds, all cash flow from Hudson and Delano South Beach are deposited into accounts controlled by the lenders from which debt service and operating expenses, including management fees, are paid and from which other reserve accounts may be funded. Any excess amounts will be retained by the lenders until the debt yield ratio exceeds the required thresholds for two consecutive calendar quarters.
	As further required by the debt and lease agreements related to hotels owned by the Company or one of its subsidiaries, the Company must set aside 4% of the hotels’ revenues in restricted escrow accounts for the future periodic replacement or refurbishment of furniture, fixtures and equipment. As replacements occur, the Company or its subsidiary is eligible for reimbursement from these escrow accounts.
	As of March 31, 2014, restricted cash also consists of cash held in escrow for insurance programs, collateral for an outstanding letters of credit related to a development hotel, and litigation settlement escrows.
Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures	'
	Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
	The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated joint ventures using the equity method as it does not exercise control over significant asset decisions such as buying, selling or financing nor is it the primary beneficiary under ASC 810-10, as discussed above. Under the equity method, the Company increases its investment for its proportionate share of net income and contributions to the joint venture and decreases its investment balance by recording its proportionate share of net loss and distributions. Once the Company’s investment balance in an unconsolidated joint venture is zero, the Company suspends recording additional losses. For investments in which there is recourse or unfunded commitments to provide additional equity, distributions and losses in excess of the investment are recorded as a liability. As of March 31, 2014, there were no liabilities required to be recorded related to these investments.
Investment in TLG Management Contracts, net	'
	Investment in TLG Management Contracts, net
	Investment in TLG management contracts represents the fair value of the TLG management contracts. TLG operates numerous nightclubs, restaurants, pool lounges, and bar venues primarily in Las Vegas pursuant to management agreements with MGM. The management contract assets are being amortized, using the straight line method, over the expected life of each applicable management contract.
Other Assets	'
	Other Assets
	In August 2012, the Company entered into a 10-year licensing agreement with MGM, with two 5-year extensions at the Company’s option subject to performance thresholds, to convert THEhotel to Delano Las Vegas, which will be managed by MGM. In addition, the Company acquired the leasehold interests in three food and beverage venues at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas from an existing tenant for $15.0 million in cash at closing and a deferred, principal-only $10.6 million promissory note (“Restaurant Lease Note”) to be paid over seven years, which the Company recorded at fair value as of the date of issuance of $7.5 million, as discussed in note 6. The venues have been reconcepted and renovated and are managed by TLG. The three food and beverage venues are being operated pursuant to 10-year operating leases with an MGM affiliate, pursuant to which the Company pays minimum annual lease payments and a percentage rent based on cash flow. The Company allocated the total consideration paid, or to be paid, to the license agreement and the restaurant leasehold asset based on their respective fair values. The Company amortizes the fair value of the license agreement, using the straight line method, over the 10-year life of the license agreement, and the fair value of the restaurant leasehold interests, using the straight line method, over the 10-year life of the operating leases.
	Further, as of March 31, 2014, other assets consists of key money payments related to hotels under development, as discussed further in note 7, deferred financing costs, and fair value of the lease agreement at Sanderson, which the Company acquired in the CGM Transaction, as discussed further in note 1. The Sanderson food and beverage lease agreement is being amortized, using the straight line method, over the expected life of the agreement. Deferred financing costs included in other assets are being amortized, using the straight line method, which approximates the effective interest rate method, over the terms of the related debt agreements.
Income Taxes	'
	Income Taxes
	The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities and for loss and credit carry forwards. Valuation allowances are provided when it is more likely than not that the recovery of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
	The Company’s deferred tax assets are recorded net of a valuation allowance when, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the recorded deferred tax assets will not be realized in future periods. Decreases to the valuation allowance are recorded as reductions to the Company’s provision for income taxes and increases to the valuation allowance result in additional provision for income taxes. The realization of the Company’s deferred tax assets, net of the valuation allowance, is primarily dependent on estimated future taxable income. A change in the Company’s estimate of future taxable income may require an addition to or reduction from the valuation allowance. The Company has established a reserve on its deferred tax assets based on anticipated future taxable income and tax strategies which may include the sale of property or an interest therein.
	All of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are subject to local jurisdiction corporate income taxes. Income tax expense is reported at the applicable rate for the periods presented.
	Income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, were computed using the Company’s effective tax rate.
Credit-risk-related Contingent Features	'
	Credit-risk-related Contingent Features
	The Company has entered into agreements with each of its derivative counterparties in connection with the interest rate caps and hedging instruments related to the outstanding 2.375% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”), as discussed in note 6. The agreements provide that in the event the Company either defaults or is capable of being declared in default on any of its indebtedness, the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

	The Company has entered into warrant agreements with Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II, L.P. and Yucaipa American Alliance (Parallel) Fund II, L.P., (collectively, the “Yucaipa Investors”), as discussed in note 9, to purchase a total of 12,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share (the “Yucaipa Warrants”). In addition, the Yucaipa Investors have certain consent rights over certain transactions for so long as they collectively own or have the right to purchase through exercise of the Yucaipa Warrants 6,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
Fair Value Measurements	'
	Fair Value Measurements
	ASC 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820-10”) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC 820-10 applies to reported balances that are required or permitted to be measured at fair value under existing accounting pronouncements; accordingly, the standard does not require any new fair value measurements of reported balances.
	ASC 820-10 emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, ASC 820-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).
	Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which is typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.
	Currently, the Company uses interest rate caps to manage its interest rate risk. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. To comply with the provisions of ASC 820-10, the Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees. Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by itself and its counterparties. However, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of its derivative positions and determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of its derivatives. Accordingly, all derivatives have been classified as Level 2 fair value measurements. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had three interest rate caps outstanding and the fair value of these interest rate caps was $0.3 million.

	In connection with The Light Group Transaction, the Company provided Messrs. Sasson and Masi with the Sasson-Masi Put Options. Due to the redemption feature associated with the Sasson-Masi Put Options, the Company classified the noncontrolling interest in temporary equity. Subsequently, the Company will accrete the redeemable noncontrolling interest to its current redemption value, which approximates fair value, each period. The Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value the Sasson-Masi Put Options fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Accordingly, the Sasson-Masi Put Options have been classified as Level 3 fair value measurements.
	In connection with the three restaurant leases in Las Vegas, the Company issued the Restaurant Lease Note to be paid over seven years. The Restaurant Lease Note does not bear interest except in the event of default, as defined by the agreement. In accordance with ASC 470, Debt, the Company imputed interest on the Restaurant Lease Note, which is recorded at fair value on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. On the date of grant, the Company determined the fair value of the Restaurant Lease Note to be $7.5 million imputing an interest rate of 10%. The Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value the Restaurant Lease Note fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, which accordingly has been classified as Level 2 fair value measurements.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments	'
	Fair Value of Financial Instruments
	Disclosures about fair value of financial instruments are based on pertinent information available to management as of the valuation date. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair values. Accordingly, the estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts at which these instruments could be purchased, sold, or settled. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
	The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, restricted cash, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and fixed and variable rate debt. Management believes the carrying amounts of the aforementioned financial instruments, excluding fixed-rate debt, is a reasonable estimate of fair value as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 due to the short-term maturity of these instruments or variable market interest rates on certain debt instruments.
	The Company’s fixed rate debt of $158.9 million and $247.1 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, which includes the Company’s trust preferred securities, TLG Promissory Notes, excluding accrued interest, Restaurant Lease Note, discussed above, and the Convertible Notes at face value, as discussed in note 6, had a fair market value of approximately $158.0 million and $217.7 million, respectively, using market rates.
	Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its fixed rate debt fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its fixed rate debt utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads. However, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of its fixed rate debt and determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of its fixed rate debt. Accordingly, all derivatives have been classified as Level 2 fair value measurements.
Stock-based Compensation	'
	Stock-based Compensation
	The Company accounts for stock based employee compensation using the fair value method of accounting described in ASC 718-10. For share grants, total compensation expense is based on the price of the Company’s stock at the grant date. For option grants, the total compensation expense is based on the estimated fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. For long-term incentive awards under the Company’s Outperformance Award Program, discussed in note 8, the total compensation expense is based on the estimated fair value using the Monte Carlo pricing model. Compensation expense is recorded ratably over the vesting period. Stock compensation expense recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was $1.9 million and $0.9 million, respectively.
Income (Loss) Per Share	'
	Income (Loss) Per Share
	Basic net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders, less any dividends on unvested restricted common stock, by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders, less dividends on unvested restricted common stock, by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, plus other potentially dilutive securities, such as unvested shares of restricted common stock and warrants.
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest	'
	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
	Due to the redemption feature associated with the Sasson-Masi Put Options, the Company classifies the noncontrolling interest in temporary equity in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s guidance as codified in ASC 480-10, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Subsequently, the Company will accrete the redeemable noncontrolling interest to its current redemption value, which approximates fair value, each period. The change in the redemption value does not impact the Company’s earnings or earnings per share.
Noncontrolling Interest	'
	Noncontrolling Interest
	The Company follows ASC 810-10, when accounting and reporting for noncontrolling interests in a consolidated subsidiary and the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. Under ASC 810-10, the Company reports noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (deficit) in the consolidated financial statements and reflects net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interests and net income (loss) attributable to the common stockholders on the face of the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.
	The membership units owned by the Former Parent in Morgans Group, the Company’s operating company, are presented as a noncontrolling interest in Morgans Group in the consolidated balance sheets and were approximately $0.4 million and $0.5 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The noncontrolling interest in Morgans Group is: (i) increased or decreased by the holders of membership interests’ pro rata share of Morgans Group’s net income or net loss, respectively; (ii) decreased by distributions; (iii) decreased by exchanges of membership units for the Company’s common stock; and (iv) adjusted to equal the net equity of Morgans Group multiplied by the holders of membership interests’ ownership percentage immediately after each issuance of units of Morgans Group and/or shares of the Company’s common stock and after each purchase of treasury stock through an adjustment to additional paid-in capital. Net income or net loss allocated to the noncontrolling interest in Morgans Group is based on the weighted-average percentage ownership throughout the period. As of March 31, 2014, there are 75,446 membership units outstanding, each of which is exchangeable for a share of the Company’s common stock.
Recent Accounting Updates	'
	Recent Accounting Updates
	During April 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08 (“ASU 2014-08”), Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant and Equipment; Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Components of an Entity.” ASU 2014-08 modifies the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. Under the amendments in ASU 2014-08, the definition of discontinued operation has been modified to only include those disposals of an entity that represent a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results, the operations and cash flows of the component have been, or will be, eliminated from the ongoing operations of the entity as a result of the disposal transaction and the entity will not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of the component after the disposal transaction. ASU 2014-08 shall be applied prospectively for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2014-08 for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 and as a result of this adoption, no changes were made to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Reclassifications	'
	Reclassifications
	Certain prior year financial statement amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Organization_and_Formation_Tra1

Organization and Formation Transaction (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Organization and Formation Transaction (Tables)	Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Operating Hotels	'
	The Company’s operating hotels as of March 31, 2014 are as follows:


	Hotel Name		Location	Number of		Ownership
	Hotel Name		Location	Rooms		Ownership
	Hudson		New York, NY		866		(1	)
	Morgans		New York, NY		114		(2	)
	Royalton		New York, NY		168		(2	)
	Mondrian SoHo		New York, NY		263		(3	)
	Delano South Beach		Miami Beach, FL		194		(4	)
	Mondrian South Beach		Miami Beach, FL		216		(5	)
	Shore Club		Miami Beach, FL		309		(6	)
	Mondrian Los Angeles		Los Angeles, CA		237		(2	)
	Clift		San Francisco, CA		372		(7	)
	Sanderson		London, England		150		(2	)
	St Martins Lane		London, England		204		(2	)

	-1	The Company owns 100% of Hudson through its subsidiary, Henry Hudson Holdings LLC, which is part of a property that is structured as a condominium, in which Hudson constitutes 96% of the square footage of the entire building. As of March 31, 2014, Hudson has 866 guest rooms and 67 single room dwelling units (“SROs”).
	-2	Operated under a management contract.
	-3	Operated under a management contract and owned through an unconsolidated joint venture in which the Company held a minority ownership interest of approximately 20% at March 31, 2014. See note 4.
	-4	Wholly-owned hotel.
	-5	Operated as a condominium hotel under a management contract and owned through a 50/50 unconsolidated joint venture. As of March 31, 2014, 245 hotel residences have been sold, of which 126 are in the hotel rental pool and are included in the hotel room count, and 90 hotel residences remain to be sold. See note 4.
	-6	Operated under a management contract. Until December 30, 2013, the Company held a minority ownership interest of approximately 7% and accounted for the hotel as an unconsolidated joint venture. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had an immaterial contingent profit participation equity interest in Shore Club. See note 4.
	-7	The hotel is operated under a long-term lease which is accounted for as a financing. See note 6.

Income_Loss_Per_Share_Tables

Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Components of Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share Calculations	'
	The table below details the components of the basic and diluted loss per share calculations (in thousands, except for per share data). The Company has not had any undistributed earnings in any calendar quarter presented. Therefore, the Company does not present earnings per share following the two-class method.


		Three Months			Three Months
		Ended			Ended
		March 31, 2014			March 31, 2013
	Numerator:
	Net loss	$	(23,942	)	$	(11,533	)
	Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(193	)		116

	Net loss attributable to Morgans Hotel Group Co.		(24,135	)		(11,417	)
	Less: preferred stock dividends and accretion		4,367			2,913

	Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(28,502	)	$	(14,330	)

	Denominator, continuing and discontinued operations:
	Weighted average basic common shares outstanding		33,651			32,348
	Effect of dilutive securities		—			—

	Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding		33,651			32,348

	Basic and diluted loss available to common stockholders per common share	$	(0.85	)	$	(0.44	)

Investments_in_and_Advances_to1

Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract]	'
Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures and Equity Losses	'
	The Company’s investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures and its equity in losses of unconsolidated joint ventures are summarized as follows (in thousands):
	Investments


	Entity	As of		As of
		March 31,		December 31,
		2014		2013
	Mondrian Istanbul	$	10,392	$	10,392
	Mondrian South Beach food and beverage—MC South Beach		—		—
	Other		100		100

	Total investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$	10,492	$	10,492

Equity in Income (Losses) from Unconsolidated Joint Ventures	'
	Equity in income (losses) from unconsolidated joint ventures


		Three Months		Three Months
		Ended		Ended
		March 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013
	Mondrian South Beach food and beverage – MC South Beach	$	—	$	(159	)
	Other		2		—

	Total	$	2	$	(159	)

Other_Liabilities_Tables

Other Liabilities (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Other Liabilities (Tables)	Mar. 31, 2014
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Other Liabilities	'
	Other liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):


		As of		As of
		March 31,		December 31,
		2014		2013
	Designer fee claim	$	13,866	$	13,866
	OPP LTIP Units Liability (note 8)		—		25

		$	13,866	$	13,891

Debt_and_Capital_Lease_Obligat1

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)	Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	'
	Debt and capital lease obligations consists of the following (in thousands):


	Description	As of		As of		Interest rate at
		March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
		2014		2013		2014
	Hudson/Delano Mortgage (a)	$	450,000	$	—	5.80% (LIBOR + 5.65%)
	Notes secured by Hudson (a)		—		180,000	8.90% (LIBOR + 8.40%,
	Notes secured by Hudson (a)		—		180,000	LIBOR floor of 0.50%)
	Clift debt (b)		92,108		91,486	9.60%
	Liability to subsidiary trust (c)		50,100		50,100	8.68%
	Convertible Notes, face value (d)		83,896		170,698	2.38%
	TLG Promissory Notes (e)		18,907		18,807	(f)
	Restaurant Lease Note (f)		6,346		6,551	(h)
	Capital lease obligations (g)		6,106		6,109	(g)
	Revolving credit facility (h)		—		37,000	5.00% (LIBOR + 4.00%,
	Revolving credit facility (h)		—		37,000	LIBOR floor of 1.00%)

	Debt and capital lease obligation	$	707,463	$	560,751

Commitments_and_Contingencies_

Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)	Mar. 31, 2014
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Hotel Commitments and Guarantees	'
	The following table details, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s key money, equity investment and debt financing commitments for hotels under development as well as potential funding obligations under cash flow guarantees at operating hotels and hotels under development at the maximum amount under the applicable contracts, but excluding contracts where the maximum amount cannot be determined (in thousands):


			As of		As of
			March 31,		December 31,
			2014 (1)		2013 (1)
	Key money, equity investment and debt financing commitments (2)		$	23,339	$	22,499
	Key money commitments in dispute (3)			10,000		10,000
	Cash flow guarantees			13,000		13,000
	Cash flow guarantees in dispute (4)			8,000		8,000

	Total maximum future funding commitments		$	54,399	$	53,499

	Amounts due within one year (5)		$	26,339	$	25,499


	-1	The currency translation is based on an exchange rate of the applicable local currency to U.S. dollar using the exchange rate as of the end of the applicable reporting period.
	-2	As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, these commitments consist of key money commitments. The Company had no equity or debt financing commitments at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
	-3	Reflects funding of $10.0 million in key money for Mondrian at Baha Mar secured by a cash collateralized letter of credit, which the Company believes it is not obligated to fund due to the owner’s defaults under the management agreement terms, discussed further below.
	-4	Reflects an $8.0 million performance cash flow guarantee related to Delano Marrakech, which the Company believes it is not obligated to fund due to the owner’s defaults under the management agreement terms. The Company has terminated its management agreement effective November 12, 2013, discussed further below.
	-5	Amount represents £9.4 million (or approximately $15.6 million as of March 31, 2014) in key money for Mondrian London, which is expected to open in the third quarter of 2014, and funding of $10.0 million in key money for Mondrian at Baha Mar secured by a cash collateralized letter of credit, which the Company believes it is not obligated to fund due to the owner’s defaults under the management agreement terms, discussed further below.
License or Franchise Agreements for New Hotels Which are in Development Stage	'
	The Company has signed management, license or franchise agreements for new hotels which are in the development stage. As of March 31, 2014, these include the following:


			Expected Room		Anticipated		Initial
			Count		Opening		Term
	Hotels Currently Under Construction or Renovation:
	Mondrian London			360		2014		25 years
	Delano Las Vegas (1)			1,114		2014		10 years
	Morgans Original, Istanbul (1)			78		2014		15 years
	Mondrian at Baha Mar (2)			310		2014		20 years
	Mondrian Doha			270		2015		30 years
	Delano Moscow			160		2015		20 years
	Other Signed Agreements:
	Mondrian Istanbul			105				20 years
	Delano Aegean Sea			150				20 years
	Delano Cartagena			211				20 years

	-1	Hotel is subject to a license or franchise agreement.
	-2	Management agreement is currently in dispute, as discussed above.

Omnibus_Stock_Incentive_Plan_T

Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (Tables)	Mar. 31, 2014
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]	'
Summary of Stock-based Incentive Awards	'
	A summary of stock-based incentive awards as of March 31, 2014 is as follows (in units, or shares, as applicable):


		Restricted Stock			LTIP Units			Stock Options
		Units			LTIP Units			Stock Options
	Outstanding as of January 1, 2014		888,461			1,134,610			1,424,740
	Granted during 2014		—			—			—
	Distributed/exercised during 2014		(541,369	)		(83,000	)		—
	Forfeited during 2014		(57,928	)		—			—

	Outstanding as of March 31, 2014		289,164			1,051,610			1,424,740

	Vested as of March 31, 2014		37,452			1,034,943			1,424,740

Other_Expenses_Tables

Other Expenses (Tables)	3 Months Ended
Other Expenses (Tables)	Mar. 31, 2014
Text Block [Abstract]	'
Restructuring and Disposal Costs	'
	Restructuring and disposal costs consist of the following (in thousands):


		Three Months			Three Months
		Ended March			Ended March
		31, 2014			31, 2013
	Restructuring (income) costs	$	(139	)	$	507
	Severance and related costs		7,318			389
	Loss on asset disposal and other costs		64			—

		$	7,243		$	896

Development Costs	'
	Development costs consist of the following (in thousands):


		Three Months			Three Months
		Ended March			Ended March
		31, 2014			31, 2013
	Transaction costs	$	246		$	—
	Internal development payroll and other		89			426
	Pre-opening expenses		363			394

		$	698		$	820

Organization_and_Formation_Tra2

Organization and Formation Transaction - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

3 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Nov. 30, 2011

Jun. 20, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2013

Nov. 30, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Feb. 28, 2006

Feb. 17, 2006

Mar. 31, 2014

Nov. 30, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Nov. 30, 2011

Segment

Former Food And Beverage Joint Venture Entities

Morgans Food And Beverage Operations

CGM

International Locations

The Light Group LLC

1-Dec-14

IPO

NorthStar Hospitality, LLC

RSA Associates, L.P.

Mr. Sasson

Mr. Masi

Sales

Las Vegas

MGM Resorts International

Yucaipa

Subsidiaries

Hotel

The Light Group LLC

Location

Organization and Formation Transaction [Line Items]

Ownership Interest

85.00%

15.00%

Number of operating Hotels

Membership units exchangeable for common stock

75,446

1,000,000

Number of reportable operating segments

Percentage of revenues

5.10%

12.80%

Ownership interest acquired

100.00%

50.00%

90.00%

Payment to acquired interest from affiliates

$20,000,000

Gain on transfer of food and beverage venue

289,000

Aggregate purchase price

28,500,000

Promissory notes issued to acquire business

18,000,000

16,000,000

2,000,000

Notes convertible into shares of common stock

$9.50

Beneficially own

10.00%

5.00%

Long term debt extended percentage bearing fixed interest percentage rate

8.00%

Increasing interest percentage rate

18.00%

Number of venues

Acquisition agreed to purchase of equity interest

90.00%

Percentage of equity issue to noncontrolling interest

5.00%

Obligation related to Sasson-Masi put option

$5,200,000

Operating_Hotels_Detail

Operating Hotels (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
	Room
Mondrian SoHo \| New York, NY	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	263
Ownership	'
Hudson \| New York, NY	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	866
Ownership	'
Morgans \| New York, NY	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	114
Ownership	'
Royalton \| New York, NY	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	168
Ownership	'
Mondrian South Beach \| Miami Beach, FL	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	216
Ownership	'
Delano South Beach \| Miami Beach, FL	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	194
Ownership	'
Shore Club \| Miami Beach, FL	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	309
Ownership	'
Mondrian Los Angeles \| Los Angeles, CA	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	237
Ownership	'
Clift \| San Francisco, CA	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	372
Ownership	'
Sanderson \| London, England	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	150
Ownership	'
St Martins Lane \| London, England	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Rooms	204
Ownership	'

Operating_Hotels_Parenthetical

Operating Hotels (Parenthetical) (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
	Hotel
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Ownership interest owned	100.00%
Mondrian South Beach	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Number of hotel residences sold	245
Number of rented hotel residence	126
Number of hotel residences remain to be sold	90
Mondrian SoHo	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Ownership interest owned	20.00%
Shore Club	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Ownership interest owned	7.00%
Hudson	'
Entity Managed Hotels Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Percentage of square footage of building owned	96.00%
Number of guest rooms	866
Number of SROs	67

Summary_of_Significant_Account2

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Oct. 31, 2007

Oct. 17, 2007

Mar. 31, 2014

Aug. 31, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Aug. 31, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Yucaipa Warrants

Convertible Notes

Interest Rate Caps

Unconsolidated Joint Venture

Convert THEhotel to Delano Las Vegas

Derivative

Restaurant

Restaurant Lease Note

Agreement

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Percentage of hotels' revenues in restricted escrow accounts

4.00%

Investment balance in unconsolidated joint venture

$10,492,000

Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, liabilities

Deferred promissory note payable

10,600,000

Restaurant lease note term

'7 years

Fair value of lease

7,500,000

Contractual obligation

15,000,000

Company acquired the leasehold interest in number of food and beverage venues

Term of management agreement

'10 years

Extension of management agreement

'5 years

Number of times license agreement period to be extended

Operating lease expiration period

'10 years

Finite lived intangible assets useful life

'10 years

Interest rate, outstanding

2.38%

Right to purchase common stock through the exercise of warrants

12,500,000

Exercise price of warrants or rights

Investors consent rights warrants

6,250,000

Fair value of interest rate caps

-13,000

300,000

Number of interest rate caps outstanding

Interest rate

10.00%

Fixed rate debt

158,900,000

247,100,000

Fair market value of fixed rate debt

158,000,000

217,700,000

Compensation expense recognized

1,900,000

900,000

Membership units in noncontrolling interest

$437,000

$490,000

Membership units in Morgans Group outstanding

75,446

Income_Loss_Per_Share_Addition

Income (Loss) Per Share - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
Income (Loss) Per Share - Additional Information (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Assumption of net income distributed as dividends for calculation of net income per share	100.00%
Securities excluded from diluted net income (loss) per common share calculation	75,446

Components_of_Basic_and_Dilute

Components of Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share Calculations (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Numerator:	'	'
Net loss	($23,942)	($11,533)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	-193	116
Net loss attributable to Morgans Hotel Group Co.	-24,135	-11,417
Less: preferred stock dividends and accretion	4,367	2,913
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	($28,502)	($14,330)
Denominator, continuing and discontinued operations:	'	'
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding	33,651	32,348
Effect of dilutive securities	'	'
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding	33,651	32,348
Basic and diluted loss available to common stockholders per common share	($0.85)	($0.44)

Investments_in_and_Advances_to2

Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Total investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$10,492	$10,492
Mondrian Istanbul	'	'
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Total investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	10,392	10,392
Mondrian South Beach Food and Beverage-MC South Beach	'	'
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Total investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	'	'
Other	'	'
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Total investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$100	$100

Equity_in_Income_Losses_from_U

Equity in Income (Losses) from Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Equity in income (losses) from unconsolidated joint ventures	$2	($159)
Mondrian South Beach Food and Beverage-MC South Beach	'	'
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Equity in income (losses) from unconsolidated joint ventures	'	-159
Other	'	'
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Equity in income (losses) from unconsolidated joint ventures	$2	'

Investments_in_and_Advances_to3

Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Jun. 20, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Apr. 30, 2010

Aug. 31, 2008

Mar. 31, 2014

Aug. 31, 2006

Mar. 31, 2014

Aug. 31, 2008

Aug. 31, 2006

Apr. 30, 2010

Mar. 31, 2014

Nov. 30, 2009

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Jun. 17, 2008

Mar. 31, 2014

Feb. 28, 2011

Jun. 30, 2007

Mar. 31, 2014

Sep. 30, 2013

Jun. 20, 2011

Jan. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Former Food And Beverage Joint Venture Entities

Mondrian South Beach

Ames

Shore Club

Mondrian SoHo

CGM

Mondrian Istanbul

Joint Venture

Joint Venture Partners

Room

Joint Venture

Room

Joint Venture

Room

Hotel

Mortgage Debt

Libor Rate

OptionPlan

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]

Equity ownership

100.00%

50.00%

31.00%

20.00%

50.00%

20.00%

Gross purchase price acquired building and land in joint venture

$1,024,000

$3,504,000

$110,000,000

Equity investment requirements and funds

15,000,000

10,300,000

Additional contribution to equity from joint venture partners

8,000,000

2,750,000

Proceeds of financing from lender and affiliates

22,500,000

Basis Spread on Variable Rate

6.00%

3.00%

Debt

28,000,000

124,000,000

Seller financing to qualified condominium buyers, maximum condominium purchase price, percentage

80.00%

Mezzanine financing provided to joint venture

28,000,000

Least percentage of all returns in excess of the first mortgage

50.00%

Extended maturity date of nonrecourse financing

'7 years

Extended maturity date of nonrecourse financing date

'2017

Extended maturity date of nonrecourse financing options

'1 year

Option to extend the outstanding mortgage and mezzanine debt

'2015-04

Outstanding nonrecourse mortgage loan and mezzanine loan

57,100,000

29,100,000

Outstanding mezzanine debt owed to affiliates

28,000,000

Number of hotel residences sold

245

Number of rented hotel residence

126

Number of hotel residences remain to be sold

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures

10,492,000

10,392,000

Advances to joint venture

14,000,000

Contribution in the joint venture

12,100,000

5,000,000

Proceed from loan borrowings

46,500,000

195,200,000

Number of guest rooms

114

263

105

Company has management contract

'10 years

Number of extension option

Outstanding mortgage debt secured by hotel

196,000,000

Deferred interest

2,298,000

1,521,000

28,700,000

Payment to acquired interest from affiliates

20,000,000

Equity method investment maturity date of secured mortgage debt

9-Oct-12

Agreement termination date

'July 17, 2013

Management fee-related parties and other income

$5,391,000

$6,415,000

$1,800,000

Lease expiration date

24-Dec-13

Other_Liabilities_Detail

Other Liabilities (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'
Designer fee claim	$13,866	$13,866
OPP LTIP Units Liability (note 8)	'	25
Other Liabilities	$13,866	$13,891

Other_Liabilities_Additional_I

Other Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
Other Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2014
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Base fee due designer	1.00%
Base fee payable for period from hotel opening	'10 years
Amortization expense over estimated life	'5 years

Debt_and_Capital_Lease_Obligat2

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Detail) (USD $)

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Oct. 17, 2007

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Nov. 30, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

In Thousands, unless otherwise specified

Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan

Clift Debt

Trust Preferred Securities Subject to Mandatory Redemption

Convertible Notes

Debt of TLG Promissory Notes

Restaurant Lease Note

Debt Secured by Assets Held for Sale Revolving Credit Facility

Notes Secured by Hudson

Capital Lease Obligations

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Line Items]

Debt and capital lease obligation

$707,463

$560,751

$450,000

$92,108

$91,486

$50,100

$83,896

$170,698

$18,907

$18,807

$18,000

$6,346

$6,551

$37,000

$180,000

$6,106

$6,109

Interest rate, description

'5.80% (LIBOR + 5.65%)

'5.00% (LIBOR + 4.00%, LIBOR floor of 1.00%)

'8.90% (LIBOR + 8.40%, LIBOR floor of 0.50%)

Interest rate

5.80%

9.60%

8.68%

2.38%

8.00%

5.00%

8.90%

Debt_and_Capital_Lease_Obligat3

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

24 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Aug. 31, 2012

Jul. 21, 2010

Oct. 31, 2007

Feb. 28, 2014

Feb. 06, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Feb. 06, 2014

Nov. 14, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Oct. 31, 2004

Mar. 31, 2014

Feb. 29, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Oct. 31, 2007

Mar. 31, 2014

Feb. 28, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Oct. 17, 2007

Oct. 31, 2007

Nov. 30, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 21, 2010

Aug. 04, 2006

Mar. 31, 2014

Nov. 30, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Nov. 30, 2011

Aug. 31, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Aug. 31, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Oct. 31, 2007

Mar. 31, 2014

Nov. 30, 2011

Apr. 08, 2014

Feb. 06, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Feb. 28, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Jul. 28, 2011

Mar. 31, 2014

Nov. 14, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Convertible Notes Call Options

Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan

Nonrecourse Mortgage Notes

Mezzanine Loan

Hudson Mortgage Loan

Clift Debt

Trust Preferred Securities Subject to Mandatory Redemption

Convertible Notes

Convertible Notes With Warrant Attached

Debt of TLG Promissory Notes

Restaurant Lease Note

Debt Secured by Assets Held for Sale Revolving Credit Facility

Notes Secured by Hudson

Yucaipa

Liability to Subsidiary Trust Issuing Preferred Securities

The Light Group LLC

Convert THEhotel to Delano Las Vegas

Maximum

Minimum

Mr. Sasson

Mr. Masi

Subsequent Event

Libor Rate

Delano Credit Facility

Delano Credit Sub-Facility

Revolving Credit Facilities

Hudson Lease

Long

Extension

Interest Rate Caps

Trust Preferred Securities Subject to Mandatory Redemption

Debt of TLG Promissory Notes

Restaurant

Restaurant Lease Note

Clift Debt

Convertible Notes

Clift Debt

Debt of TLG Promissory Notes

Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan

Hudson Mortgage Loan

Debt Secured by Assets Held for Sale Revolving Credit Facility

Liability to Subsidiary Trust Issuing Preferred Securities

Libor Rate

Hudson Lease 1

Hudson Lease 1 and Lease 2

Hudson Lease 2

Trust Preferred Securities Subject to Mandatory Redemption

Base Rate

Hotel

Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Line Items]

Interest rate

5.80%

9.60%

8.68%

2.38%

8.00%

5.00%

8.90%

Debt repayment

$180,000,000

$115,000,000

$37,000,000

$36,000,000

Revolving credit facility, maximum amount of commitments

100,000,000

Letter of credit outstanding

10,000,000

Convertible Notes repurchased

88,000,000

Debt instrument, face value

450,000,000

150,000,000

180,000,000

10,600,000

15,000,000

Mortgage instrument, principal amount

300,000,000

Debt & capital lease obligations, interest rate description

'30-day LIBOR plus 565 basis points

'30-day LIBOR rate

'Three-month LIBOR rate

Debt & capital lease obligations minimum Interest

5.65%

8.40%

4.00%

3.25%

1.00%

3.00%

LIBOR cap rate

1.75%

2.50%

Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan matures

9-Feb-16

Number of extension options

Maturity period extension

'1 year

Extended Hudson/Delano 2014 Mortgage Loan maturity date

9-Feb-19

Requirement for Extension in Maturity Date

0.25%

Prepayment premium

Start date to repay debt without prepayment premium

9-Aug-15

LIBOR floor rate

0.50%

Sale of subsidiary company

71,000,000

Leased term

'99-year lease term

Reduced annual lease payments

4,970,000

Capital leased payment require

6,000,000

Increase in rent in future period

'5 years

Increase in consumer price index

40.00%

20.00%

Increase in consumer price index

20.00%

10.00%

Morgans Group agreed to guarantee losses

6,000,000

Preferred securities issued

50,000,000

Amount of common stock owned by the company through trust

100,000

Proceeds used to purchase of junior subordinated notes issued

50,100,000

Debt maturity date

15-Oct-14

30-Nov-15

30-Oct-36

Trust notes and preferred notes interest rate

8.68%

Trust notes and preferred notes Interest rate Period

'2016-10

Convertible debt, face amount

172,500,000

Net proceeds from offering

166,800,000

Date of first interest payment

15-Apr-08

Debt conversion applicable principal amount

1,000

Initial conversion rate for each principal amount of convertible Notes of common stock

37.1903

45.558

Initial conversion price of common stock

$26.89

$9.50

$21.95

Equity component recorded as additional paid-in-capital

9,000,000

Net of deferred taxes

6,400,000

Payment for call options

58,200,000

Convertible Notes Warrants, Shares

6,415,327

Exercise price of warrants or rights

Convertible Notes Warrants, value

34,100,000

Purchase of the call options, net of the related tax benefit

20,300,000

Convertible notes allowed to be purchased by investors

88,000,000

Principal amount of outstanding Convertible Notes

84,500,000

Ownership interest in the light group

90.00%

Debt and capital lease obligations

707,463,000

560,751,000

450,000,000

92,108,000

91,486,000

50,100,000

83,896,000

170,698,000

18,000,000

18,907,000

18,807,000

6,346,000

6,551,000

37,000,000

180,000,000

16,000,000

2,000,000

Purchase price acquisition cash paid

28,500,000

Non-Morgans EBITDA

18,000,000

Interest rate increases (max)

18.00%

Accrued interest payable in cash

75.00%

Percentage of accrued interest payable on maturity

25.00%

Price per share of common stock to convert notes into shares

$9.50

Fair value of TLG Promissory Notes

15,500,000

18,000,000

Risk free rate of price volatility simulation

0.40%

Price volatility of stock expected simulation

25.00%

Accrued interest

900,000

Filing date of Law suit against TLS Acquisition and Morgans Group LLC alleging filing date

'August 5, 2013

Number of leasehold interests acquired in restaurants

Contractual obligation

15,000,000

Restaurant leasehold note term

'7 years

Fair value of restaurant lease notes

6,300,000

7,500,000

Annual minimum lease payments

649,728

328,128

Number of Condominium Unit Leased

Lease expiration date

'2096-11

'2098-12

Date after which company could purchase leased asset at fair market value

'2015-11

Imputed interest rate of leased

8.00%

Capital lease obligation

$6,100,000

Revolving credit facility, initiation date

28-Jul-11

Delano credit facility unused commitment fee

0.50%

Hotel_Commitments_and_Guarante

Hotel Commitments and Guarantees (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]	'	'
Key money commitments in dispute	$23,339	$22,499
Cash flow guarantees	13,000	13,000
Total maximum future funding commitments	54,399	53,499
Amounts due within one year	26,339	25,499
Mondrian Baha Mar	'	'
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]	'	'
Key money commitments in dispute	10,000	10,000
Delano Marrakech \| Performance Cash Flow Guarantee	'	'
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]	'	'
Cash flow guarantees	$8,000	$8,000

Hotel_Commitments_and_Guarante1

Hotel Commitments and Guarantees (Parenthetical) (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
	USD ($)	USD ($)	Mondrian Baha Mar	Mondrian Baha Mar	Delano Marrakech	Delano Marrakech	Mondrian London	Mondrian London
			USD ($)	USD ($)	Performance Cash Flow Guarantee	Performance Cash Flow Guarantee	USD ($)	GBP (£)
					USD ($)	USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Equity or debt financing commitments	$0	$0	'	'	'	'	'	'
Key money	23,339,000	22,499,000	10,000,000	10,000,000	'	'	15,600,000	9,400,000
Cash flow guarantees	13,000,000	13,000,000	'	'	8,000,000	8,000,000	'	'
Letter of credit outstanding	'	'	$10,000,000	'	'	'	'	'

Commitments_and_Contingencies_1

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

Mar. 20, 2014

Jul. 17, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Jun. 17, 2008

Mar. 31, 2014

Feb. 25, 2013

Jan. 16, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Aug. 05, 2013

Jun. 27, 2013

Mar. 31, 2014

Jun. 27, 2013

Sep. 30, 2012

Mar. 31, 2014

Jan. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2014

Defendant

Ames

Mr. Sasson

Mr. Masi

Litigation

Owned, Joint Venture and Managed Hotels

Debt of TLG Promissory Notes

Yucaipa

Delano Marrakech

Morgans Original, Istanbul

Mondrian South Beach

Mondrian SoHo Hotel

Ames Hotel

Mondrian at Baha Mar Bahamas

Sochin Downtown Realty, LLC

Cape Advisors Inc.

Morgans Group LLC

Royalton and Morgans

Indemnification in Excess of Pre-judgment

Room

Construction Contracts

Owned, Joint Venture and Managed Hotels

Room

Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]

Outstanding letter of credit in dispute

$10,000,000

Rooms in Delano Marrakech hotel

Expected Room Count

310

Anticipated Opening

'2014

Key money

23,339,000

22,499,000

700,000

Accrued expenses and reduction to management fees

200,000

Payables outstanding to vendors

400,000

Purchase of condominium units by the Company and its Affiliates

14,000,000

Condominium units sales price description

'The joint venture partners are each obligated to purchase selected condominium units, at agreed-upon sales prices, having aggregate sales prices equal to 1/2 of the lesser of $28.0 million, which is the face amount outstanding on the lender's mezzanine loan, or the then outstanding principal balance of the lender's mezzanine loan.

Commitments guarantee obligations percentage

20.00%

Management agreement termination period

'60 days

Agreement termination fee

1,800,000

Tax credit guaranties capped

3,000,000

Proceeds from sale of tax credits

16,900,000

Management agreement termination date

'July 17, 2013

Defaulted outstanding on loans

217,000,000

18,000,000

Debt due date

15-Nov-12

30-Nov-15

Equity ownership percentage

31.00%

80.00%

20.00%

Number of defendants

Damages claimed

10,000,000

Claim for losses and damages

30,000,000

Counterclaim by the owner

119,000,000

Complaint seeks damages, amount

16,000,000

2,000,000

9,000,000

1,000,000

Attorneys' fees and expenses

2,700,000

Securities action amount

$3,000,000

License_or_Franchise_Agreement

License or Franchise Agreements for New Hotels Which are in Development Stage (Detail)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
	Room	Room
Mondrian London	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	'	360
Anticipated Opening	'	'2014
Initial Term	'	'25 years
Delano Las Vegas	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	'	1,114
Anticipated Opening	'	'2014
Initial Term	'	'10 years
Morgans Original, Istanbul	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	78	78
Anticipated Opening	'2014	'2014
Initial Term	'	'15 years
Mondrian at Baha Mar Bahamas	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	'	310
Anticipated Opening	'	'2014
Initial Term	'	'20 years
Mondrian Doha	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	'	270
Anticipated Opening	'	'2015
Initial Term	'	'30 years
Delano Moscow	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	'	160
Anticipated Opening	'	'2015
Initial Term	'	'20 years
Mondrian Istanbul	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	'	105
Initial Term	'	'20 years
Delano Aegean Sea	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	'	150
Initial Term	'	'20 years
Delano Cartagena	'	'
Development Hotel Agreements [Line Items]	'	'
Expected Room Count	'	211
Initial Term	'	'20 years

Omnibus_Stock_Incentive_Plan_A

Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2007	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 20, 2011	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 18, 2011
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Termination Plan	Stock Incentive Plan 2006	Stock Incentive Plan 2006	OPP LTIP Units	OPP LTIP Units	OPP LTIP Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Common stock reserved and authorized	'	'	'	'	'	14,610,000	'	'	'
Reduction in shares available for grant due to each award other than options and stock appreciation rights	'	'	'	'	1.7	'	'	'	'
Stock-based expenses	$1,944,000	$954,000	'	$1,800,000	'	'	'	'	'
Stock compensation expense	1,900,000	900,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Unrecognized compensation costs	$1,000,000	'	$3,400,000	'	'	'	'	'	'
Weighted-average period over unrecognized compensation expense	'1 year	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Cash or equity award period	'	'	'	'	'	'	'3 years	'	'
Increase in companies total return to stockholders	'	'	'	'	'	'	30.00%	'	'
Compounded annual growth rate	'	'	'	'	'	'	9.00%	'	'
Increase in companies total return to stockholders over	'	'	'	'	'	'	'Three-year period from March 20, 2011 to March 20, 2014 (or a prorated hurdle rate over a shorter period in the case of certain changes of control)	'	'
Closing price of Company's common shares	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'30 days	'
Fair value of LTIP unit at grant date	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	$8.87
Percentage applied to valuation for availability to participants	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	10.00%	'
Amount available to all participants valuation exceeds	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	130.00%	'
Performance criteria	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	$11.53	'

Summary_of_Stockbased_Incentiv

Summary of Stock-based Incentive Awards (Detail)	3 Months Ended
Summary of Stock-based Incentive Awards (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2014
Stock Options	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'
Outstanding as of January 1, 2014	1,424,740
Granted during 2014	'
Distributed/exercised during 2014	'
Forfeited during 2014	'
Outstanding as of March 31, 2014	1,424,740
Vested as of March 31, 2014	1,424,740
Restricted Stock Units	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'
Outstanding as of January 1, 2014	888,461
Granted during 2014	'
Distributed/exercised during 2014	-541,369
Forfeited during 2014	-57,928
Outstanding as of March 31, 2014	289,164
Vested as of March 31, 2014	37,452
LTIP Units	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]	'
Outstanding as of January 1, 2014	1,134,610
Granted during 2014	'
Distributed/exercised during 2014	-83,000
Outstanding as of March 31, 2014	1,051,610
Vested as of March 31, 2014	1,034,943

Preferred_Securities_and_Warra1

Preferred Securities and Warrants - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jul. 21, 2010	Jul. 14, 2013	Oct. 15, 2009	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2009	Oct. 15, 2009	Mar. 31, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified				Series A Preferred Stock	Series A Preferred Stock	Series A Preferred Stock	Series A Preferred Stock	Yucaipa	Yucaipa	Yucaipa
								Person
Preferred Securities And Warrants [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Preferred Securities issued (in shares)	'	'	'	'	75,000	'	'	'	'	'
Preferred Securities issued, value	'	'	'	'	$75	'	'	'	'	'
Preferred Securities issued, liquidation preference	$1,000	$1,000	'	'	$1,000	'	'	'	'	'
Number of warrants issued	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	12,500,000	'	'
Exercise price of warrants or rights	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	6	'	'
Preferred stock Series A dividend rate through October 15, 2014	'	'	'	'	8.00%	'	'	'	'	'
Preferred stock Series A dividend rate from October 15, 2014 to October 15, 2016	'	'	'	'	10.00%	'	'	'	'	'
Preferred stock Series A dividend rate After October 15, 2016	'	'	'	'	20.00%	'	'	'	'	'
Investors dividend rate on the Series A Preferred Securities increases	'	'	'	'	4.00%	'	'	'	'	'
Investors dividend rate	'	'	'	12.00%	'	'	'	'	'	'
Undeclared and unpaid dividends	'	'	'	'	'	35.4	'	'	'	'
Investors consent rights warrants	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	6,250,000	'	'
Equity investment acquisition	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	100	'	'
Change in size of board of directors, lower range	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	7	'	'
Change in size of board of directors, upper range	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	9	'	'
Beneficial ownership interest in which investors are subject to certain standstill arrangements	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	15.00%	'	'
Term of warrants	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'7 years 6 months	'	'
Warrant, expiration date	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'2017-04	'	'
Expected dividend payments period used to compute fair value of preferred securities	'	'	'	'	'	'	'7 years	'	'	'
Discounted dividend payments expected	'	'	'	'	'	'	17.30%	'	'	'
Cumulative accretion	'	'	'	'	'	15.1	'	'	'	'
Value of preferred securities	'	'	'	'	'	63.2	'	'	'	'
Investors collectively own or right to purchase through exercise of shares	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	875,000	'
Convertible notes allowed to be purchased by investors	'	'	88	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Issuance of Convertible Notes	'	'	88	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Convertible Notes repurchased	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	$88

Related_Party_Transactions_Add

Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended					1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Feb. 09, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	TLG Promissory Notes	TLG Promissory Notes	Jonathan A. Langer	Jonathan A. Langer
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Management fees	$1,200,000	$2,100,000	'	'	'	'	'
Related party receivables	3,504,000	'	3,694,000	'	'	'	'
Amount of fee payment	'	'	'	'	'	495,000	'
Percentage of Consulting fee from aggregate proceeds	'	'	'	'	'	0.11%	'
Percentage of compensation for successful negotiation	'	'	'	'	'	2.00%	'
Other potential fees	'	'	'	'	'	250,000	'
Accrued fee payable in cash or stock	'	'	'	18,900,000	18,800,000	'	495,000
Interest expense related to TLG Promissory Notes	$400,000	$300,000	'	'	'	'	'

Restructuring_and_Disposal_Cos

Restructuring and Disposal Costs (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract]	'	'
Restructuring (income) costs	($139)	$507
Severance and Related Costs	7,318	389
Loss on asset disposal and other costs	289	'
Total Restructuring Charges	$7,243	$896

Other_Expenses_Additional_Info

Other Expenses - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	1-May-14	Mar. 31, 2014	1-May-14	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
			Owned, Joint Venture and Managed Hotels	Owned, Joint Venture and Managed Hotels	Company's Owned Hotels	Company's Owned Hotels	One-time Termination Benefits	One Time Termination Benefits To Executive Officers
			Second Quarter of 2014 [Member]	Subsequent Event	Second Quarter of 2014 [Member]	Subsequent Event
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Severance and Related Costs	$7,318,000	$389,000	$600,000	'	$300,000	'	$7,100,000	$1,800,000
Gain on transfers	289,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Annual savings expect to realize on decrease in expenses	'	'	'	$9,000,000	'	$4,500,000	'	'

Development_Costs_Detail

Development Costs (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract]	'	'
Transaction costs	$246	'
Internal development payroll and other	89	426
Pre-opening expenses	363	394
Total development cost	$698	$820

Deferred_Gain_on_Asset_Sales_A

Deferred Gain on Asset Sales - Additional Information (Detail)

3 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Nov. 23, 2011

Dec. 31, 2011

Nov. 23, 2011

Dec. 31, 2011

3-May-11

23-May-11

Nov. 23, 2011

USD ($)

Morgans Hotel Group Europe Ltd

London JV

London, Morgans, Royalton

Mondrian Los Angeles

Royalton Europe

Royalton and Morgans

Sanderson

St Martins Lane

USD ($)

GBP (£)

Old Agreement

New Agreement

USD ($)

Secured Debt

USD ($)

Morgans

USD ($)

Morgans Hotel Group Europe Ltd

USD ($)

Room

Deferred Revenue Arrangement [Line Items]

Purchase and sale agreement

$137,000,000

$88,200,000

$51,800,000

Cash in escrow

9,200,000

Repayment of outstanding indebtedness

103,500,000

Net proceeds ,after repayment of debt and closing cost

40,000,000

93,000,000

Agreement period to operate hotel

'20 years

'15 years

Extension given to operate hotel

'10 years

Ownership interest acquired

50.00%

Number of rooms in hotel under joint venture

150

204

Sale of hotels of joint venture aggregate

192,000,000

Sale of hotels of joint venture aggregate one

297,000,000

Proceeds received by the company for sale of its joint venture interests

72,300,000

Repayment of mortgage secured debt

99,500,000

Extend term of existing management agreements

'2027

'2041

Deferred gain on asset sales

131,414,000

133,419,000

152,400,000

Gain on asset sales

$2,005,000