Although DiamondRock has significantly curtailed the capital expenditures at its hotels , it continues to benefit from the extensive capital investments made from 2006 to 2008 , during which time many of its hotels were fully renovated . In 2009 , the Company has focused its capital expenditures primarily on life safety , capital preservation , and return-on-investment projects . The total budget in 2009 for capital improvements is $ 35 million , only $ 10 million of which is expected to be funded from corporate cash and the balance to be funded from hotel escrow reserves .