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Intangible Assets
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Intangible Assets

6. Intangible Assets

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and other intangible assets of the Company between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2013 are as follows:

 

(in $ millions)    January 1,
2013
     Additions      Retirements      Foreign
Exchange
     June 30,
2013
 

Non-Amortizable Assets:

              

Goodwill

     986          —          —          —          986    

Trademarks and tradenames

     314          —          —          —          314    

Other Intangible Assets:

              

Acquired customer relationships

     1,129          —          —          —          1,129    

Accumulated amortization

     (530)         (40)         —          —          (570)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Acquired customer relationships, net

     599          (40)         —          —          559    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Customer loyalty payments

     274                      36          (50)         (3)                   257    

Accumulated amortization

     (156)         (29)                       50                      —          (135)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Customer loyalty payments, net

     118                  —          (3)         122    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other intangible assets, net

                 717          (33)         —          (3)         681    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and other intangible assets of the Company between January 1, 2012 and June 30, 2012 are as follows:

 

(in $ millions)    January 1,
2012
     Additions      Retirements      Foreign
Exchange
     June 30,
2012
 

Non-Amortizable Assets:

              

Goodwill

     986          —          —                  986    

Trademarks and tradenames

     314          —          —                  314    

Other Intangible Assets:

              

Acquired customer relationships

     1,129          —          —                  1,129    

Accumulated amortization

     (448)         (41)         —                  (489)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Acquired customer relationships, net

     681          (41)         —                  640    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Customer loyalty payments

     269                        27          (19)                           277    

Accumulated amortization

     (140)         (31)                       19                       —         (152)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Customer loyalty payments, net

     129          (4)         —                  125    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other intangible assets, net

                 810          (45)         —                  765    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Customer loyalty payments are made with an objective of increasing the number of travel bookings and/or to improve the travel agents’ and/or travel providers’ loyalty and which are instrumented through agreements with a term over a year. Under the contractual terms, the travel agent commits to achieve certain economic objectives for the Company. Such costs are specifically identifiable to individual contracts with travel agents and/or travel providers, which have determinable contractual lives. Due to the contractual nature of the payments, the Company believes that such assets are more appropriately classified as internally developed identifiable intangible assets and, as a result, the Company has presented them within intangible assets with conforming changes to prior periods. As of December 31 2012, the Company included $50 million and $68 million as “Development advances” within other current assets and other non-current assets, respectively, which have been re-classed as other intangible assets to conform to current period presentation.

  

Amortization expense for acquired customer relationships was $40 million and $41 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and is included as a component of depreciation and amortization in the Company’s consolidated condensed statements of operations.

Amortization expense for customer loyalty payments was $29 million and $31 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and is included as components of revenue and cost of revenue in the Company’s consolidated condensed statements of operations.

The Company expects amortization expense relating to acquired customer relationships and customer loyalty payments to be:

 

    Twelve Months Ending June 30,  
(in $ millions)   Acquired Customer
Relationships
     Customer  Loyalty
Payments
 

2014

    77         56   

2015

    72         37   

2016

    58         17   

2017

    46         8   

2018

    41         2