CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 157,747	$ 308,236
Restricted cash	755	2,359
Accounts receivable, net	466,753	434,288
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	56,315	53,378
Current deferred income taxes	39,184	41,431
Other receivables, net	28,902	29,511
Assets of discontinued operations	9,364	13,624
Total current assets	759,020	882,827
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $824,146 and $722,916	526,722	498,523
Investments in joint ventures	142,639	132,082
Goodwill	2,152,590	2,138,175
Trademarks and brandnames, net of accumulated amortization of $554,286 and $545,597	307,445	323,035
Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $956,606 and $889,904	261,581	311,523
Other assets, net	522,397	469,543
Total assets	4,672,394	4,755,708
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	129,555	111,386
Travel supplier liabilities and related deferred revenue	107,409	213,504
Accrued compensation and related benefits	91,700	117,689
Accrued subscriber incentives	168,019	142,767
Deferred revenues	176,990	136,380
Litigation settlement liability and related deferred revenue	75,409	38,920
Other accrued liabilities	210,196	267,867
Current portion of debt	22,418	86,117
Liabilities of discontinued operations	23,881	41,788
Total current liabilities	1,005,577	1,156,418
Deferred income taxes	8,601	10,253
Other noncurrent liabilities	523,728	263,182
Long-term debt	3,065,440	3,643,548
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Temporary equity
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock: $0.01 par value; 225,000,000 authorized shares; no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2014; 87,229,703 shares issued and 87,184,179 outstanding at December 31, 2013		634,843
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Common Stock: $0.01 par value; 450,000,000 authorized shares; 265,224,958 and 178,633,409 shares issued, 264,787,572 and 178,491,568 outstanding at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively	2,652	1,786
Additional paid-in capital	1,911,172	880,619
Treasury Stock, at cost, 437,386 shares at September 30, 2014	(5,297)
Retained deficit	(1,797,944)	(1,785,554)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(41,592)	(49,895)
Noncontrolling interest	57	508
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	69,048	(952,536)
Total liabilities, temporary equity and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$ 4,672,394	$ 4,755,708