Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Reconciliation of income statement items from reportable segments

Disclosures regarding Viad’s reportable segments with reconciliations to consolidated totals are as follows:

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(in thousands)
Revenues:
Marketing & Events Group:
U.S.	$	168,395		$	116,826		$	540,741		$	498,691
International		67,780			38,516			180,217			159,443
Intersegment eliminations		(5,871	)		(3,645	)		(11,669	)		(7,364	)
		230,304			151,697			709,289			650,770
Travel & Recreation Group		77,153			64,472			113,390			94,189
	$	307,457		$	216,169		$	822,679		$	744,959
Segment operating income (loss):
Marketing & Events Group:
U.S.	$	(585	)	$	(17,078	)	$	12,235		$	1,061
International		3,432			(3,110	)		9,637			7,325
		2,847			(20,188	)		21,872			8,386
Travel & Recreation Group		31,335			25,600			28,341			24,147
		34,182			5,412			50,213			32,533
Corporate activities		(2,036	)		(2,356	)		(6,000	)		(5,203	)
		32,146			3,056			44,213			27,330
Interest income		153			198			445			588
Interest expense		(331	)		(373	)		(991	)		(1,165	)
Restructuring charges:
Marketing & Events U.S.		(392	)		(75	)		(2,879	)		(1,550	)
Marketing & Events International		(216	)		—			(619	)		—
Corporate		—			—			(13	)		—
Income before income taxes	$	31,360		$	2,806		$	40,156		$	25,203

Reconciliation of assets from reportable segments

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Marketing & Events U.S.	$	225,127	$	213,843
Marketing & Events International		108,124		96,996
Travel & Recreation Group		233,578		194,278
Corporate and other		133,811		112,711
	$	700,640	$	617,828