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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Orbitz |
Entity Information [Line Items] |
Acquisitions, Preliminary Purchase Price and Preliminary Allocation | The following table summarizes the purchase price and the allocation of the purchase price:
|  | Amount
Purchase Price |  | (in thousands)
Consideration |  |
Cash paid |  | $ | 10,000 |
Allocation of Purchase Price |  |
Property and equipment (software) |  | $ | 3,510 |
Finite-lived intangible assets - Customer relationships |  | 1,560 |
Unfavorable contracts |  | (780 | )
Goodwill |  | 5,710 |
Fair value of net assets acquired |  | $ | 10,000 |

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