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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) - Orbitz | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Entity Information [Line Items] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the year ended December 31, 2014 was as follows:
| Amount
| (in thousands)
Balance at January 1, 2014, net of accumulated impairment of $832,626 | $ | 345,388 |
Acquisition | 5,710 |
Balance at December 31, 2014, net of accumulated impairment of $832,626 | $ | 351,098 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets | The changes in the carrying amounts of finite-lived intangible assets during the year ended December 31, 2014 were as follows:
| Amount
| (in thousands)
Balance at January 1, 2014 | $ | 89 |
Intangible assets acquired (a) | 1,560 |
Amortization expense | (349 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | 1,300 |
(a) Intangible assets acquired in 2014 relate to our purchase of certain TPN assets. See Note 3 - Acquisitions.
Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class | Finite-lived intangible assets consisted of the following:
|  | December 31, 2014
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
|  | (in thousands)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | $ | 1,560 |  |  | $ | (260 | ) |  | $ | 1,300 |
Vendor relationships |  | 4,293 |  |  | (4,293 | ) |  | — |
Total finite-lived intangible assets |  | $ | 5,853 |  |  | $ | (4,553 | ) |  | $ | 1,300 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense | The table below shows the estimated amortization expense related to our finite-lived intangible assets over their remaining useful lives:
Year | (in thousands)
2015 | $ | 312 |
2016 | 312 |
2017 | 312 |
2018 | 312 |
2019 | 52 |
Total | $ | 1,300 |

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