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Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Property and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | Note 6. Property and Equipment Property and equipment as of December 31 consisted of the following:
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|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Land |  | $ | 18,134 |  |  | $ | 9,139 |
Buildings and leasehold improvements |  |  | 109,077 |  |  |  | 89,945 |
Equipment and other |  |  | 310,186 |  |  |  | 299,558 |
|  |  | 437,397 |  |  |  | 398,642 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (263,584 | ) |  |  | (249,296 | )
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 173,813 |  |  | $ | 149,346 |
Included in the “Equipment and other” caption above are capitalized costs incurred in developing or obtaining internal use software. The net carrying amount of capitalized software was $14.9 million and $17.5 million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Depreciation expense was $28.4 million, $27.3 million and $26.5 million for 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. As discussed in Note 3 above, Viad recorded an impairment loss of $117,000 in 2010 related to a tour boat at the Travel & Recreation Group. Viad also recorded impairment losses of $1.7 million related to certain touring exhibit assets at the Marketing & Events Group in 2009. During 2009, Viad commenced a plan of sale related to a non-strategic real estate asset held in the Travel & Recreation Group. This asset consisted of land, building and related improvements, which was expected to be sold within one year. Accordingly, the value of this asset was remeasured based on the estimated fair value, less cost to sell. As a result of the remeasurement, the Company recorded a loss of $2.9 million in 2009, which is included in the consolidated statements of operations under the caption “Other impairment losses.” Viad completed the sale of this asset in March 2010 for $14.3 million (net of selling costs).

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) -Number 12 -Paragraph 5 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 + Details
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