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Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Property and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | Note 5. Property and Equipment Property and equipment as of December 31 consisted of the following:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Land and land interests |  | $ | 26,124 |  |  | $ | 18,134 |
Buildings and leasehold improvements |  |  | 137,293 |  |  |  | 109,077 |
Equipment and other |  |  | 310,448 |  |  |  | 310,186 |
|  |  | 473,865 |  |  |  | 437,397 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (276,567 | ) |  |  | (263,584 | )
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 197,298 |  |  | $ | 173,813 |
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 $14.2 million and $14.9 million as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Included in the “Land and land interests” caption above are certain leasehold interests in land within the Travel & Recreation Group for which the Company is considered to have perpetual use rights. The carrying amount of these leasehold interests was $10.6 million and $2.6 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These land interests are not subject to amortization. Depreciation expense was $30.0 million, $28.4 million and $27.3 million for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. During 2010, Viad recorded impairment losses of $117,000 at the Travel & Recreation Group related to a tour boat at the Travel & Recreation Group. No impairment losses were recorded during 2012 or 2011.

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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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