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Pension and Postretirement Benefits (Tables) (Foreign Pension Plans [Member]) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Foreign Pension Plans [Member] |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
Components of net periodic benefit cost of Viad's pension and postretirement benefit plans |
|  | Domestic Plans |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Pension Plans |  |  | Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  | Foreign Pension Plans |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Service cost |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | 122 |
Interest cost |  |  | 261 |  |  |  | 297 |  |  |  | 173 |  |  |  | 197 |  |  |  | 181 |  |  |  | 184 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (100 | ) |  |  | (151 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (22 | ) |  |  | (180 | ) |  |  | (156 | )
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (225 | ) |  |  | (278 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Recognized net actuarial loss |  |  | 149 |  |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 141 |  |  |  | 154 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 6 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 340 |  |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 135 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 156 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21915506&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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