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Pension and Postretirement Benefits | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Pension and Postretirement Benefits | Note 15. Pension and Postretirement Benefits The net periodic benefit cost of Viad’s pension and postretirement benefit plans for the three months ended September 30 included the following components:
|  | Domestic Plans |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Pension Plans |  |  | Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  | Foreign Pension Plans |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Service cost |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | 123 |
Interest cost |  |  | 251 |  |  |  | 276 |  |  |  | 152 |  |  |  | 187 |  |  |  | 175 |  |  |  | 186 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (100 | ) |  |  | (84 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | (175 | ) |  |  | (157 | )
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (227 | ) |  |  | (278 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Recognized net actuarial loss |  |  | 129 |  |  |  | 110 |  |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | 101 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 280 |  |  | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | 144 |  |  | $ | 152 |
The net periodic benefit cost of Viad’s pension and postretirement benefit plans for the nine months ended September 30 included the following components:
|  | Domestic Plans |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Pension Plans |  |  | Postretirement Benefit Plans |  |  | Foreign Pension Plans |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Service cost |  | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | 110 |  |  | $ | 405 |  |  | $ | 368 |
Interest cost |  |  | 773 |  |  |  | 863 |  |  |  | 498 |  |  |  | 611 |  |  |  | 531 |  |  |  | 552 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (300 | ) |  |  | (305 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (56 | ) |  |  | (530 | ) |  |  | (467 | )
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (677 | ) |  |  | (835 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Recognized net actuarial loss |  |  | 427 |  |  |  | 368 |  |  |  | 388 |  |  |  | 410 |  |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 960 |  |  | $ | 1,004 |  |  | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | 240 |  |  | $ | 436 |  |  | $ | 453 |
Viad expects to contribute $2.6 million to its funded pension plans, $1.1 million to its unfunded pension plans and $400,000 to its postretirement benefit plans in 2013. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Viad contributed $2.3 million to its funded pension plans, $665,000 to its unfunded pension plans and $64,000 to its postretirement benefit plans.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2235017 + Details
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