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Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | Property and Equipment In August 2013, Viad sold a facility and the land upon which it was situated within the Marketing & Events Group for $12.7 million (net of selling costs). Viad recorded a gain on the sale of the facility and related land of $4.8 million. Property and equipment as of December 31 consisted of the following:
(in thousands) | 2013 |  | 2012
Land and land interests | $ | 23,646 |  |  | $ | 26,124 |
Buildings and leasehold improvements | 139,889 |  |  | 137,293 |
Equipment and other | 294,409 |  |  | 310,448 |
Gross property and equipment | 457,944 |  |  | 473,865 |
Accumulated depreciation | (267,614 | ) |  | (276,567 | )
Property and equipment, net | $ | 190,330 |  |  | $ | 197,298 |
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 $13.9 million and $14.2 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, 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 $10.0 million and $10.6 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. These land interests are not subject to amortization. Depreciation expense was $27.4 million, $30.0 million and $28.4 million for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. During 2013, Viad recorded impairment charges of $952,000 at the Marketing & Events Group related to the write off of a touring exhibition asset and amounts capitalized for internally developed software that is not anticipated to be put into use. These impairment losses are included in the consolidated statements of operations under the caption “Other impairment charges.”

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, 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 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: 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 Reference 3: 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 4: 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 + Details
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