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Segment Information - Reconciliation of Income Statement Items from Reportable Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  | $ 321,334 | $ 362,488 | $ 402,279 | $ 285,594 | $ 296,916 | $ 358,163 | $ 363,677 | $ 277,428 | $ 1,371,695 |  | $ 1,296,184 |  | $ 1,306,965 |
Segment operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 79,445 |  | 77,591 |  | 86,269 |
Interest income |  | 109 | 79 | 83 | 98 | 116 | 101 | 53 | 84 | 369 |  | 354 |  | 319 |
Interest expense |  | (4,587) | (3,740) | (2,957) | (2,915) | (2,609) | (2,608) | (2,354) | (2,069) | (14,199) |  | (9,640) |  | (8,304) |
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal |  | (185) |  | (15,508) |  |  |  |  |  | (15,693) |  |  |  |  |
Other expense |  | (394) | (281) | (456) | (455) | (436) | (527) | (543) | (238) | (1,586) | [1] | (1,744) | [1] | (2,028) | [1]
Restructuring recoveries (charges) |  | (1,535) | (1,702) | (4,455) | (688) | (588) | (175) | (662) | (162) | (8,380) |  | (1,587) |  | (1,004) |
Impairment charges (recoveries) |  | 5,346 |  |  |  |  |  | (35) |  | 5,346 |  | (35) |  | (29,098) |
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |  | $ (14,867) | $ 46,498 | $ 20,008 | $ (25,529) | $ (1,963) | $ 49,600 | $ 32,773 | $ (15,401) | 26,110 |  | 65,009 |  | 104,350 |
GES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,148,882 |  | 1,110,897 |  |  |
Pursuit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 222,813 |  | 185,287 |  |  |
Operating Segments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 90,243 |  | 88,517 |  | 98,598 |
Operating Segments | GES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,148,882 |  | 1,110,897 |  | 1,133,097 |
Segment operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35,933 |  | 39,602 |  | 50,731 |
Impairment charges (recoveries) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (5,346) |  |  |  |  |
Legal settlement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (8,500) |  |  |  |  |
Operating Segments | Pursuit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 222,813 |  | 185,287 |  | 173,868 |
Segment operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 54,310 |  | 48,915 |  | 47,867 |
Restructuring recoveries (charges) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (52) |  | (140) |  | (86) |
Impairment charges (recoveries) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35 |  | 29,098 |
Intersegment Eliminations | GES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (20,741) |  | (17,140) |  | (20,680) |
Intersegment Eliminations | Pursuit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1,686) |  | (1,551) |  |  |
Corporate Eliminations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment operating income | [2] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 67 |  | 67 |  | 67 |
Corporate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (10,865) |  | (10,993) |  | (12,396) |
Restructuring recoveries (charges) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (440) |  | 10 |  | (211) |
North America | Operating Segments | GES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 936,032 | [3] | 909,790 | [3] | 943,952 |
Segment operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27,659 |  | 29,981 |  | 41,156 |
Restructuring recoveries (charges) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (6,157) |  | (408) |  | 354 |
EMEA | Operating Segments | GES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reportable segments reconciliations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 233,591 | [3] | 218,247 | [3] | 209,825 |
Segment operating income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,274 |  | 9,621 |  | 9,575 |
Restructuring recoveries (charges) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (1,731) |  | $ (1,049) |  | $ (1,061) |
[1] | We adopted ASU 2017-07 on January 1, 2018, which requires retrospective adoption. As a result, we recorded the nonservice cost component of net periodic benefit cost within other expense for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, and we reclassified $2.0 million from operating expenses to other expense for 2017 to conform with current period presentation.
[2] | Corporate eliminations represent the elimination of depreciation expense recorded by Pursuit associated with previously eliminated intercompany profit realized by GES for renovations to Pursuit’s Banff Gondola.
[3] |
(1) | During the first quarter of 2019, we realigned GES’ organizational structure. As a result, we changed GES’ reportable segments to reflect how our chief operating decision maker regularly reviews and makes decisions regarding the allocation of resources. Accordingly, GES’ new reportable segments are GES North America and GES EMEA.

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