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Discontinued Operations | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Discontinued Operations | Discontinued Operations In the first quarter of 2015, we completed the divestiture of our Travelocity business through the sale of Travelocity.com and lastminute.com. Our Travelocity segment has no remaining operations subsequent to these dispositions. The financial results of our Travelocity business are included in net income from discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. Travelocity.com—On January 23, 2015, we sold Travelocity.com to Expedia Inc. (“Expedia”), pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Travelocity Purchase Agreement”), dated January 23, 2015, by and among Sabre GLBL, Travelocity.com LP, and Expedia. The signing and closing of the Travelocity Purchase Agreement occurred contemporaneously. Expedia purchased Travelocity.com pursuant to the Travelocity Purchase Agreement for cash consideration of $280 million. The net assets of Travelocity.com disposed of primarily included a trade name with a carrying value of $55 million. We recognized a gain on sale of $143 million, net of tax, in the first quarter of 2015. lastminute.com—On March 1, 2015, we sold lastminute.com to Bravofly Rumbo Group. The transaction was completed through the transfer of net liabilities as of the date of sale consisting primarily of a working capital deficit of $70 million, partially offset by assets sold including intangible assets of $27 million. We did not receive any cash proceeds or any other significant consideration in the transaction other than payments for specific services being provided to the acquirer under a transition services agreement, which concluded on March 31, 2016. Additionally, at the time of sale, the acquirer entered into a long-term agreement with us to continue to utilize our GDS for bookings, which generates incentive consideration paid by us to the acquirer. We recognized a gain on sale of $24 million, net of tax, in the first quarter of 2015. The following table summarizes the results of our discontinued operations (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Revenue | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,038 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24,292 |
Cost of revenue | — |  |  | 5,254 |  |  | — |  |  | 19,279 |
Selling, general and administrative | 765 |  |  | (42,046 | ) |  | 8,964 |  |  | (20,538 | )
Operating loss | (765 | ) |  | 37,830 |  |  | (8,964 | ) |  | 25,551 |
Other income (expense): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on sale of businesses | — |  |  | 30,709 |  |  | 305 |  |  | 294,276 |
Other, net | 702 |  |  | (321 | ) |  | (1,126 | ) |  | 2,178 |
Total other (expense) income, net | 702 |  |  | 30,388 |  |  | (821 | ) |  | 296,454 |
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes | (63 | ) |  | 68,218 |  |  | (9,785 | ) |  | 322,005 |
(Benefit) provision for income taxes(1) | 331 |  |  | 14,326 |  |  | (20,643 | ) |  | 108,506 |
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations | $ | (394 | ) |  | $ | 53,892 |  |  | $ | 10,858 |  |  | $ | 213,499 |
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(1) | In the first quarter 2016, we recognized a $17 million tax benefit associated with the resolution of uncertain tax positions; see Note 4, Income Taxes.
Divestiture of lastminute.com Cumulative Translation Adjustments Cumulative translation adjustment ("CTA") gains or losses of foreign subsidiaries related to divested businesses are reclassified into earnings once the liquidation of the respective foreign subsidiaries is substantially complete. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, we substantially completed the liquidation of our lastminute.com subsidiaries and, therefore, reclassified $19 million, net of tax, of CTA gains from accumulated comprehensive income (loss) to our results of discontinued operations.

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