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Viad Corp
(NYSE:VVI) 

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Viad Corp operates as an experiential services company in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, the United Arab Emirates, and Iceland. It operates through three segments: GES North America, GES EMEA, and Pursuit. The company offers event accommodation solutions, includin...

Founded: 1926
Full Time Employees: 5,361
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Business Services

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      revenue:
                                                                   
      ticket, rooms, transportation, and other services revenue
    41,229,000 178,140,000 88,063,000 29,734,000                                                            
      food, beverage, and retail products revenue
    10,413,000 62,882,000 28,680,000 7,845,000                                                            
      total revenue
    51,642,000 241,022,000 116,743,000 37,579,000 -741,251,000 455,704,000 378,538,000 273,497,000 291,679,000 365,899,000 320,311,000 260,791,000 248,027,000 382,721,000 319,203,000 177,360,000 183,573,000 233,599,000 61,233,000 28,935,000 25,572,000 63,072,000 30,863,000 306,008,000 321,334,000 362,488,000 402,279,000 285,594,000 296,916,000 358,163,000 363,677,000 277,428,000 277,285,000 339,099,000 364,774,000 325,807,000 256,396,000 382,465,000 324,747,000 241,362,000 251,671,000 255,946,000 317,035,000 264,396,000 210,458,500 299,802,000 256,391,000 285,641,000                
      yoy
    -106.97% -47.11% -69.16% -86.26% -354.13% 24.54% 18.18% 4.87% 17.60% -4.40% 0.35% 47.04% 35.11% 63.84% 421.29% 512.96% 617.87% 270.37% 98.40% -90.54% -92.04% -82.60% -92.33% 7.15% 8.22% 1.21% 10.61% 2.94% 7.08% 5.62% -0.30% -14.85% 8.15% -11.34% 12.33% 34.99% 1.88% 49.43% 2.43% -8.71% 19.58% -14.63% 23.65% -7.44%                    
      qoq
    -78.57% 106.46% 210.66% -105.07% -262.66% 20.39% 38.41% -6.23% -20.28% 14.23% 22.82% 5.15% -35.19% 19.90% 79.97% -3.38% -21.42% 281.49% 111.62% 13.15% -59.46% 104.36% -89.91% -4.77% -11.35% -9.89% 40.86% -3.81% -17.10% -1.52% 31.09% 0.05% -18.23% -7.04% 11.96% 27.07% -32.96% 17.77% 34.55% -4.10% -1.67% -19.27% 19.91% 25.63% -29.80% 16.93% -10.24%                 
      costs and expenses:
                                                                   
      cost of food, beverage, and retail products sold
    2,988,000 19,809,000 8,871,000 2,285,000                                                            
      operating expenses
    42,212,000 86,592,000 62,563,000 38,427,000                                                            
      selling, general, and administrative expenses
    19,213,000 17,445,000 15,729,000 17,165,000                                                            
      depreciation and amortization
    9,676,000 12,042,000 11,073,000 10,968,000                                                            
      interest expense
    2,655,000 2,835,000 1,928,000 1,464,000 -21,676,000 11,428,000 12,585,000 11,845,000 10,897,000 12,476,000 12,356,000 12,249,000 11,001,000 10,252,000 7,761,000 5,877,000 8,272,000 9,518,000 5,587,000 5,118,000 3,552,000 5,508,000 5,186,000 4,018,000 4,587,000 3,740,000 2,957,000 2,915,000 2,609,000 2,608,000 2,354,000 2,069,000 2,023,000 2,117,000 2,059,000 2,105,000 1,789,000 1,489,000 1,336,000 1,284,000 1,083,000 1,198,000 1,103,000 1,151,000 946,000 462,000 309,000 298,000 329,000 286,000  346,000 373,000 380,000 412,000 397,000 472,000 473,000 493,000 467,000 378,000 425,000 420,000 
      other expense
    834,000 -3,455,000 5,962,000 319,000 -371,000 407,000 442,000 438,000 500,000 554,000 448,000 531,000 547,000 280,000 612,000 638,000 507,000 466,000 680,000 360,000 223,500 210,000 265,000 419,000 298,000 281,000 456,000 455,000 436,000 527,000 543,000 238,000                                
      total costs and expenses
    77,578,000 135,268,000 106,126,000 70,666,000 -618,813,000 389,241,000 342,709,000 298,786,000 302,398,000 306,946,000 303,562,000 282,701,000 259,306,000 327,091,000 295,734,000 210,560,000 209,955,000 208,743,000 106,304,000 77,419,000 83,427,000 90,077,000 203,084,000 409,786,000 336,201,000 315,990,000 382,271,000 311,123,000 298,879,000 308,563,000 330,904,000 292,829,000 286,400,000 273,247,000 327,231,000 315,737,000 263,173,000 329,582,000 295,713,000 251,773,000 252,898,000 244,119,000 284,461,000 269,635,000 231,312,000 270,875,000 246,750,000 274,763,000 208,891,000 220,174,000  209,428,000 213,363,000 231,816,000 274,577,000 193,923,000 207,455,000 213,576,000 227,248,000 194,286,000 301,338,000 204,951,000 238,676,000 
      loss from continuing operations before income taxes
    -25,936,000   -33,087,000    -25,289,000    -21,910,000    -33,200,000   -45,071,000 -48,484,000    -103,778,000    -25,529,000            -10,411,000                        
      income tax benefit
    1,219,000   -1,866,000        -578,000    -2,582,000    -3,045,000    -15,797,000    -7,595,000            -3,452,000                -2,167,000 1,911,000   -8,904,000 -23,947,000   
      loss from continuing operations
    -24,717,000   -31,221,000    -26,176,000    -21,332,000    -30,618,000   -42,905,000 -45,439,000    -87,981,000    -17,934,000            -6,959,000                        
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
    -21,000                                                               
      net income
    -24,738,000 85,101,000 8,731,000 -31,352,000 313,344,000 55,864,000 30,878,000 -26,243,000 -15,862,000 49,126,000 11,578,000 -21,390,000 -10,810,000 45,786,000 20,162,000 -30,343,000 -24,452,000 19,775,000 -42,967,000 -45,091,000 -51,672,000 -28,729,000 -208,116,000 -88,435,000 -6,625,000 34,466,000 13,903,000 -18,221,000 -2,698,000 38,548,000 23,380,000 -9,835,000 -21,944,000 45,741,000 27,874,000 6,513,000 -4,288,000 34,784,000 19,444,000 -7,145,000 -1,030,000 7,918,000 22,280,000 -2,120,000 -6,032,000 30,571,000 6,609,000 24,419,000 -4,912,000 12,748,000  -6,449,000 2,283,000 4,288,000 9,621,000 -4,529,000 5,778,000 2,933,000 -3,103,000 -14,538,000 -96,266,000 5,303,000 1,372,000 
      yoy
    -107.89% 52.34% -71.72% 19.47% -2075.44% 13.72% 166.70% 22.69% 46.73% 7.29% -42.58% -29.51% -55.79% 131.53% -146.92% -32.71% -52.68% -168.83% -79.35% -49.01% 679.95% -183.35% -1596.91% 385.35% 145.55% -10.59% -40.53% 85.27% -87.71% -15.73% -16.12% -251.01% 411.75% 31.50% 43.36% -191.15% 316.31% 339.30% -12.73% 237.03% -82.92% -74.10% 237.12% -108.68% 22.80% 139.81%  -478.65% -315.16% 197.29%  42.39% -60.49% 46.20% -410.05% -68.85% -106.00% -44.69% -326.17%     
      qoq
    -129.07% 874.70% -127.85% -110.01% 460.91% 80.92% -217.66% 65.45% -132.29% 324.30% -154.13% 97.87% -123.61% 127.09% -166.45% 24.09% -223.65% -146.02% -4.71% -12.74% 79.86% -86.20% 135.33% 1234.87% -119.22% 147.90% -176.30% 575.35% -107.00% 64.88% -337.72% -55.18% -147.97% 64.10% 327.97% -251.89% -112.33% 78.89% -372.13% 593.69% -113.01% -64.46% -1150.94% -64.85% -119.73% 362.57% -72.94% -597.13% -138.53%   -382.48% -46.76% -55.43% -312.43% -178.38% 97.00% -194.52% -78.66% -84.90% -1915.31% 286.52%  
      net income margin %
    -47.90% 35.31% 7.48% -83.43% -42.27% 12.26% 8.16% -9.60% -5.44% 13.43% 3.61% -8.20% -4.36% 11.96% 6.32% -17.11% -13.32% 8.47% -70.17% -155.84% -202.06% -45.55% -674.32% -28.90% -2.06% 9.51% 3.46% -6.38% -0.91% 10.76% 6.43% -3.55% -7.91% 13.49% 7.64% 2.00% -1.67% 9.09% 5.99% -2.96% -0.41% 3.09% 7.03% -0.80% -2.87% 10.20% 2.58% 8.55% -Infinity% Infinity%  -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      net loss attributable to non-redeemable noncontrolling interests
    -200,000                                                               
      net loss attributable to pursuit
    -24,938,000   -31,136,000                                                            
      basic loss per common share:
                                                                   
      continuing operations attributable to pursuit common stockholders
    -900 2,700 160 -1,100                                                            
      discontinued operations attributable to pursuit common stockholders
     -100 40 -10                                                            
      net loss attributable to pursuit common stockholders
    -900   -1,110                                                            
      weighted-average outstanding common shares
    27,857,000 28,275,000 28,256,000 28,113,000 21,419,000 21,166,000 21,126,000 21,029,000 20,855,000 20,885,000 20,840,000 20,751,000 20,589,000 20,612,000 20,571,000 20,518,000 20,411,000 20,420,000 20,397,000 20,370,000 20,279,000 20,293,000 20,282,000 20,215,000 20,146,000 20,168,000 20,143,000 20,076,000 20,168,000 20,145,000 20,209,000 20,207,000 20,146,000 20,166,000 20,140,000 20,083,000 19,990,000 20,017,000 19,983,000 19,914,000 19,797,000 19,831,000 19,778,000 19,736,000 19,804,000 19,679,000 19,869,000 19,949,000 19,850,000 19,868,000  19,719,000 19,711,000 19,816,000 19,778,000 19,955,000 20,001,000 20,059,000 20,051,000 19,960,000 19,981,000 19,977,000 19,893,000 
      diluted loss per common share:
                                                                   
      weighted-average outstanding and potentially dilutive common shares
    27,857,000 28,458,000 28,392,000 28,113,000 21,419,000 21,615,000 21,521,000 21,029,000 21,097,000 21,174,000 20,975,000 20,751,000 20,812,000 20,889,000 20,731,000 20,518,000 20,411,000 20,742,000 20,397,000 20,370,000 20,279,000 20,293,000 20,282,000 20,215,000 20,284,000 20,311,000 20,266,000 20,076,000 20,404,000 20,387,000 20,436,000 20,207,000 20,405,000 20,436,000 20,364,000 20,346,000 20,177,000 20,207,000 20,153,000 19,914,000 19,981,000 19,974,000 19,918,000 19,736,000 20,133,000 19,954,000 20,149,000 20,330,000 20,265,000 20,191,000  20,055,000 20,033,000 20,121,000 20,080,000 20,277,000 20,309,000 20,375,000 20,051,000  19,981,000 20,170,000 20,139,000 
      impairment charges
        41,462,000 6,110,000          583,000      676,000 114,020,000 88,380,000         -7,274,500 -24,467,000   98,000 120,000       221,000  884,000                 
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
     105,754,000 10,617,000  -122,438,000 66,463,000 35,829,000  -10,719,000 58,953,000 16,749,000  -11,279,000 55,630,000 23,469,000  -26,382,000 24,856,000   -57,855,000 -27,005,000 -172,221,000  -14,867,000 46,498,000 20,008,000  -1,963,000 49,600,000 32,773,000 -15,401,000 -9,115,000 65,852,000 37,543,000 10,070,000 -6,777,000 52,883,000 29,034,000  -1,227,000 11,827,000 32,574,000 -5,239,000 -8,159,000 28,927,000 9,641,000 10,878,000 -7,049,000 16,299,000          -24,121,000 -120,213,000 8,614,000  
      income tax expense
     17,771,000 3,021,000  -10,922,000 10,509,000 5,851,000 887,000 5,176,000 9,173,000 5,028,000  -606,000 9,802,000 3,359,000  -1,906,000 5,329,000 -2,166,000  -6,208,000 735,000 35,516,000  -8,355,000 11,891,000 6,565,000  1,813,000 10,806,000 9,114,000 -4,638,000 12,969,000 20,010,000 10,178,000 2,741,000 -2,402,000 17,878,000 9,226,000  -358,000 3,746,000 10,372,000 -3,267,000 -761,000 -2,623,000 1,796,000 1,697,000 -2,015,000 4,557,000  2,252,750 523,000 2,588,000 5,900,000   1,790,000 208,000   3,311,000 901,000 
      income from continuing operations
     87,983,000 7,596,000  -111,516,000 55,954,000 29,978,000  -15,895,000 49,780,000 11,721,000  -10,673,000 45,828,000 20,110,000  -24,476,000 19,527,000   -51,647,000 -27,740,000 -207,737,000  -6,512,000 34,607,000 13,443,000  -3,776,000 38,794,000 23,659,000 -10,763,000 -22,084,000 45,842,000 27,365,000 7,329,000 -4,375,000 35,005,000 19,808,000  -869,000 8,081,000 22,202,000 -1,972,000 -7,398,000 31,550,000 7,845,000 9,181,000 -5,034,000 11,742,000          -15,217,000 -96,266,000 5,303,000  
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
     -2,882,000 1,135,000 -131,000                                                            
      net income attributable to non-redeemable noncontrolling interest
     -11,248,000 -3,085,000  1,505,000 -7,178,000 -1,807,000  385,000 -7,716,000   -1,244,000 -5,729,000           1,020,000 -3,418,000   348,000 -1,287,000                                  
      net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
        886,000 -71,000 240,000 203,000 131,000 -139,000 286,000 123,000 394,000 88,000 128,000 138,000 545,000 296,000 431,000 494,000 255,750 302,000 204,000 517,000 161,000 368,000 252,000 24,000 28,000 128,000 77,000 84,000                                
      net income attributable to pursuit
     73,853,000 5,646,000                                                             
      diluted income per common share:
                                                                   
      net income attributable to pursuit common stockholders
     2,600 200                                                             
      basic income per common share:
                                                                   
      amounts attributable to pursuit
                                                                   
      income from discontinued operations
     -2,882,000 1,135,000 -131,000 424,860,000 -90,000 900,000  33,000 -654,000 -143,000 -58,000 -137,000 -42,000 52,000 275,000 24,000 248,000 -62,000 348,000 -25,000 -989,000 -379,000  -113,000 -141,000 460,000 -287,000 1,078,000 -246,000 -279,000 928,000   509,000    -364,000  -161,000 -163,000 78,000 -148,000 1,366,000 -979,000 -1,236,000 15,238,000 122,000 1,006,000              
      restructuring charges
       38,000 3,483,000 383,000  116,000 49,000 480,000 192,000 453,000 -408,000 1,387,000 1,426,000 654,000 267,000 2,186,000 787,000 2,826,000 1,070,000 11,259,000 260,000 851,000 1,535,000 1,702,000 4,455,000 688,000 588,000 175,000 662,000 162,000 187,000 255,000 168,000 394,000 1,519,000 1,697,000 975,000 992,000 1,414,000 257,000 1,069,000 216,000 -177,000 238,000 1,365,000 211,000 1,684,000 714,000  2,232,000 75,000 1,206,000 269,000 1,427,000 183,000 559,000 2,053,000 7,257,000 3,867,000 198,000 2,732,000 
      net loss attributable to non-redeemable noncontrolling interest
       216,000    923,000   -903,000 398,000   -451,000 1,204,000 1,363,000 -5,004,000 510,000 1,445,000 159,000 -2,331,000 1,634,000 1,333,000   -331,000 420,000   33,000 364,000                                
      services
        -637,735,000 375,236,000 309,960,000 226,930,000 240,628,000 285,119,000 262,339,000 218,140,000 200,572,000 306,199,000 254,132,000 151,137,000 146,972,000 182,964,000 46,306,000 24,900,000 16,145,000 43,702,000 26,205,000 275,556,000 271,747,000 300,446,000 347,659,000 250,641,000 249,891,000 300,087,000 314,723,000 245,548,000                                
      products
        -103,516,000 80,468,000 68,578,000 46,567,000 51,051,000 80,780,000 57,972,000 42,651,000 47,455,000 76,522,000 65,071,000 26,223,000 36,601,000 50,635,000 14,927,000 4,035,000 9,427,000 19,370,000 4,658,000 30,452,000 49,587,000 62,042,000 54,620,000 34,953,000 47,025,000 58,076,000 48,954,000 31,880,000                                
      costs of services
        199,666,500 298,081,000 263,279,000 237,306,000 238,557,000 222,794,000 232,412,000 226,203,000 216,157,000 246,472,000 223,177,000 171,954,000 156,980,000 150,983,000 76,052,000 56,368,000 62,395,000 51,730,000 69,380,000 284,402,000 274,340,000 256,296,000 306,154,000 263,356,000 246,628,000 254,638,000 280,842,000 257,295,000 237,091,000 254,963,000 284,884,000 273,609,000 211,635,000 278,764,000 250,041,000 214,227,000 201,013,000 205,227,000 236,868,000 225,261,000 185,150,000 228,285,000 200,635,000 229,582,000 160,545,000 184,635,000  157,125,000 180,517,000 190,238,000 224,799,000 138,410,000 170,354,000 166,712,000 180,839,000 137,947,000 147,035,000 161,984,000 189,283,000 
      costs of products
        -84,885,000 65,075,000 61,806,000 44,648,000 48,610,000 67,063,000 54,439,000 40,100,000 48,109,000 64,932,000 59,318,000 28,181,000 40,460,000 42,497,000 20,157,000 10,775,000 13,451,000 18,107,000 11,219,000 31,006,000 46,853,000 51,370,000 49,683,000 33,474,000 30,632,250 46,974,000 44,433,000 31,122,000                                
      corporate activities
        2,555,000 7,757,000 5,422,000 4,433,000 3,785,000 3,579,000 3,511,000 3,165,000 3,537,000 3,768,000 3,440,000 2,673,000 3,585,000 3,093,000 3,006,000 2,005,000 2,785,000 2,645,000 2,468,000 789,000 3,070,000 2,680,000 3,282,000 1,833,000 2,464,000 3,777,000 2,535,000 2,217,000 2,785,000 4,474,000 3,008,000 2,610,000 2,932,000 2,772,000 2,707,000 1,911,000 3,573,000 1,354,000 1,983,000 2,810,000 6,850,000 3,468,000 1,991,000 2,039,000 2,748,000 2,034,000  2,479,000 2,356,000 1,576,000 1,271,000 1,971,000 1,749,000 2,058,000 644,000 1,377,000 2,024,000 703,000 1,503,000 
      gain on sale of on services
                                                                   
      net income attributable to viad
        13,202,250 48,615,000 29,311,000  -15,346,000 41,271,000 10,961,000  -7,763,000 40,145,000 19,839,000  -22,544,000 15,067,000   -50,473,000 -30,758,000 -206,278,000  -5,428,000 31,416,000 13,824,000  -2,322,000 37,389,000 23,490,000 -9,387,000 -21,674,000 44,657,000 27,947,000 6,777,000 -4,049,000 33,792,000 19,509,000  -957,000 7,230,000 22,389,000 -2,056,000 -5,890,000 29,620,000 6,742,000 21,882,000 -4,618,000 11,855,000  -6,307,000 1,245,000 4,485,000 9,787,000 -4,399,000 4,796,000 3,028,000 -2,982,000 -14,480,000 -97,133,000 5,399,000 1,503,000 
      continuing operations attributable to viad common stockholders
        410 1,650 930 -1,290 -620 1,440 340 -1,100 -360 1,380 640 -1,540 -1,240 450 -2,180 -2,230 -2,570 -1,540 -10,170 -4,270 -310 1,540 650 -880 -160 1,840 1,160 -510 -1,070 2,190 1,350 370 -210 1,680 980 -340 -40 370 1,110 -100 -360 1,530 390 460                
      discontinued operations attributable to viad common stockholders
        7.5  40   -30 -10     10  10  20  -50 -20 -20  -10 20 -10 50 -10 -10 40 10  20 -40 10 -10 -20 -10 -10 -10 10  70 -50 -60 620                
      net income attributable to viad common stockholders
        417.5 1,650 970  -620 1,410 330  -360 1,380 640  -1,240 460   -2,570 -1,590 -10,190  -310 1,530 670  -110 1,830 1,150 -470 -1,060 2,190 1,370 330 -200 1,670 960  -50 360 1,120 -100 -290 1,480 330 1,080 -230 580  -310 60 220 480 -220 230 150 -150 -730 -4,860 260 70 
      amounts attributable to viad
                                                                   
      restructuring (recoveries) charges
          -825,000                                                         
      loss from discontinued operations
           -67,000                -454,000        928,000 140,000 -101,000  -816,000 -192,750 -221,000  -186,000                        
      net loss attributable to viad
           -25,117,000    -20,869,000    -29,001,000   -42,026,000 -43,152,000    -86,585,000    -17,777,000            -6,983,000                        
      net loss attributable to viad common stockholders
           -1,290    -1,100    -1,530   -2,180 -2,210    -4,290    -890            -350                        
      on services sale purchase price adjustment
            51,000  204,000                                                     
      multi-employer pension plan withdrawal
                      57,000    462,000  185,000  15,508,000                                     
      dividends declared per common share
                           100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1,600 2,600 100  40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 
      interest income
                      -22,000 -33,000 -64,000 -58,000 -176,000 -79,000 -109,000 -79,000 -83,000 -98,000 -116,000 -101,000 -53,000 -84,000 -145,000 -74,000 -42,000 -58,000 -1,027,000 -44,000 -38,000 -56,000 -87,000 -65,000 -443,000 -63,000 -105,000 -81,000 -54,000 -65,000 -153,000 -122,000  -191,000 -198,000 -176,000 -214,000 -226,000 -174,000 -88,000 -96,000 -84,000 -102,000 -132,000 -261,000 
      amounts attributable to viad common stockholders
                                                                   
      business interruption gain
                              -141,000   -35,000 -377,000 -190,000 -461,000 -1,091,000 -1,087,000                             
      legal settlement
                               8,500,000                                    
      impairment recoveries
                                -8,750  -35,000    -2,247,000 -2,384,000                            
      exhibition and event services
                                    217,241,000 198,868,000 275,295,000 275,948,000 199,545,000 240,278,000 240,028,000 201,286,000 196,222,000 152,664,000 237,614,000 213,252,000 167,496,000 188,005,000 185,486,000 231,783,000                
      exhibits and environments
                                    45,757,000 33,251,000 44,814,000 41,923,000 46,598,000 44,785,000 44,236,000 34,850,000 48,296,000 36,199,000 48,955,000 43,676,000 45,901,000 38,657,000 41,100,000 46,040,000 44,983,000 29,742,000  49,689,000 30,540,000 40,416,000 49,851,000 54,496,000 32,550,000 40,813,000 38,181,000 37,968,000 29,761,000 40,638,000 39,166,000 
      pursuit services
                                    14,287,000 106,980,000 44,665,000 7,936,000                            
      costs of products sold
                                    44,920,000 37,070,000 40,488,000 39,514,000 46,227,000 44,784,000 40,692,000 33,415,000 45,806,000 36,148,000 43,881,000 40,260,000 38,648,000 38,503,000 41,620,000 42,698,000 43,738,000 31,989,000  47,437,000 30,240,000 38,592,000 48,040,000 51,642,000 34,871,000 43,862,000 43,315,000 41,815,000 36,780,000 41,773,000 44,999,000 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                    -186,750 -1,084,000   239,000 -992,000   73,000 -688,000   142,000 -951,000   294,000 -893,000  142,000 -1,038,000 197,000 166,000 130,000 -982,000 95,000 121,000 58,000 -867,000 96,000 131,000 
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                      73,000 264,000   65,000 162,000   109,000 64,000   133,000 -2,537,000                
      business interruption insurance proceeds
                                       -53,000                            
      travel and recreation services
                                        35,777,750 97,402,000 40,483,000 5,226,000 7,153,000 67,083,000 30,466,000 7,468,000 9,756,000 73,140,000 29,805,000 7,818,000 9,998,000 79,987,000  7,625,000 64,472,000 23,957,000 5,760,000 6,490,000 51,985,000 22,389,000 7,413,000 5,740,000 46,469,000 18,206,000 4,887,000 
      gain on sale of facility and related land
                                                     -4,775,000              
      goodwill impairment charge
                                                                   
      revenues:
                                                                   
      convention and event services
                                                    134,622,250 126,744,000  140,091,000 121,157,000 174,319,000 234,487,000 125,979,000 130,609,000 155,097,000 178,759,000 126,457,000 104,895,000 154,721,000 196,896,000 
      total revenues
                                                    201,842,000 236,473,000  197,405,000 216,169,000 238,692,000 290,098,000 186,965,000 215,144,000 218,299,000 224,353,000 170,165,000 181,125,000 213,565,000 240,949,000 
      goodwill impairment loss
                                                    1,115,250 4,461,000              
      other impairment losses
                                                    238,000 952,000          2,854,000 1,700,000   
      diluted income per common share
                                                                   
      income from continuing operations attributable to viad common stockholders
                                                    310 530          -1,130 -4,860 260  
      income from discontinued operations attributable to viad common stockholders
                                                    12.5 50              
      basic income per common share
                                                                   
      income before income taxes
                                                       6,300,750 2,806,000 6,876,000 15,521,000 2,379,250 7,689,000 4,723,000 -2,895,000    2,273,000 
      goodwill impairment losses
                                                                98,304,000   
      intangible asset impairment losses
                                                               2,653,000 11,352,000   
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        assets
                                                                                            
        current assets
                                                                                            
        cash and cash equivalents
      34,500,000 33,806,000 24,742,000 22,801,000 49,702,000 64,552,000 59,381,000 48,799,000 52,704,000 106,268,000 53,179,000 50,818,000 59,719,000 79,151,000 54,516,000 57,902,000 61,600,000 110,756,000 37,037,000 34,714,000 39,545,000 56,452,000 154,216,000 130,528,000 61,999,000 56,638,000 45,578,000 43,473,000 44,893,000 55,470,000 49,386,000 42,340,000 53,723,000 53,481,000 44,042,000 25,434,000 20,900,000 52,681,000 31,239,000 41,335,000 56,531,000 75,313,000 64,857,000 57,853,000 56,990,000 56,918,000 40,231,000 47,336,000 45,821,000 120,122,000 114,171,000 100,376,000 104,553,000 107,348,000 148,356,000 145,841,000 152,127,000 133,971,000 131,033,000 116,342,000 128,543,000 109,918,000 118,162,000 148,040,000 152,883,000 111,561,000 108,502,000 165,069,000 147,730,000 131,882,000 128,625,000 178,073,000 197,225,000 160,793,000 154,705,000 152,601,000 143,654,000 120,287,000 128,927,000 115,050,000 119,267,000 110,473,000 30,469,000 40,926,000 58,218,000 57,219,000 
        accounts receivable
      7,503,000 28,602,000 24,167,000 10,735,000 9,267,000 168,635,000 185,881,000 151,105,000 128,019,000 134,997,000 146,157,000 133,708,000 122,373,000 150,281,000 157,868,000 94,570,000 91,966,000 72,005,000 24,696,000 18,472,000 17,837,000 21,154,000 29,475,000 112,081,000 126,246,000 144,711,000 159,769,000 134,513,000 108,936,000 124,905,000 141,633,000 118,284,000 104,811,000 129,105,000 142,072,000 129,076,000 104,648,000 136,888,000 122,254,000 100,529,000 93,800,000 105,514,000 120,491,000 99,334,000 78,121,000 90,675,000 92,930,000 97,330,000 61,197,000 74,490,000 62,756,000 63,583,000 61,931,000 89,889,000 82,272,000 47,187,000 56,915,000 67,938,000 55,534,000 44,767,000 54,731,000 73,065,000 58,296,000 53,541,000 78,415,000 87,934,000 91,535,000 53,099,000 74,819,000 88,384,000 83,722,000 40,757,000 59,964,000 70,286,000 69,829,000 56,433,000 72,002,000 76,236,000 75,138,000 47,246,000 57,564,000 61,514,000     
        inventories
      11,565,000 12,404,000 17,104,000 11,276,000 9,983,000 11,246,000 15,112,000 10,454,000 10,153,000 10,697,000 15,844,000 11,703,000 10,785,000 11,212,000 14,940,000 9,191,000 8,581,000 8,751,000 11,424,000 8,406,000 8,727,000 16,296,000 19,101,000 17,528,000 17,269,000 16,323,000 21,304,000 17,601,000 16,629,000 18,703,000 20,361,000 17,514,000 30,372,000 39,753,000 37,162,000 36,258,000 31,420,000 41,271,000 38,952,000 38,515,000 27,529,000 38,659,000 30,505,000 35,551,000 32,401,000 36,852,000 40,018,000 33,103,000 27,993,000 37,817,000 35,656,000 35,825,000 40,410,000 30,946,000 33,444,000 38,670,000 36,095,000 37,916,000 36,366,000 44,818,000 44,113,000 40,348,000 45,615,000 52,311,000 51,873,000 56,679,000 51,467,000 52,664,000 48,982,000 42,500,000 45,638,000 43,523,000 39,302,000 41,213,000 37,629,000 37,853,000 37,131,000 31,509,000 36,743,000 36,392,000 31,926,000 37,083,000 34,541,000 38,855,000 35,170,000 41,839,000 
        prepaid assets
      27,935,000                                                                                      
        current assets held for sale
      122,816,000                                                                                      
        other current assets
      1,071,000 34,898,000 46,441,000 44,964,000 47,607,000 29,944,000 27,408,000 23,846,000 21,774,000 27,677,000 27,058,000 21,036,000 18,977,000 20,345,000 18,802,000 16,727,000 14,080,000 20,380,000 22,822,000 18,448,000 17,225,000 16,196,000 24,474,000 37,377,000 30,854,000 26,583,000 27,598,000 32,745,000 25,486,000 25,707,000 31,167,000 23,077,000 21,030,000 23,973,000 23,282,000 23,379,000 18,449,000 21,349,000 27,417,000 25,149,000 17,311,000 18,574,000 19,551,000 22,000,000 17,440,000 17,051,000 20,789,000 20,841,000 17,142,000 20,372,000 15,534,000 14,647,000 19,559,000 22,777,000 20,748,000 17,160,000 18,134,000 27,631,000 23,210,000 21,476,000 24,555,000 14,468,000 13,952,000 14,453,000 16,209,000 19,911,000 17,958,000 15,222,000 12,690,000 13,535,000 12,389,000 8,444,000 9,235,000 10,949,000 10,214,000 7,348,000 9,796,000 12,768,000 12,627,000 11,139,000 10,513,000 12,357,000 39,902,000 37,385,000 36,732,000 35,366,000 
        total current assets
      205,390,000 114,179,000 120,277,000 100,048,000 117,384,000 309,589,000 330,859,000 283,520,000 235,777,000 318,350,000 269,192,000 249,377,000 239,555,000 297,638,000 274,053,000 205,652,000 197,616,000 229,853,000 108,310,000 88,821,000 91,257,000 117,747,000 235,052,000 312,513,000 260,903,000 275,914,000 274,107,000 251,319,000 213,961,000 249,581,000 264,072,000 223,835,000 209,936,000 246,312,000 246,558,000 214,147,000 175,417,000 252,189,000 219,862,000 205,528,000 195,171,000 261,102,000 258,446,000 240,783,000 207,895,000 221,233,000 211,251,000 213,563,000 172,730,000 272,856,000 254,418,000 238,631,000 249,375,000 271,861,000 302,787,000 270,915,000 283,407,000 284,347,000 263,474,000 261,535,000 268,751,000 255,682,000 253,457,000 288,040,000 319,044,000 295,758,000 289,678,000 306,621,000 305,439,000 298,740,000 291,426,000 287,318,000 327,293,000 306,624,000 302,237,000 282,709,000 291,064,000 265,480,000 276,600,000 238,482,000 243,307,000 280,357,000 2,204,674,000 2,365,276,000 2,442,828,000 2,391,342,000 
        property and equipment
      585,432,000 624,085,000 558,389,000 529,586,000 526,236,000 588,864,000 595,072,000 593,703,000 592,891,000 571,372,000 567,117,000 551,660,000 549,578,000 543,498,000 559,179,000 553,986,000 549,108,000 545,280,000 551,114,000 533,614,000 492,154,000 477,445,000 482,585,000 481,622,000 500,901,000 486,533,000 487,410,000 348,723,000 333,847,000 332,005,000 324,951,000 316,879,000 305,571,000 295,757,000 294,654,000 286,419,000 279,858,000 267,377,000 249,011,000 243,381,000 189,239,000 185,848,000 192,009,000 190,539,000 199,571,000 198,583,000 183,468,000 179,833,000 190,330,000 189,600,000 197,298,000 173,813,000 174,022,000 170,651,000 159,460,000 149,346,000 146,663,000 148,011,000 153,734,000 155,000,000 173,495,000 173,512,000 169,432,000 165,415,000 173,255,000 178,513,000 171,826,000 168,893,000 160,312,000 154,890,000 146,196,000 135,958,000 134,805,000 136,034,000 133,821,000 143,038,000 142,281,000 141,382,000 140,422,000 152,512,000 150,507,000 148,759,000 244,805,000 247,296,000 249,649,000 248,099,000 
        other investments and assets
      1,393,000 7,662,000 7,532,000 6,766,000 6,817,000 20,352,000 18,988,000 18,079,000 17,047,000 17,703,000 19,321,000 18,261,000 17,457,000 16,606,000 15,687,000 16,678,000 16,718,000 15,513,000 16,090,000 15,709,000 15,492,000 19,937,000 20,876,000 45,544,000 45,119,000 42,503,000 43,288,000 43,888,000 42,910,000 44,527,000 49,580,000 48,789,000 47,512,000 46,745,000 47,730,000 46,541,000 44,297,000 37,643,000 37,297,000 38,404,000 39,203,000 39,790,000 40,809,000 40,551,000 40,674,000 34,743,000 35,018,000 34,578,000 35,026,000 31,368,000 32,416,000 31,051,000 31,911,000 32,576,000 31,642,000 31,363,000 30,912,000 29,339,000 29,276,000 29,069,000 28,552,000 26,568,000 26,247,000 26,560,000 27,022,000 28,127,000 29,141,000 30,312,000 28,767,000 28,679,000 28,183,000 25,148,000 26,774,000 27,686,000 27,512,000 28,504,000 27,870,000 27,500,000 27,533,000 28,115,000 27,587,000 24,215,000 61,949,000 62,366,000 62,681,000 49,960,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      9,681,000 25,619,000 27,191,000 27,561,000 26,765,000 100,404,000 102,997,000 107,546,000 109,774,000 112,763,000 112,263,000 101,699,000 102,777,000 107,442,000 99,644,000 104,057,000 95,915,000 87,935,000 84,175,000 81,488,000 82,739,000 88,394,000 95,229,000 96,719,000 103,314,000 103,403,000 59,123,000 59,671,000                                                           
        goodwill
      128,332,000 148,553,000 108,295,000 103,469,000 103,321,000 121,905,000 120,684,000 121,654,000 123,906,000 121,595,000 123,899,000 121,870,000 121,429,000 119,416,000 126,877,000 113,233,000 112,078,000 111,703,000 114,566,000 112,947,000 99,847,000 96,931,000 95,159,000 204,613,000 287,983,000 275,568,000 276,163,000 262,912,000 261,330,000 266,731,000 266,023,000 269,794,000 270,551,000 263,919,000 259,805,000 255,201,000 254,022,000 222,896,000 187,475,000 189,266,000 185,223,000 186,319,000 190,035,000 188,638,000 194,197,000 140,661,000 129,748,000 127,430,000 129,543,000 130,999,000 137,820,000 133,694,000 131,909,000 133,827,000 130,845,000 127,441,000 125,758,000 123,185,000 126,036,000 124,931,000 123,767,000 217,984,000 210,158,000 212,461,000 231,940,000 238,376,000 237,836,000 228,170,000 226,185,000 221,110,000 213,999,000 184,154,000 186,535,000 186,605,000 184,058,000 184,310,000 184,327,000 181,539,000 182,708,000 183,167,000 180,671,000 258,253,000 652,653,000 648,658,000 651,015,000 549,461,000 
        other intangible assets
      74,679,000 76,735,000 71,415,000 65,004,000 64,366,000 52,410,000 53,024,000 54,130,000 55,997,000 56,138,000 58,257,000 58,746,000 58,985,000 59,167,000 64,878,000 64,582,000 65,189,000 66,244,000 70,221,000 70,631,000 71,172,000 68,638,000 69,563,000 69,222,000 94,308,000 80,029,000 57,359,000 49,161,000 51,294,000 54,705,000 57,397,000 60,795,000 62,781,000 65,672,000 68,229,000 70,849,000 73,673,000 70,602,000 40,237,000 42,563,000 33,322,000 35,278,000 37,374,000 39,747,000 42,967,000 13,547,000 3,960,000 4,136,000 4,480,000 4,781,000 2,521,000 1,884,000 2,278,000 1,650,000 1,777,000 1,563,000 1,970,000 2,184,000 2,448,000 2,700,000 5,608,000 17,601,000 17,365,000 17,932,000 24,127,000 26,019,000 26,778,000 12,663,000 14,561,000 14,518,000 13,751,000 834,000 6,071,000 6,142,000 6,166,000 6,238,000 6,512,000 6,519,000 6,153,000 6,188,000 7,713,000 14,724,000 33,164,000 34,938,000 33,977,000 34,474,000 
        total assets
      1,004,907,000 996,833,000 893,099,000 832,564,000 845,008,000 1,195,828,000 1,223,401,000 1,180,300,000 1,137,322,000 1,200,544,000 1,152,767,000 1,104,279,000 1,090,346,000 1,144,633,000 1,141,165,000 1,059,548,000 1,037,630,000 1,057,563,000 944,476,000 904,655,000 853,224,000 869,092,000 998,464,000 1,247,461,000 1,318,691,000 1,286,374,000 1,222,181,000 1,044,608,000 922,541,000 968,190,000 983,169,000 948,147,000 919,899,000 952,796,000 950,649,000 913,075,000 869,816,000 892,885,000 780,664,000 771,648,000 692,295,000 736,401,000 747,311,000 731,011,000 714,943,000 641,969,000 592,624,000 590,659,000 561,932,000 659,160,000 650,577,000 617,828,000 625,396,000 645,723,000 660,897,000 616,503,000 626,796,000 619,063,000 607,640,000 609,186,000 624,972,000 706,194,000 693,079,000 729,404,000 794,105,000 792,124,000 784,230,000 781,363,000 771,394,000 755,361,000 731,507,000 672,564,000 717,250,000 701,580,000 692,302,000 685,690,000 694,159,000 670,496,000 685,691,000 658,432,000 661,071,000 773,468,000 9,566,076,000 9,872,173,000 10,072,709,000 9,690,528,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        current liabilities
                                                                                            
        accounts payable
      21,351,000 23,318,000 29,616,000 20,748,000 22,494,000 120,355,000 110,551,000 100,180,000 77,405,000 81,494,000 106,059,000 93,623,000 73,020,000 99,428,000 100,978,000 74,933,000 69,657,000 59,543,000 31,763,000 20,559,000 21,037,000 22,069,000 31,927,000 86,050,000 86,660,000 89,389,000 100,312,000 83,635,000 71,927,000 84,910,000 96,569,000 82,019,000 77,380,000 88,510,000 101,520,000 96,130,000 67,596,000 110,105,000 92,500,000 87,701,000 65,497,000 76,092,000 84,207,000 81,299,000 61,789,000 68,746,000 65,248,000 76,158,000 40,941,000 60,772,000 57,995,000 51,448,000 58,089,000 60,183,000 78,029,000 47,933,000 53,323,000 54,901,000 48,585,000 41,509,000 49,745,000 52,989,000 59,708,000 57,702,000 77,602,000 71,005,000 70,127,000 68,442,000 60,299,000 58,067,000 71,504,000 35,039,000 45,923,000 46,904,000 39,081,000 35,150,000 47,659,000 45,180,000 51,512,000 36,413,000 42,205,000 38,993,000 72,694,000 58,835,000 50,041,000 63,188,000 
        contract liabilities
      24,317,000 13,316,000 33,433,000 22,057,000 12,372,000 67,721,000 82,955,000 82,248,000 52,980,000 82,398,000 67,020,000 61,169,000 43,950,000 62,146,000 66,522,000 60,644,000 39,141,000 44,646,000 46,472,000 26,797,000 18,595,000 17,153,000 26,960,000 36,750,000 50,671,000 62,260,000 50,622,000 66,094,000 33,476,000 58,260,000 50,419,000 51,891,000                                                       
        accrued compensation
      7,376,000 19,466,000 15,811,000 10,991,000 7,642,000 40,249,000 26,749,000 20,385,000 31,309,000 29,760,000 22,750,000 20,365,000 25,839,000 25,996,000 27,605,000 17,173,000 12,788,000 16,203,000 15,534,000 9,507,000 7,030,000 8,392,000 10,198,000 12,652,000 32,658,000 27,996,000 29,283,000 17,224,000 22,668,000 23,527,000 29,280,000 18,734,000 30,614,000 28,094,000 30,067,000 19,157,000 29,913,000 27,986,000 23,438,000 18,169,000 23,154,000 25,464,000 20,508,000 17,543,000 20,736,000 20,921,000 19,295,000 20,433,000                                       
        current liabilities held for sale
      53,109,000                                                                                      
        other current liabilities
      27,533,000 43,000,000 30,398,000 32,236,000 28,932,000 53,213,000 58,373,000 54,570,000 42,397,000 50,234,000 37,788,000 45,185,000 41,653,000 48,249,000 50,488,000 36,712,000 28,289,000 36,861,000 26,779,000 25,000,000 27,039,000 30,127,000 26,371,000 46,750,000 39,824,000 44,597,000 48,808,000 53,731,000 32,258,000 40,132,000 47,711,000 50,817,000 38,720,000 52,318,000 30,774,000 47,117,000 30,390,000 42,052,000 31,771,000 32,396,000 29,238,000 34,364,000 35,526,000 34,806,000 27,787,000 37,752,000 30,361,000 35,531,000 73,489,000 96,549,000 107,684,000 97,331,000 96,256,000 96,158,000 99,595,000 96,749,000 97,068,000 93,381,000 81,298,000 85,077,000 87,795,000 74,398,000 76,489,000 109,059,000 116,941,000 114,613,000 107,678,000 117,152,000 115,358,000 104,278,000 108,058,000 94,546,000 104,396,000 112,751,000 131,308,000 131,498,000 124,440,000 109,191,000 127,473,000 126,229,000 125,768,000 155,406,000 210,758,000 241,920,000 216,864,000 230,857,000 
        total current liabilities
      133,686,000 105,005,000 115,595,000 91,721,000 76,394,000 307,659,000 308,902,000 292,271,000 229,796,000 266,931,000 257,086,000 245,816,000 211,117,000 266,391,000 268,022,000 214,334,000 175,126,000 176,529,000 135,319,000 99,347,000 97,733,000 99,653,000 119,267,000 623,740,000 548,787,000 545,708,000 565,111,000 483,833,000 389,745,000 362,585,000 414,946,000 381,713,000 332,728,000 346,589,000 396,089,000 389,937,000 345,590,000 357,486,000 273,198,000 274,686,000 185,571,000 210,747,000 211,659,000 216,271,000 170,888,000 198,869,000 168,432,000 169,702,000 125,333,000 158,230,000 167,026,000 150,797,000 156,545,000 158,640,000 184,110,000 151,321,000 157,345,000 155,522,000 133,429,000 130,887,000 141,672,000 130,389,000 139,088,000 169,317,000 197,078,000 188,195,000 180,320,000 188,056,000 178,002,000 164,549,000 181,687,000 131,684,000 152,363,000 161,667,000 173,665,000 169,911,000 175,386,000 157,661,000 181,039,000 166,698,000 173,162,000 223,377,000 8,108,306,000 8,504,187,000 8,649,805,000 8,343,800,000 
        long-term debt and finance lease obligations
      219,230,000 124,485,000                446,162,000 393,964,000 367,418,000 285,356,000 252,152,000 469,828,000 18,016,000 23,698,000 25,295,000 10,588,000 6,795,000                                                           
        long-term operating lease obligations
      7,217,000 34,865,000 35,996,000 36,481,000 36,336,000 96,502,000 99,456,000 103,855,000 106,109,000 110,067,000 109,143,000 98,981,000 101,297,000 105,740,000 97,277,000 101,325,000 93,406,000 86,165,000 81,727,000 72,878,000 70,150,000 73,688,000 77,743,000 78,685,000 82,851,000 82,630,000 39,607,000 42,098,000                                                           
        other deferred items and liabilities
      33,112,000 37,719,000 30,935,000 28,789,000 33,109,000 67,265,000 66,857,000 69,346,000 70,711,000 68,325,000 73,363,000 70,268,000 70,024,000 70,300,000 68,803,000 66,387,000 68,953,000 71,906,000 66,072,000 62,467,000 64,628,000 75,174,000 75,248,000 75,743,000 83,707,000 69,209,000 71,395,000 45,361,000 48,991,000 49,825,000 49,357,000 48,786,000 52,858,000 50,260,000 47,849,000 46,947,000 50,734,000 45,819,000 43,897,000 44,349,000 47,336,000 47,139,000 47,392,000 49,280,000 49,762,000 46,341,000 47,398,000 46,315,000 48,619,000 48,816,000 47,828,000 44,212,000 43,558,000 45,390,000 41,599,000 43,025,000 48,119,000 48,648,000 49,719,000 52,414,000 48,750,000 56,953,000 55,931,000 57,790,000 60,948,000 66,017,000 79,038,000 82,665,000 86,408,000 89,571,000 80,252,000 67,314,000               
        total liabilities
      393,245,000 308,048,000 270,966,000 243,219,000 228,320,000 869,172,000 960,635,000 944,195,000 867,377,000 921,703,000 915,473,000 888,484,000 855,959,000 915,397,000 927,386,000 854,331,000 807,757,000 807,462,000 703,993,000 629,223,000 545,131,000 526,456,000 768,102,000 822,105,000 765,290,000 748,416,000 713,018,000 604,615,000 466,077,000 483,998,000 540,475,000 511,718,000 470,314,000 484,302,000 536,928,000 535,039,000 499,178,000 511,556,000 429,884,000 436,563,000 356,957,000 389,070,000 395,734,000 407,497,000 367,241,000 276,268,000 247,214,000 247,846,000 205,389,000 244,468,000 253,545,000 231,649,000 234,126,000 239,166,000 261,380,000 229,792,000 240,995,000 239,950,000 224,065,000 224,555,000 225,399,000 223,479,000 231,148,000                        
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                            
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        pursuit stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                            
        common stock
      47,413,000 47,413,000 47,413,000 47,413,000 47,413,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 37,402,000 149,610,000 149,610,000 149,610,000 149,610,000 
        additional capital
      677,564,000 684,994,000 675,085,000 673,971,000 680,684,000 572,219,000 569,781,000 565,933,000 568,230,000 571,501,000 569,733,000 568,661,000 570,271,000 570,913,000 570,496,000 567,799,000 566,741,000 567,051,000 566,658,000 566,643,000 568,100,000 570,447,000 571,555,000 570,859,000 574,473,000 574,039,000 572,931,000 571,833,000 575,339,000 575,058,000 574,104,000 573,223,000 574,458,000 573,660,000 572,403,000 571,669,000 573,841,000 573,369,000 572,902,000 572,910,000 576,523,000 576,598,000 577,315,000 578,353,000 582,066,000 583,437,000 584,177,000 585,107,000 590,862,000 589,951,000 593,862,000 599,188,000 599,347,000 598,638,000 597,491,000 606,902,000 607,441,000 606,803,000 606,063,000 606,038,000 605,523,000 602,322,000 600,701,000 623,781,000 622,687,000 624,850,000 625,510,000 635,099,000 634,247,000 632,483,000 631,204,000 637,177,000 636,717,000 636,923,000 640,746,000 653,883,000 654,305,000 663,136,000 664,117,000 676,877,000 673,787,000 676,251,000 214,148,000 208,805,000 215,583,000 215,872,000 
        retained earnings
      32,308,000 82,941,000 8,207,000 2,561,000 33,697,000                -253,164,000 -202,691,000 -171,931,000 34,347,000 122,971,000 130,435,000 101,045,000 89,227,000 109,032,000 113,381,000 76,458,000 55,000,000 65,836,000 89,552,000 46,938,000 21,031,000 16,291,000 22,381,000            7,044,000          -16,405,000 -1,112,000 96,834,000 92,248,000 91,558,000 95,369,000 79,433,000 67,376,000 51,445,000 48,634,000 40,903,000 23,246,000 20,065,000 22,731,000 57,000             
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -38,259,000 -49,852,000 -43,354,000 -64,495,000 -64,475,000 -46,551,000 -50,667,000 -47,574,000 -40,394,000 -46,655,000 -38,770,000 -46,800,000 -47,185,000 -61,010,000 -35,094,000 -23,610,000 -27,429,000 -31,416,000 -22,865,000 -26,543,000 -30,641,000 -42,687,000 -53,762,000 -63,543,000 -35,699,000 -43,911,000 -38,730,000 -43,110,000 -47,975,000 -31,763,000 -33,719,000 -25,848,000 -22,568,000                                                      
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,160, 3,611, and 3,372 shares, respectively
      -185,110,000                                                                                      
        total pursuit stockholders’ equity
      533,916,000 607,161,000 528,362,000 497,854,000 525,825,000                                                                                  
        non-redeemable noncontrolling interests
      77,746,000                                                                                      
        total stockholders’ equity
      611,662,000 688,785,000 622,133,000 589,345,000 616,688,000 189,683,000 125,976,000 99,091,000 132,621,000 141,442,000 99,976,000 78,229,000 96,840,000 91,388,000 75,365,000 66,920,000 91,838,000 112,259,000 102,567,000 139,759,000 174,099,000 210,468,000 225,224,000 420,448,000 547,229,000 532,527,000 503,655,000 434,331,000 450,555,000 478,064,000 436,181,000 429,479,000 442,937,000 468,494,000 413,721,000 378,036,000 370,638,000 381,329,000 350,780,000 335,085,000 335,338,000 347,331,000 351,577,000 323,514,000 347,702,000 365,701,000 345,410,000 342,813,000 356,543,000 414,692,000 397,032,000 386,179,000 391,270,000 406,557,000 399,517,000 386,711,000 385,801,000 379,113,000 383,575,000 384,631,000 399,573,000 482,715,000 461,931,000                        
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      1,004,907,000 996,833,000 893,099,000 832,564,000                   998,464,000 1,247,461,000 1,318,691,000 1,286,374,000 1,222,181,000 1,044,608,000 922,541,000 968,190,000 983,169,000 948,147,000 919,899,000 952,796,000 950,649,000 913,075,000 869,816,000 892,885,000 780,664,000 771,648,000 692,295,000 736,401,000 747,311,000 731,011,000 714,943,000 641,969,000 592,624,000 590,659,000 561,932,000 659,160,000 650,577,000 617,828,000 625,396,000 645,723,000 660,897,000 616,503,000 626,796,000 619,063,000 607,640,000 609,186,000 624,972,000 706,194,000 693,079,000 729,404,000 794,105,000 792,124,000 784,230,000 781,363,000 771,394,000 755,361,000 731,507,000 672,564,000 717,250,000 701,580,000 692,302,000 685,690,000 694,159,000 670,496,000 685,691,000 658,432,000 661,071,000 773,468,000 9,566,076,000 9,872,173,000 10,072,709,000 9,690,528,000 
        prepaid insurance
       4,469,000 7,823,000 10,272,000 825,000 6,303,000 10,691,000 13,918,000 2,925,000 4,591,000 8,641,000 10,699,000 13,370,000 11,535,000 5,625,000 6,876,000 10,284,000                                                                      
        operating lease obligations
       3,303,000 3,771,000 3,737,000 3,084,000 17,807,000 17,326,000 17,762,000 17,334,000 14,854,000 15,087,000 14,723,000 13,463,000 13,958,000 13,285,000 13,602,000 12,451,000 11,058,000 11,422,000 14,684,000 15,697,000 17,872,000 20,140,000 20,708,000 22,180,000 22,526,000 22,149,000 21,080,000                                                           
        current portion of debt and finance lease obligations
       2,602,000                8,218,000 3,349,000 2,800,000 8,335,000 4,040,000 3,671,000 420,830,000 316,794,000 298,940,000 313,937,000 242,069,000                                                           
        pension and postretirement benefits
       5,974,000 6,039,000 11,033,000 11,038,000 15,859,000 16,072,000 16,233,000 16,457,000 16,199,000 16,399,000 16,505,000 16,769,000 22,881,000 23,995,000 24,129,000 23,692,000 26,700,000 26,911,000 27,113,000 27,264,000 25,789,000 26,016,000 25,921,000 26,247,000 25,574,000 26,317,000 26,528,000 26,636,000 27,170,000 27,661,000 28,153,000 28,135,000 26,826,000 27,742,000 28,389,000 28,611,000 29,399,000 29,369,000 29,471,000 29,629,000 32,766,000 32,951,000 33,527,000 33,427,000 30,435,000 30,805,000 31,080,000 30,672,000 36,591,000 37,812,000 35,419,000 32,603,000 33,186,000 33,262,000 33,008,000 32,907,000 32,655,000 32,832,000 32,767,000 25,473,000 25,222,000 25,026,000 25,121,000 22,870,000 22,956,000 23,282,000 23,099,000 24,955,000 25,470,000 25,359,000                
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,338 and 3,543 shares as of september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
       -158,335,000                                                                                     
        non-redeemable noncontrolling interest
       81,624,000 93,771,000 91,491,000 90,863,000 92,918,000 84,769,000 86,844,000 89,188,000 89,692,000 83,489,000 82,477,000 82,310,000 83,629,000 82,956,000 85,089,000 85,556,000 86,651,000 83,816,000 83,257,000 78,144,000 75,620,000 71,452,000 71,153,000 79,731,000 67,490,000 64,746,000 13,928,000 14,348,000 14,696,000 13,409,000 13,442,000 13,806,000                                                      
        current portion of debt and finance obligations
        2,566,000 1,952,000 1,870,000 8,314,000 12,948,000 17,126,000 8,371,000 8,191,000 8,382,000 10,751,000 13,192,000 16,614,000 9,144,000 11,270,000 12,800,000                                                                      
        long-term debt and finance obligations
        82,401,000 75,195,000 71,443,000 381,887,000 469,348,000 462,490,000 444,304,000 460,181,000 459,482,000 456,914,000 456,752,000 450,085,000 469,289,000 448,156,000 446,580,000                                                                      
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,350 shares as of june 30, 2025 and 3,543 shares as of december 31, 2024
        -158,989,000                                                                                    
        deferred income taxes
         130,000 119,000 2,304,000 1,777,000 1,668,000 1,930,000 2,623,000 2,718,000 2,666,000 565,000 866,000 847,000 1,360,000 1,006,000 1,035,000  1,445,000 563,000   37,228,000 26,163,000 22,424,000 24,731,000 28,934,000 19,199,000 20,641,000 21,146,000 28,055,000 23,548,000 34,391,000 33,673,000 39,918,000 42,549,000 42,178,000 46,782,000 52,506,000 50,137,000 23,042,000 23,042,000 26,045,000 22,943,000 19,737,000 17,283,000 14,953,000 20,577,000 20,055,000 26,301,000 24,200,000 22,922,000 20,901,000 17,967,000 22,057,000 20,136,000 16,891,000 17,331,000 20,150,000 16,809,000 17,883,000 17,432,000 19,695,000 19,664,000 19,673,000 20,216,000 20,567,000 21,218,000 22,439,000 21,052,000 16,521,000 21,567,000 23,383,000 29,860,000 28,155,000 28,238,000 24,473,000 23,055,000 24,598,000 24,037,000 27,802,000 55,688,000 51,813,000 48,591,000 55,747,000 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,371,893 and 3,543,267 shares, respectively
         -161,596,000                                                                                   
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        non-current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        liabilities, mezzanine equity, and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        non-current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        convertible series a preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
           132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 132,591,000 130,667,000 128,769,000 126,897,000                                                                 
        redeemable noncontrolling interest
           4,382,000 4,199,000 4,423,000 4,733,000 4,808,000 4,727,000 4,975,000 4,956,000 5,257,000 5,823,000 5,706,000 5,444,000 5,251,000 5,325,000 5,006,000 5,225,000 5,271,000 5,138,000 4,908,000 6,172,000 5,431,000 5,508,000 5,662,000 5,909,000 6,128,000 6,513,000 6,950,000 6,648,000                                                      
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,543,267 and 3,948,316 shares, respectively
          -171,494,000                                                                                  
        total liabilities, mezzanine equity, and stockholders’ equity
          845,008,000 1,195,828,000 1,223,401,000 1,180,300,000 1,137,322,000 1,200,544,000 1,152,767,000 1,104,279,000 1,090,346,000 1,144,633,000 1,141,165,000 1,059,548,000 1,037,630,000 1,057,563,000 944,476,000 904,655,000 853,224,000 869,092,000                                                                 
        current contract costs
           28,909,000 32,386,000 35,398,000 20,202,000 34,120,000 18,313,000 21,413,000 14,331,000 25,114,000 22,302,000 20,386,000 11,105,000 17,961,000 12,331,000 8,781,000 7,923,000 7,649,000 7,786,000 14,999,000 24,535,000 31,659,000 19,858,000 22,987,000 18,017,000 24,796,000 21,525,000 22,620,000                                                       
        viad corp stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                            
        accumulated deficit
           -280,017,000 -326,683,000 -353,151,000 -326,084,000 -308,787,000 -348,109,000 -357,120,000 -334,301,000 -324,587,000 -362,782,000 -380,671,000 -349,720,000 -325,226,000 -338,343,000 -296,317,000                                                                   
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,745,837 and 3,948,316 shares, respectively
           -186,288,000                                                                                 
        total viad stockholders’ equity
           96,765,000 41,207,000 12,247,000 43,433,000 51,750,000 16,487,000 -4,248,000 14,530,000 7,759,000 -7,591,000 -18,169,000 6,282,000 25,608,000 18,751,000 56,502,000 95,955,000 134,848,000 153,772,000 349,295,000 467,498,000 465,037,000 438,909,000 420,403,000 436,207,000 463,368,000 422,772,000 416,037,000 429,131,000   365,017,000 357,355,000 367,807,000 338,250,000 322,490,000 322,581,000 334,502,000 339,436,000 311,263,000  353,244,000                                         
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,792,091 and 3,948,316 shares, respectively
            -188,626,000                                                                                
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,826,971 and 3,948,316 shares, respectively
             -190,363,000                                                                               
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,948,316 and 4,216,044 shares, respectively
              -195,721,000                                                                              
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,027,453 and 4,216,044 shares, respectively
               -201,711,000                                                                             
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,068,448 and 4,216,044 shares, respectively
                -203,769,000                                                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,119,377 and 4,216,044 shares, respectively
                 -206,391,000                                                                           
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,216,044 and 4,381,606 shares, respectively
                  -211,657,000                                                                          
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,272,936 and 4,381,606 shares, respectively
                   -214,959,000                                                                         
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,323,757 and 4,381,606 shares, respectively
                    -217,613,000                                                                        
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,352,864 and 4,381,606 shares, respectively
                     -219,089,000                                                                       
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,381,606 and 4,475,489 shares, respectively
                      -220,712,000                                                                      
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,411,560 and 4,475,489 shares, respectively
                       -222,203,000                                                                     
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,445,057 and 4,475,489 shares, respectively
                        -224,101,000                                                                    
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,456,261 and 4,475,489 shares, respectively
                         -224,683,000                                                                   
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,475,489 and 4,588,084 shares, respectively
                          -225,742,000                                                                  
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,507,957 and 4,588,084 shares, respectively
                           -227,623,000                                                                 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,538,028 and 4,588,084 shares, respectively
                            -229,492,000                                                                
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,544,371 and 4,588,084 shares, respectively
                             -229,770,000                                                               
        unearned employee benefits and other
                                 223,000 199,000 234,000 214,000 207,000 218,000 239,000 185,000 177,000 172,000 144,000 120,000 113,000 109,000 111,000 23,000 24,000 23,000 18,000 20,000 21,000 -21,000 -453,000 -1,301,000 -2,951,000 -3,520,000 -3,813,000 -4,182,000 -4,433,000 -4,856,000 -5,207,000 -5,701,000 -5,954,000 -6,918,000 -7,430,000 -7,651,000 -7,881,000 -8,119,000 -8,380,000 -8,602,000 -8,754,000 -8,939,000 -10,657,000 -12,760,000 -14,214,000 -14,107,000 -13,740,000 -15,528,000 -17,409,000 -17,287,000 -17,752,000 -18,468,000 -21,601,000 -20,193,000 -21,186,000 -54,099,000 -61,585,000 -62,560,000 -66,143,000 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,588,084 and 4,741,638 shares, respectively
                              -231,649,000                                                              
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,613,463 and 4,741,638 shares, respectively
                               -232,928,000                                                             
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,628,501 and 4,741,638 shares, respectively
                                -233,739,000                                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,657,471 and 4,741,638 shares, respectively
                                 -235,172,000                                                           
        current portion of debt and capital lease obligations
                                  229,416,000 155,756,000 190,967,000 178,252,000 152,599,000 124,574,000 176,124,000 166,875,000 174,968,000 115,623,000 47,605,000 74,640,000 34,554,000 18,489,000 29,532,000 29,361,000  23,375,000 10,851,000 919,000                                       
        long-term debt and capital lease obligations
                                  705,000 44,418,000 48,511,000 53,066,000 56,593,000 60,627,000 65,248,000 69,766,000 74,243,000 78,852,000 83,420,000 88,057,000 94,421,000 98,418,000 103,732,000 108,419,000 113,164,000       1,221,000 1,420,000 1,950,000 2,409,000 2,438,000 2,624,000 3,125,000 8,085,000 8,487,000 9,504,000 10,915,000 11,103,000 10,087,000 10,331,000 10,893,000 11,442,000 11,714,000 12,078,000 12,241,000 12,673,000 12,943,000 13,301,000 13,547,000 13,822,000 14,089,000 14,472,000 14,821,000 16,421,000 16,998,000 17,514,000      
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,741,638 and 4,518,099 shares, respectively
                                  -237,790,000                                                          
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,601,494 and 4,518,099 shares, respectively
                                   -230,944,000                                                         
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,616,834 and 4,518,099 shares, respectively
                                    -231,687,000                                                        
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,468,334 and 4,518,099 shares, respectively
                                     -223,947,000                                                       
        customer deposits
                                      33,415,000 53,093,000 57,604,000 60,658,000 42,723,000 61,720,000 77,884,000 61,780,000 33,128,000 56,338,000 41,886,000 53,262,000 32,720,000 48,075,000 42,677,000 36,661,000                                       
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,518,099 and 4,613,520 shares, respectively
                                      -226,215,000                                                      
        accumulated other comprehensive income:
                                                                                            
        unrealized gain on investments
                                       564,000 516,000 483,000 421,000 408,000 366,000 345,000 346,000 451,000 605,000 631,000 471,000 412,000 479,000 438,000 429,000  275,000 222,000    282,000    154,000 145,000   -62,000 184,000 337,000 351,000 481,000 578,000 572,000 510,000 498,000 478,000 456,000 514,000  458,000 443,000 425,000 479,000 399,000 428,000     
        cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments
                                       -10,264,000 -19,379,000 -26,739,000 -29,084,000 -22,534,000 -18,685,000 -15,215,000 -23,257,000 -10,701,000 789,000 -5,164,000 12,416,000 20,897,000 30,696,000 24,114,000 30,847,000 36,066,000 42,158,000 34,648,000 31,519,000 44,591,000 42,532,000 38,979,000 34,066,000 27,373,000 35,329,000 31,283,000 28,228,000 16,657,000 1,153,000 6,233,000 33,324,000 44,963,000 45,802,000 47,905,000 48,460,000 36,086,000 24,956,000 23,538,000 29,935,000 30,052,000 23,037,000  23,553,000 16,892,000 18,541,000 19,831,000 13,039,000 5,446,000 11,877,000    
        unrecognized net actuarial loss and prior service credit
                                       -10,544,000 -10,580,000 -10,695,000 -10,728,000 -11,165,000 -11,180,000 -11,192,000 -11,265,000 -13,258,000 -13,311,000 -13,394,000 -13,476,000 -11,291,000 -11,222,000 -11,223,000 -11,259,000 -14,877,000 -14,968,000 -12,977,000 -10,543,000 -10,397,000 -10,404,000 -10,410,000 -10,043,000 -10,051,000 -10,059,000 -8,385,000 -4,042,000 -3,958,000 -3,790,000 -3,673,000 -2,214,000 -1,965,000 -1,832,000 -1,697,000 -3,271,000 -3,272,000                 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,519,023 and 4,613,520 shares, respectively
                                       -226,145,000                                                     
        total viad corp stockholders’ equity
                                       454,464,000 400,775,000          335,387,000  333,904,000 331,173,000 347,441,000 405,296,000 388,061,000 377,894,000 382,843,000 399,168,000 391,931,000 378,959,000 377,919,000 372,213,000 376,580,000 377,515,000 392,399,000 476,408,000 455,528,000                        
        noncontrolling interest
                                       14,030,000 12,946,000 13,019,000 13,283,000 13,522,000 12,530,000 12,595,000 12,757,000 12,829,000 12,141,000 12,251,000 12,315,000 12,457,000 11,506,000 11,640,000 9,102,000 9,396,000 8,971,000 8,285,000 8,427,000 7,389,000 7,586,000 7,752,000 7,882,000 6,900,000 6,995,000 7,116,000 7,174,000 6,307,000 6,403,000                        
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,530,396 and 4,613,520 shares, respectively
                                        -226,710,000                                                    
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,562,414 and 4,613,520 shares, respectively
                                         -228,311,000                                                   
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,613,520 and 4,771,443 shares, respectively
                                          -230,960,000                                                  
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,638,092 and 4,771,443 shares, respectively
                                           -232,198,000                                                 
        retained deficit
                                            -9,390,000 -26,875,000 -17,866,000 -14,886,000 -20,104,000 -40,486,000 -36,427,000 -28,525,000 -56,304,000 -61,029,000 -50,393,000  -13,034,000 -13,256,000 -6,145,000 -6,583,000 -10,253,000 -19,229,000 -14,022,000 -17,995,000 -20,202,000                -27,469,000 -40,199,000 -43,041,000 -52,871,000 -63,160,000 -74,435,000 -69,146,000      
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,664,712 and 4,771,443 shares, respectively
                                            -233,285,000                                                
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,694,065 and 4,771,443 shares, respectively
                                             -234,998,000                                               
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,771,443 and 4,842,621 shares, respectively
                                              -239,411,000                                              
        viad stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,807,098 and 4,842,621 shares, respectively
                                               -241,215,000                                             
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,848,238 and 4,842,621 shares, respectively
                                                -243,283,000                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,904,495 and 4,842,621 shares, respectively
                                                 -246,103,000                                           
        current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
                                                  27,856,000    10,903,000   2,018,000 2,200,000 2,299,000 6,486,000 6,639,000 6,954,000 7,240,000 3,546,000 4,301,000 4,132,000 3,002,000 2,891,000 2,556,000 2,535,000 2,577,000 2,515,000 2,462,000 2,345,000 2,204,000 2,125,000 2,099,000 2,044,000 2,012,000 3,276,000 3,263,000 3,287,000 3,290,000 2,054,000 4,056,000 5,189,000      
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,842,621 and 4,618,433 shares, respectively
                                                  -247,088,000                                          
        long-term capital lease obligations
                                                   623,000 579,000 749,000 765,000 831,000 879,000                                    
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,869,691 and 4,618,433 shares, respectively
                                                   -249,106,000                                         
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,913,199 and 4,618,433 shares, respectively
                                                    -251,344,000                                        
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,518,446 and 4,618,433 shares, respectively
                                                     -243,657,000                                       
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,618,433 and 4,694,468 shares, respectively
                                                      -250,426,000                                      
        current assets:
                                                                                            
        current liabilities:
                                                                                            
        current portion of capital lease obligations
                                                       909,000                                     
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                            
        unrealized gains on investments
                                                       392,000   183,000 343,000 340,000  232,000 135,000 213,000                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,615,040 and 4,694,468 shares, respectively
                                                       -250,229,000                                     
        current portion of long-term capital lease obligations
                                                        1,347,000                                    
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,694,468 and 4,790,920 shares, respectively
                                                        -256,333,000                                    
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,790,920 and 4,710,988 shares, respectively
                                                         -264,382,000                                   
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,809,459 and 4,710,988 shares, respectively
                                                          -265,400,000                                  
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,561,649 and 4,710,988 shares, respectively
                                                           -261,013,000                                 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,561,174 and 4,710,988 shares, respectively
                                                            -260,995,000                                
        asset held for sale
                                                                 13,982,000                           
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,710,988 and 4,379,125 shares, respectively
                                                             -270,534,000                               
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,741,937 and 4,379,125 shares, respectively
                                                              -272,301,000                              
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,390,287 and 4,379,125 shares, respectively
                                                               -266,247,000                             
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,393,882 and 4,379,125 shares, respectively
                                                                -266,465,000                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,379,125 and 4,655,956 shares, respectively
                                                                 -266,618,000                           
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,380,438 and 4,655,956 shares, respectively
                                                                  -266,827,000                          
        unrealized loss on investments
                                                                   -1,000 -119,000                        
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,357,423 and 4,655,956 shares, respectively
                                                                   -265,418,000                         
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,333,283 and 4,655,956 shares, respectively
                                                                    -264,416,000                        
        minority interest
                                                                     6,534,000 6,653,000 5,739,000 5,832,000 5,984,000 6,045,000 5,183,000 5,163,000 5,220,000 5,344,000 4,557,000 4,592,000            
        common shares, ...
                                                                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,655,956 and 4,363,956 shares, respectively
                                                                     -286,803,000                       
        total common stock and other equity
                                                                     460,555,000 496,225,000 498,324,000 484,316,000 469,845,000 463,906,000 458,347,000 426,373,000 429,923,000 448,000,000 422,166,000 400,808,000 396,969,000 392,743,000 371,757,000 360,414,000 346,505,000 343,202,000 406,353,000 915,369,000 733,093,000 803,438,000 701,112,000 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,423,058 and 4,363,956 shares, respectively
                                                                      -282,408,000                      
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,234,504 and 4,363,956 shares, respectively
                                                                       -278,316,000 -281,691,000                    
        unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments
                                                                            -87,000            -109,464,000    
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,363,956 and 3,662,716 shares, respectively
                                                                         -292,036,000                   
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 4,377,851 and 3,662,716 shares, respectively
                                                                          -293,205,000                  
        unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments
                                                                           38,000  -103,000 2,000 61,000 20,000            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,865,297 and 3,662,716 shares, respectively
                                                                           -275,208,000                 
        unrecognized net actuarial loss and prior service cost
                                                                            -3,075,000 -3,035,000               
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,860,954 and 3,662,716 shares, respectively
                                                                            -275,023,000                
        pension and other postretirement benefits
                                                                             25,480,000 28,702,000 28,779,000 28,659,000 28,428,000 27,425,000 27,015,000 26,633,000 26,839,000 25,488,000 24,456,000 124,532,000 112,272,000 114,269,000 110,895,000 
        minimum pension liability
                                                                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,662,716 and 2,500,927 shares, respectively
                                                                             -271,405,000               
        other deferred items and insurance liabilities
                                                                              69,540,000 70,864,000 70,756,000 71,589,000 79,446,000 95,312,000 97,218,000 97,289,000 97,913,000 98,530,000 116,223,000 139,012,000 133,946,000 133,288,000 
        minimum pension liability adjustment
                                                                              -5,548,000 -5,548,000 -5,548,000  -4,852,000 -4,852,000 -4,852,000 -4,852,000 -4,213,000 -4,213,000 -42,749,000    
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,306,749 and 2,500,927 shares, respectively
                                                                              -259,610,000              
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 3,302,379 and 2,500,927 shares, respectively
                                                                               -263,497,000             
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 2,774,850 and 2,500,927 shares, respectively
                                                                                -252,366,000            
        receivable from moneygram
                                                                                 319,000 243,000 207,000 110,000 4,057,000       
        minority interests
                                                                                 4,704,000 4,687,000 3,930,000 3,966,000 4,103,000 3,792,000 3,127,000 3,161,000 11,098,000 3,711,000 10,540,000 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 2,500,927 and 2,794,763 shares
                                                                                 -255,230,000           
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 2,523,428 and 2,794,763 shares
                                                                                  -257,795,000          
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 2,641,866 and 2,794,763 shares
                                                                                   -270,641,000         
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 2,668,172 shares
                                                                                    -273,591,000        
        net investment of moneygram
                                                                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 2,794,763 shares
                                                                                     -287,196,000       
        net investment of viad corp
                                                                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 2,801,356 shares
                                                                                      -287,873,000      
        restricted cash
                                                                                       24,015,000     
        receivable from moneygram international
                                                                                       7,113,000     
        preferred stock redemption liability
                                                                                       24,015,000     
        current portion of long-term debt
                                                                                       4,963,000 40,595,000 103,978,000 1,218,000 103,995,000 
        long-term debt
                                                                                       17,625,000 211,953,000 251,553,000 254,194,000 257,662,000 
        retained income
                                                                                        897,178,000 795,487,000 845,497,000 806,179,000 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 2,795,962 shares
                                                                                       -287,775,000     
        other investments in securities
                                                                                        129,453,000 162,409,000 94,401,000 246,338,000 
        receivables
                                                                                        64,946,000 72,783,000 57,129,000 50,818,000 
        funds, agent receivables and current maturities of investments substantially restricted for payment service obligations
                                                                                        1,849,675,000    
        investments substantially restricted for payment service obligations
                                                                                        6,292,564,000    
        payment service obligations
                                                                                        7,784,259,000 8,099,454,000 8,381,682,000 7,945,760,000 
        derivative financial instruments
                                                                                        79,791,000 114,247,000 106,621,000 126,527,000 
        4.75 preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption
                                                                                        6,741,000  6,725,000  
        unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
                                                                                        136,298,000    
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 11,170,033 and 11,382,364 shares
                                                                                        -287,430,000    
        funds, agent receivables and current maturities of investments available or restricted for payment service obligations
                                                                                         1,961,105,000 2,112,587,000 1,904,015,000 
        investments available or restricted for payment service obligations
                                                                                         6,398,868,000 6,526,057,000 6,304,906,000 
        4.75 redeemable preferred stock
                                                                                         6,711,000  6,704,000 
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 11,318,031 and 11,638,090 shares
                                                                                         -291,724,000   
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 11,381,623 and 11,638,090 shares
                                                                                          -292,887,000  
        short-term bank loans
                                                                                            
        common stock in treasury, at cost, 11,638,090 and 10,806,006 shares
                                                                                           -300,040,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 
                                                                                            
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                            
          net income
        85,101,000   313,344,000 55,864,000   -15,862,000    -10,810,000        -51,672,000    -6,625,000 34,466,000   -2,698,000 38,548,000 23,380,000 -9,835,000 -21,944,000 45,741,000 27,874,000 6,513,000 -4,288,000 34,784,000   -1,030,000 7,918,000 22,280,000 -2,120,000 -6,032,000 30,571,000 6,609,000 24,419,000 -4,912,000 -6,449,000 2,283,000 4,288,000 9,621,000 -4,529,000 5,778,000 2,933,000 -3,103,000 -14,538,000 -96,266,000 5,303,000 1,372,000 -3,003,000 16,758,000 12,873,000 16,745,000 3,620,000 8,538,000 18,483,000 13,956,000 -1,835,000 23,519,000 28,262,000 13,608,000 3,712,000 10,699,000 11,145,000 12,198,000 -4,468,000 -68,275,000 -24,252,000 40,993,000 26,167,000 24,836,000 40,868,000 22,031,000 
          loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
        2,882,000 -1,135,000 131,000                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities attributable to continuing operations:
                                                                                            
          depreciation and amortization
        12,042,000 11,073,000 10,968,000 -1,000 14,844,000 14,797,000 13,320,000 13,336,000 12,428,000 12,804,000 12,475,000 13,041,000 12,956,000 13,207,000 13,279,000 13,764,000 13,476,000 13,333,000 13,177,000 13,514,000 13,916,000 13,850,000 15,285,000 14,903,000 16,346,000 14,527,000 13,188,000 12,478,000 16,186,000 15,115,000 13,063,000 12,615,000 15,833,000 14,522,000 12,144,000 11,537,000 12,649,000 10,187,000 8,370,000 8,191,000 9,170,000 9,162,000 8,708,000 8,939,000 7,894,000 7,142,000 6,817,000 6,838,000 7,244,000 7,589,000 7,322,000 6,971,000 6,938,000 7,310,000 7,200,000 6,804,000 6,889,000 7,845,000 7,170,000 6,365,000 6,660,000 7,544,000 7,216,000 6,628,000 5,928,000 5,969,000 5,800,000 5,196,000 4,760,000 5,019,000 5,202,000 4,823,000 5,125,000 5,585,000 5,409,000 5,994,000 7,175,000 5,398,000 -1,855,000 12,652,000 12,411,000 13,404,000 12,579,000 12,215,000 
          impairment charges
           41,462,000        583,000     676,000 114,020,000 88,380,000            98,000                   5,507,000                            
          share-based compensation expense
        1,626,000 1,825,000 2,436,000 669,000 3,714,000 3,679,000 3,107,000 2,805,000 2,735,000 2,847,000 3,065,000 2,243,000 2,529,000 3,303,000 2,166,000 1,767,000 1,744,000 2,453,000 1,763,000 2,004,000 1,937,000 857,000 -2,145,000 742,000 1,831,000 2,411,000 2,206,000 -186,000 2,294,000 2,045,000 717,000 1,485,000 4,737,000 2,748,000 1,999,000 3,329,000 2,210,000 1,433,000 1,066,000 717,000 1,025,000 875,000 1,231,000 1,368,000 59,000 1,112,000 391,000 1,652,000 1,129,000 991,000 1,360,000 933,000 770,000 948,000 980,000 820,000 854,000 1,024,000 982,000 233,000 -408,000 2,786,000 1,176,000 2,692,000 1,975,000 1,130,000 3,698,000 2,326,000 4,055,000 2,986,000 2,065,000 2,021,000             
          other non-cash items
        1,071,000 2,340,000 -1,962,000 6,855,000 1,570,000 850,000 2,927,000 2,182,000 1,927,000 1,165,000 1,331,000 5,910,000 1,549,000 2,548,000 2,836,000 676,000 4,675,000 138,000 -171,000 -2,315,000 -1,099,000 2,128,000 9,342,000 1,019,000 545,000 1,186,000 1,041,000 753,000 872,000 878,000 1,803,000 1,426,000 1,230,000 1,086,000 1,287,000 1,523,000 3,053,000 654,000 937,000 967,000 934,000 2,529,000 964,000 -2,303,000 4,418,000 2,323,000 948,000 1,267,000 1,127,000 1,121,000 1,361,000 1,050,000 1,299,000 1,429,000 893,000 959,000 2,691,000 1,852,000 1,223,000 948,000 1,002,000 1,896,000 1,026,000 1,196,000 604,000 1,520,000 1,059,000 1,103,000 933,000 1,343,000 1,235,000 953,000             
          change in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                                            
          receivables
        -3,495,000 -11,541,000 -4,240,000 37,842,000 17,962,000 -34,739,000 -23,190,000 7,008,000 10,304,000 -12,106,000 -10,726,000 23,101,000 4,663,000 -64,333,000 -2,833,000 -21,452,000 -46,942,000 -5,772,000 -1,284,000 1,360,000 6,743,000 82,328,000 15,651,000 20,069,000 14,265,000 -25,748,000 -25,545,000 15,089,000 16,305,000 -24,339,000 -13,255,000 23,628,000 12,903,000 -12,650,000 -26,219,000 32,152,000 -11,595,000 -22,973,000 -6,942,000 11,291,000 15,080,000 -21,229,000 -21,807,000 19,492,000 2,217,000 4,222,000 -36,372,000 13,419,000 -1,938,000 27,436,000 -8,003,000 -35,587,000 9,759,000 10,643,000 -12,526,000 -10,918,000 8,540,000 17,507,000 -15,222,000 -4,991,000 24,361,000 9,410,000 3,306,000 -37,497,000 21,298,000 13,565,000 -4,903,000 -30,881,000 19,029,000 10,042,000 -1,029,000 -13,522,000  3,931,000 -5,385,000 -24,174,000    -26,837,000     
          inventories
        4,966,000 -5,469,000 -1,259,000 316,000 3,941,000 -4,699,000 -411,000 651,000 5,013,000 -4,015,000 -868,000 538,000 3,336,000 -5,542,000 -919,000 197,000 2,534,000 -2,953,000 351,000 7,811,000 2,953,000 -1,409,000 -711,000 -717,000 4,907,000 -3,644,000 -874,000 1,219,000 251,000 -3,113,000 70,000 9,344,000 -2,093,000 -413,000 -4,333,000 10,257,000 -1,868,000 -1,228,000 -9,807,000 11,130,000 -8,154,000 5,046,000 -3,150,000 4,497,000 4,973,000 -6,915,000 -5,110,000 9,824,000 4,612,000 -9,421,000 3,213,000 5,325,000 -2,575,000 1,821,000 -1,550,000 8,452,000 -705,000 -3,765,000 5,267,000 6,696,000 -438,000 4,806,000 -5,212,000 2,225,000 -3,682,000 -6,482,000 3,268,000 789,000 -4,221,000 1,911,000 -3,584,000 224,000  -5,622,000 5,234,000 -351,000 -4,466,000 5,157,000 -2,542,000 1,227,000     
          accounts payable
        -5,054,000 8,027,000 -4,743,000 -32,662,000 12,977,000 9,739,000 23,904,000 -9,348,000 -23,723,000 13,006,000 20,621,000 -27,183,000 1,997,000 25,516,000 7,426,000 7,490,000 32,748,000 14,896,000 -8,440,000 -11,896,000 -16,468,000 -58,778,000 -1,109,000 -10,395,000 -11,182,000 18,435,000 12,868,000 -14,617,000 -7,168,000 14,786,000 5,354,000 -11,452,000 -11,158,000 719,000 29,437,000 -36,752,000 13,861,000 3,295,000 21,366,000 -17,518,000 -7,961,000 2,793,000 20,067,000 -9,173,000 2,186,000 -11,491,000 36,606,000 -20,140,000 -8,293,000 -1,669,000 -17,331,000 31,665,000 -7,899,000 -1,879,000 6,232,000 8,183,000 -9,500,000 -2,365,000 -6,471,000 2,713,000 -21,922,000 7,396,000 1,338,000 2,772,000 -5,416,000 2,655,000 -13,348,000 31,391,000 -13,570,000 -403,000 8,158,000 6,088,000  2,479,000 -6,332,000 15,099,000 -5,925,000 3,212,000 -2,498,000 14,549,000     
          accrued compensation
        2,373,000 4,219,000 -2,735,000 -10,805,000 12,838,000 5,665,000 -10,994,000 1,221,000 6,644,000 1,967,000 -6,485,000 228,000 -1,493,000 9,223,000 3,363,000 -3,390,000 466,000 5,781,000 1,364,000 -1,107,000 -2,706,000 -2,011,000 -20,551,000 4,545,000 -1,339,000 11,137,000 -7,490,000 -543,000 -6,522,000 10,396,000 -16,149,000 2,303,000 -3,621,000 12,193,000 -16,027,000 267,000 2,845,000 3,682,000 -7,147,000 -1,916,000 4,513,000 3,013,000 -4,141,000 -390,000 2,082,000 -862,000 2,833,000 -2,939,000 1,027,000 -3,731,000 7,136,000 131,000 -52,000 -2,324,000 6,748,000 2,594,000 -1,534,000 -481,000 2,403,000 -18,008,000 -3,539,000 6,669,000 5,149,000 -16,571,000                     
          contract liabilities
        -20,795,000 10,397,000 9,419,000 -13,997,000 -16,140,000 687,000 29,625,000 -30,019,000 16,260,000 5,208,000 16,957,000 -18,567,000 -2,993,000 5,461,000 21,706,000 -5,505,000 -1,384,000 19,622,000 8,148,000 1,065,000 -10,151,000 -9,897,000 -12,602,000 -12,381,000 11,918,000 -15,120,000 32,379,000 -24,368,000 7,779,000 -622,000 20,888,000                                                      
          income taxes payable
        10,446,000 505,000 1,233,000 3,818,000 419,000 7,589,000 -7,154,000 -824,000 7,607,000 -587,000 -5,735,000 -1,391,000 8,731,000 283,000 -476,000 1,184,000 -341,000 179,000 -19,000 -520,000 801,000 -17,264,000 17,753,000    6,000 1,884,000 -676,000 -1,429,000 -7,475,000 -10,238,000 16,139,000 3,125,000 -3,206,000 -9,910,000 6,871,000 489,000 -2,080,000 -2,574,000 736,000 2,186,000 -281,000 -2,730,000 3,384,000 624,000 265,000 -1,897,000 -4,730,000 -1,105,000 2,478,000 663,000 -3,247,000 2,113,000 5,107,000 -5,237,000 5,621,000                            
          other assets and liabilities
        11,428,000 -1,717,000 -7,959,000 9,807,000 -17,355,000 -12,130,000 2,096,000 3,715,000 4,744,000 -7,914,000 10,183,000 -11,056,000 -14,341,000 16,729,000 13,876,000 -17,104,000 11,068,000 -6,702,000 10,352,000 14,610,000 7,176,000 22,666,000 -12,146,000 10,406,000 8,343,000 -10,149,000 4,188,000 -8,878,000 5,144,000 -10,347,000 16,316,000 -16,466,000 4,728,000 -15,708,000 14,875,000 -15,882,000 13,525,000 6,547,000 -6,569,000 -3,910,000 256,000 4,878,000 -235,000 -1,287,000 1,129,000 -7,537,000 -4,875,000 -9,277,000 -2,791,000 4,418,000 -8,595,000 -1,488,000 -8,326,000 6,788,000 -6,221,000 -138,000 -16,948,000 561,000 -4,433,000 -7,482,000 7,805,000 4,061,000 -14,387,000 -1,398,000 -10,417,000 9,495,000 1,408,000 -19,668,000 -14,554,000 -3,295,000 -2,762,000 -6,579,000  2,365,000 -22,868,000 -500,000 8,962,000 -25,667,000 4,873,000 -4,738,000     
          net cash from operating activities attributable to continuing operations
        102,591,000 21,597,000 -24,405,000                                                                                  
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                            
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                                            
          capital expenditures
            -14,925,000 -17,141,000 -20,721,000 -21,350,000 -22,546,000 -20,809,000 -11,384,000 -12,400,000 -23,131,000 -19,069,000 -12,570,000 -12,749,000 -20,424,000 -15,392,000 -9,371,000 -13,510,000 -7,541,000 -9,270,000 -23,246,000 -15,279,000 -14,351,000 -26,974,000 -19,543,000 -13,749,000 -21,539,000 -21,471,000 -26,586,000 -17,128,000 -12,045,000 -12,786,000 -14,662,000 -17,233,000 -11,985,000 -13,274,000 -7,323,000 -10,809,000 -5,880,000 -7,850,000 -5,300,000 -7,491,000 -8,494,000 -7,888,000 -5,516,000 -9,192,000 -4,287,000 -4,456,000 -5,118,000 -7,677,000 -5,431,000 -3,205,000 -3,374,000 -5,030,000 -2,588,000 -3,947,000 -4,176,000 -10,604,000 -6,997,000 -6,533,000 -13,473,000 -12,043,000 -9,871,000 -5,648,000 -6,477,000 -11,263,000 -5,441,000 -4,319,000 -4,306,000 -6,070,000 -6,117,000 -3,275,000 -7,172,000 -3,474,000 -6,108,000 -3,292,000 3,977,000 -9,951,000 -13,537,000 -10,943,000 -10,977,000 -7,206,000 
          free cash flows
            95,440,000 13,133,000 -28,264,000 -33,226,000 55,208,000 7,922,000 -1,315,000 -44,454,000 38,336,000 7,026,000 5,353,000 -47,888,000 16,412,000 -22,222,000 -42,090,000 -47,852,000 -22,282,000 -35,716,000 -27,965,000 -8,279,000 47,252,000 4,543,000 -11,523,000 -24,764,000 48,611,000 13,408,000 -30,005,000 -19,548,000 43,399,000 14,175,000 17,576,000 -32,337,000 49,059,000 24,065,000 9,716,000 -26,875,000 32,443,000 11,906,000 12,964,000 -31,413,000 45,353,000 -4,893,000 19,654,000 -30,470,000 -4,619,000 24,645,000 -19,495,000 12,667,000 -7,420,000 23,783,000 7,162,000 2,718,000 -10,478,000 18,340,000 -8,781,000 -26,643,000 6,345,000 52,499,000 897,000 -33,180,000 21,182,000 31,611,000 6,743,000 -10,578,000 -4,585,000 37,521,000 23,650,000 -285,000 9,388,000 21,444,000 -8,232,000 7,226,000 -2,237,000 7,707,000 -239,914,000 254,716,000 -600,052,000 -231,688,000 437,451,000 178,742,000 
          proceeds from insurance
        96,000 1,880,000 4,565,000 8,789,000                            24,684,000 2,303,000 4,583,000                                                  
          other investing activities
                                                                                            
          net cash from investing activities attributable to continuing operations
        -123,396,000 -16,483,000 -5,198,000                                                                                  
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                            
          proceeds from borrowings
        226,455,000 66,505,000 8,951,000 197,891,000 88,415,000 131,624,000 154,243,000 113,005,000 27,238,000 19,987,000 1,819,000 12,731,000 40,181,000 53,655,000 1,013,000 9,972,000 385,742,000 24,748,000 40,860,000 33,689,000 -378,000 31,356,000 160,755,000 30,014,000 36,632,000 105,480,000 28,347,000 45,244,000 21,285,000 44,013,000 36,038,000 29,430,000 8,000,000 35,000,000 17,574,000 76,701,000 98,000,000 5,000,000 50,000,000 15,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 20,000,000 121,512,000 43,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000                                      
          payments on debt and finance lease obligations
                        -326,638,000 -717,000 -8,310,000 -1,664,000 -217,585,000 -1,000 -56,077,000 -16,368,000 -51,478,000 -33,486,000 -14,376,000                                                          
          dividends paid on convertible preferred stock
                                                                                            
          purchase of noncontrolling interest
                                                                                            
          distributions to noncontrolling interest
                          -1,526,000                                                              
          payments of debt issuance costs
        -850,000 -283,000 -1,535,000 -26,000 -722,000 -51,000 -1,441,000 -26,000 -200,000 -105,000 -313,000 -1,639,000                                                                    
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
        1,742,000 1,098,000                 2,077,000 201,000   84,000         -1,094,000 1,910,000 225,000 -246,000 1,401,000 237,000 133,000 163,000 555,000       59,000 2,079,000 1,048,000 573,000 358,000 346,000 1,008,000 630,000 732,000 1,348,000 1,807,000 1,873,000 488,000 2,559,000 1,118,000 1,525,000 572,000   457,000 712,000 1,593,000 556,000 884,000 
          other financing activities
           -1,000                                                                                
          net cash from financing activities attributable to continuing operations
        29,011,000 1,255,000 3,687,000                                                                                  
          total cash from continuing operations
        8,206,000 6,369,000 -25,916,000                                                                                  
          net cash from operating activities attributable to discontinued operations
                                                                                           
          net cash from investing activities attributable to discontinued operations
        -1,900,000                                                                                    
          net cash from financing activities attributable to discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash attributable to discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          total cash from discontinued operations
        -1,900,000                                                                                    
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash attributable to continuing operations
        -299,000 5,991,000 -3,723,000                                                                                  
          net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        6,007,000 1,964,000 -29,639,000 -11,515,000 5,185,000 7,186,000 -3,828,000 -55,336,000 53,305,000 3,874,000 -7,378,000 -19,636,000 24,260,000 -2,997,000 -1,366,000 -48,958,000 73,269,000 2,047,000 -4,026,000                                                                  
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of year
        56,057,000 59,029,000 64,564,000 64,303,000 41,971,000                                                                  
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period
        6,007,000 1,964,000 26,418,000  5,185,000 7,186,000 55,201,000  53,305,000 3,874,000 57,186,000  24,260,000 -2,997,000 62,937,000  73,269,000 2,047,000 37,945,000                                                                  
          cash paid for acquisitions
               -41,000   -523,000 -98,000 -191,000 -7,415,000                                                                  
          proceeds from dispositions of property and other assets
         136,000 -83,000 31,000 85,000 5,000 -1,000 26,000 16,000 66,000 233,000 76,000 85,000 76,000 68,000 65,000 121,000 14,106,000 239,000 17,134,000 4,569,000 85,000 561,000 254,000 157,000 611,000 -395,000 28,000 153,000 1,139,000 213,000 72,000 112,000 550,000 392,000 -234,000 779,000 229,000 698,000 93,000 715,000 36,000 607,000 85,000 14,000 403,000 42,000 125,000 51,000 40,000 224,000 123,000 89,000 187,000 14,354,000 33,000 15,000 26,000 2,000 -251,000 12,000 495,000 25,000 327,000 158,000 80,000 479,000 2,215,000 451,000 157,000 13,264,000 135,000 -132,000 25,000 8,768,000 45,000 454,000 1,605,000 490,000     
          payments on debt and finance obligations
         -61,268,000 -4,115,000 -515,049,000 -182,120,000 -129,079,000 -127,964,000 -130,302,000 -27,078,000 -21,408,000 -5,749,000 -16,848,000 -47,915,000 -33,879,000 -4,849,000                                                                      
          dividends paid on preferred stock
           -1,951,000 -1,950,000   -1,951,000 -1,950,000 -1,950,000 -1,950,000 -1,951,000 -1,950,000 -1,950,000 -1,950,000 -1,950,000                                                                     
          payment of payroll taxes on stock-based compensation through shares withheld or repurchased
         -5,000 -712,000 -3,943,000 -137,000 -996,000 -974,000 -3,000 -93,000 -412,000 -488,000 -403,000 -19,000 -518,000 -507,000 -518,000 -82,000 -519,000 -626,000 -3,000 -1,059,000 -27,000 -25,000                                                            
          net loss
          -31,352,000    -26,243,000   11,578,000 -21,390,000   20,162,000 -30,343,000  19,775,000 -42,967,000 -45,091,000   -208,116,000 -88,435,000    -18,221,000            -7,145,000                                              
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                            
          deferred income taxes
          2,619,000 -20,577,000 9,446,000 7,086,000 799,000 -686,000 38,000 1,343,000 -2,304,000 1,474,000 1,308,000 2,142,000 -3,104,000 6,143,000 4,122,000 -1,234,000 -3,019,000 -5,331,000 914,000 35,313,000 -15,799,000 -15,659,000 -954,000 15,313,000 -9,098,000 2,168,000 455,000 7,234,000 -4,507,000 25,731,000 -94,000 38,000 374,000 11,221,000 -231,000 -1,938,000 -1,380,000 1,597,000 19,000 -192,000 -955,000 -8,440,000 -9,812,000 -588,000 9,109,000 -371,000 -1,472,000 -1,260,000 -3,117,000 4,925,000 5,961,000 -9,512,000 1,154,000 3,141,000 -1,996,000 -12,092,000 924,000 4,815,000 -1,295,000 2,815,000 2,207,000 2,540,000 -151,000 1,009,000 -1,387,000 -3,619,000 3,116,000 250,000 299,000 928,000 2,127,000 3,581,000 5,850,000 251,000 -4,719,000 878,000 1,614,000 3,972,000 27,148,000 3,581,000 2,972,000 -3,806,000 
          restructuring charges
          38,000    116,000 49,000 480,000 192,000 453,000 -408,000 1,387,000 1,426,000 654,000 267,000 2,186,000 787,000 2,826,000 1,070,000 11,259,000 260,000 851,000 1,535,000 1,702,000 4,455,000 688,000 588,000 175,000 662,000 162,000 187,000 255,000 168,000 394,000 1,519,000 1,697,000 975,000 992,000 1,414,000 257,000 1,069,000 216,000 -177,000 238,000 1,365,000 211,000 1,684,000 2,232,000 75,000 1,206,000 269,000 1,427,000 183,000 559,000 2,053,000 7,257,000 3,867,000 198,000 2,732,000 630,000    -528,000 693,000 1,210,000     -150,000 -230,000   -463,000 850,000       
          restructuring liabilities
          3,001,000 880,000 -406,000 -344,000 -184,000 -449,000 -203,000 -285,000 -513,000 -293,000 -548,000 -1,360,000 -534,000 -1,510,000 -1,307,000 -856,000 -2,250,000 -2,821,000 -2,247,000 -1,066,000 -1,293,000    -714,000 -386,000 -426,000 -545,000 -359,000 -206,000 -252,000 -359,000 -1,137,000 -1,348,000 -686,000 -518,000 -1,314,000 -684,000 -219,000 -1,066,000 -603,000 -1,008,000 -1,267,000 -1,141,000 -1,860,000 -1,070,000 -526,000 -985,000 -752,000 -1,625,000 -852,000 -850,000 -1,965,000 -3,051,000 -2,050,000 -2,869,000 -1,058,000 -1,610,000 -788,000 -683,000 -485,000 -478,000 -536,000 -1,117,000 -714,000 -1,237,000                 
          distributions to noncontrolling interest, net of contributions from noncontrolling interest
             -1,600,000     -45,000 -120,000 131,000 -809,000                                                                  
          income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                       -11,932,000     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                            
          proceeds from sale of business
                                                                                            
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of year
                                                                                            
          loss from discontinued operations
            90,000 -900,000 67,000 -33,000 654,000 143,000 58,000     -24,000 -248,000 62,000 -348,000  989,000 379,000 454,000    287,000 -1,078,000 246,000 279,000 -928,000 -140,000 101,000 -509,000 816,000   364,000 186,000  163,000 -78,000 148,000   1,236,000 -15,238,000                                      
          restructuring (recoveries) charges
            383,000                                                                                
          gains on dispositions of property and other assets
            -31,000 -66,000 -5,000 1,000 -26,000 -15,000 -58,000 -63,000 -55,000 -80,000 -74,000 -29,000 15,000 -110,000 -9,250,000  -13,562,000 -1,288,000 -85,000  -207,000 -180,000 -551,000   -40,000 -73,000  510,000 5,000 -50,000   -35,000 -150,000 -383,000 -85,000 -185,000 -37,000 -566,000 -1,000 -4,000 -387,000          4,000 -8,000   11,000 1,000   -253,000 -85,000 -76,000 -68,000 -21,000 -2,000 -3,476,000 -8,000 137,000 -16,000 -182,000        -4,842,000 
          change in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                            
          current contract costs
            4,139,000 3,007,000 -15,323,000 14,173,000 -16,254,000 3,400,000 -6,995,000 10,682,000 -3,387,000 -2,538,000 -9,408,000 6,839,000 -5,751,000 -3,544,000 -828,000 -139,000 233,000 7,215,000 8,970,000 7,596,000 -11,929,000 2,838,000 -4,838,000 6,952,000 -3,291,000 574,000 -9,211,000                                                      
          net cash from operating activities
            110,365,000 30,274,000 -7,543,000 -11,876,000 77,754,000 28,731,000 10,069,000 -32,054,000 61,467,000 26,095,000 17,923,000 -35,139,000 36,836,000 -6,830,000 -32,719,000 -34,342,000 -14,741,000 -26,446,000 -4,719,000 7,000,000 61,603,000 31,517,000 8,020,000 -11,015,000 70,150,000 34,879,000 -3,419,000 -2,420,000 55,444,000 26,961,000 32,238,000 -15,104,000 61,044,000 37,339,000 17,039,000 -16,066,000 38,323,000 19,756,000 18,264,000 -23,922,000 53,847,000 2,995,000 25,170,000 -21,278,000 -332,000 29,101,000 -14,377,000 20,344,000 -1,989,000 26,988,000 10,536,000 7,748,000 -7,890,000 22,287,000 -4,605,000 -16,039,000 13,342,000 59,032,000 14,370,000 -21,137,000 31,053,000 37,259,000 13,220,000 685,000 856,000 41,840,000 27,956,000 5,785,000 15,505,000 24,719,000 -1,060,000 10,700,000 3,871,000 10,999,000 -243,891,000 264,667,000 -586,515,000 -220,745,000 448,428,000 185,948,000 
          proceeds from the sale of on services
                                                                                            
          net cash from investing activities
            -11,071,000 -17,056,000 -20,716,000 -21,351,000 -21,352,000 -20,793,000 -11,359,000 16,759,000 -23,055,000 -44,478,000 -12,494,000 -13,204,000 -20,457,000 -15,462,000 -2,680,000 -13,271,000 9,593,000 20,066,000 -23,161,000 -14,718,000 -32,171,000 -99,735,000 -18,932,000 -18,772,000 -21,511,000 -21,318,000 -25,447,000 -16,755,000 12,711,000 -10,371,000 -11,190,000 -67,095,000 -100,188,000 -12,495,000 -64,860,000 -10,111,000 -6,094,000 -7,537,000 -4,985,000 -86,360,000 -46,184,000 -7,874,000 19,887,000 -9,150,000 -4,162,000 -19,710,000 -20,382,000 -17,949,000 -5,308,000 -3,116,000 -3,187,000 9,324,000 -2,555,000 -3,932,000 -4,150,000 -10,602,000 -7,248,000 -6,521,000 -10,983,000 -33,367,000 -11,890,000 -5,615,000 -10,299,000 -39,921,000 -3,226,000 -3,868,000 -4,149,000 7,194,000 -5,982,000 -3,407,000 -7,147,000 5,294,000 -6,063,000 -2,765,000 285,791,000 -292,454,000 603,172,000 251,902,000 -347,406,000 -180,764,000 
          net cash from financing activities
            -95,793,000 -5,577,000 25,381,000 -23,263,000 -1,793,000 -4,616,000 -6,492,000 -6,556,000 -10,087,000 17,132,000 -6,617,000 -2,162,000 54,877,000 23,952,000 31,222,000 31,399,000 -93,785,000 29,326,000 99,347,000 11,340,000 -16,897,000 69,991,000 9,038,000 18,470,000 -42,725,000 -3,512,000 17,860,000 19,549,000 -59,853,000 876,000 -16,653,000 52,609,000 61,041,000 -34,053,000 31,985,000 9,361,000 -18,909,000 -6,237,000 -9,473,000 111,946,000 10,419,000 -3,069,000 -42,355,000 -42,918,000 -1,504,000 -6,269,000 -6,744,000 -1,980,000 -1,183,000 -8,230,000 -2,164,000 -2,884,000 -2,387,000 -1,714,000 -1,888,000 -2,528,000 -6,981,000 -9,527,000 -374,000 -2,332,000 -1,092,000 -18,384,000 -303,000 -10,274,000 -15,170,000 -1,514,000 -18,795,000 -10,768,000 -664,000 962,000 -318,000 -1,961,000 -2,998,000 560,000 40,671,000 -5,597,000 -11,022,000 -12,268,000 -102,619,000 -21,477,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
            1,684,000 -455,000 -950,000 1,154,000 -1,304,000 552,000 404,000 2,215,000 -4,065,000 -1,746,000 -178,000 1,547,000 2,013,000 387,000 151,000                                                                  
          contributions from noncontrolling interest
              149,000                                                                              
          gain on sale of on services
                                                                                            
          multi-employer pension plan withdrawal
                           185,000                                                            
          proceeds from sale of on services
                                                                                           
          gain on disposition of on services
                                                                                            
          cash surrender value of life insurance policies
                                                                                          
          dividends paid on common stock
                           -2,026,000 -2,038,000 -2,034,000 -2,026,000 -2,006,000 -2,028,000 -2,026,000 -2,033,000 -2,049,000 -2,046,000 -2,041,000 -2,042,000 -2,039,000 -2,038,000 -2,032,000 -2,029,000 -2,026,000 -2,024,000 -2,016,000 -2,012,000 -2,008,000 -2,000,000 -2,013,000 -1,840,000 -2,017,000 -32,517,000 -52,819,000 -806,000 -805,000 -815,000 -815,000 -809,000 -822,000 -822,000 -822,000 -822,000 -822,000 -824,000 -824,000 -811,000 -834,000 -829,000 -828,000 -823,000 -822,000 -840,000 -840,000 -846,000 -861,000 -861,000 -881,000 -888,000 -886,000 -882,000 -881,000         
          common stock purchased for treasury
                           -2,785,000     -8,143,000 -155,000 -9,217,000 -868,000 -847,000 -68,000 -1,204,000 -43,000 -28,000 -651,000 -40,000 1,193,000 -1,267,000 -4,702,000 -690,000 -21,000 -10,568,000 -1,042,000 -34,000 -4,551,000 -11,000 -668,000 -6,333,000 -573,000 -66,000 -5,000 -187,000 -975,000 -5,658,000 -10,063,000 -1,632,000 -17,708,000 -10,480,000 -15,009,000 -2,591,000 -18,532,000 -13,290,000             
          proceeds from issuance of convertible series a preferred stock, net of issuance costs
                                                                                           
          income from discontinued operations
                    42,000 -52,000 -275,000          141,000                   -1,366,000    -122,000                 -1,984,000 37,000 -196,000 94,000 -1,203,000   149,000 -80,000 -1,328,000 -59,000 227,000        
          legal settlement
                               8,500,000                                                          
          (income) income from discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          (gains) losses on dispositions of property and other assets
                                           -180,000                                                 
          debt issuance costs
                                         4,000 12,000 -13,000 -339,000                                          
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                            1,169,000 742,000 -2,938,000 1,739,000 -1,475,000 332,000 454,000 740,000 170,000 -3,003,000 -377,000 -132,000 1,137,000 1,142,000 139,000 -2,191,000 -455,000 -887,000 640,000 -1,966,000 -2,864,000 1,022,000 -2,943,000 -1,592,000 -1,395,000 843,000 -1,187,000 -955,000 1,821,000 -5,917,000 495,000 2,100,000 2,194,000 2,514,000 -2,247,000 503,000 631,000 1,984,000 2,399,000 -709,000 -3,956,000 -1,662,000 46,000 269,000 -732,000 2,588,000 639,000 62,000 -1,612,000 -26,000 1,076,000 -107,000 88,000 1,093,000 -115,000 -156,000         
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
                            -97,764,000 23,688,000 68,529,000 5,361,000 11,060,000 2,105,000 -1,420,000 -10,577,000 6,084,000 7,046,000 -11,383,000 242,000 9,439,000 18,608,000 4,534,000 -31,781,000 21,442,000 -10,096,000 -15,196,000 -18,782,000 10,456,000 7,004,000 863,000 72,000 16,687,000 -7,105,000 1,515,000 -74,301,000                                     
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                            61,999,000 44,893,000 53,723,000 20,900,000 56,531,000 56,990,000 45,821,000 145,841,000 116,342,000 148,040,000 165,069,000 178,073,000 152,601,000 115,050,000 -2,567,000 63,853,000 57,219,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                            -97,764,000 23,688,000 130,528,000  11,060,000 2,105,000 43,473,000  6,084,000 7,046,000 42,340,000 242,000 9,439,000 18,608,000 25,434,000 -31,781,000 21,442,000 -10,096,000 41,335,000  10,456,000 7,004,000 57,853,000  16,687,000 -7,105,000 47,336,000   -2,795,000 -41,008,000 148,356,000  18,156,000 2,938,000 131,033,000  18,625,000 -8,244,000 118,162,000  41,322,000 3,059,000 108,502,000  15,848,000 3,257,000 128,625,000  36,432,000 6,088,000 154,705,000  23,367,000 -8,640,000 128,927,000  8,794,000 80,004,000 30,469,000  18,889,000 -1,597,000 40,926,000 
          payments on operating lease obligations
                             -6,095,000 -6,529,000 -7,293,000 -7,250,000                                                            
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                                            
          impairment recoveries
                                        -2,247,000 -2,384,000                                                  
          cash paid for acquired businesses
                                -18,074,000       160,000 -1,661,000 -50,254,000 -87,969,000                                                
          payment of payroll taxes on stock-based compensation through shares withheld
                                  -2,905,000                                                          
          losses on dispositions of property and other assets
                                   608,000                        6,000    82,000    13,000                         
          excess tax benefit from share-based compensation arrangements
                                           -35,000 -21,000 -11,000 -28,000 -405,000 219,000 51,000 -283,000 -73,000 -41,000 -33,000 -54,000                                 
          payments on debt and capital lease obligations
                                   -14,782,000 -61,822,000 -36,259,000 -15,348,000 -6,993,000 -65,743,000 -32,080,000 -30,985,000 -21,926,000 -34,935,000 -37,025,000 -15,029,000 -3,988,000 -20,881,000 -14,821,000 -23,279,000 -5,265,000 -30,720,000 -5,238,000 -20,238,000 -10,335,000 -831,000 -913,000 -4,917,000 -714,000 -956,000 -1,075,000 -1,380,000 -1,489,000 -1,222,000 -887,000 -877,000 -729,000 -571,000 -783,000 -603,000 -722,000 -648,000 -592,000 -591,000 -584,000 -567,000 -502,000 -1,906,000 -533,000 -264,000 -711,000 -554,000 -2,605,000 -2,699,000        
          acquisition of business - deferred consideration
                                                                                           
          customer deposits
                                       -19,648,000 -5,048,000 -3,631,000 17,755,000 -18,525,000 -16,702,000 16,972,000 26,684,000 -23,210,000 14,452,000 -11,376,000 20,542,000 -24,673,000 4,797,000 6,016,000 7,454,000 -15,159,000 8,925,000 3,415,000 -4,929,000 -2,461,000 -670,000 4,526,000 1,037,000 -2,893,000 2,697,000 6,402,000 -864,000 -9,835,000 -260,000                        
          proceeds from possessory interest and personal property - discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                                            
          cash paid for income taxes
                                            2,561,000 2,297,000 3,497,000 3,279,000 4,043,000 589,000 2,203,000 1,980,000 1,384,000 3,306,000 1,719,000 1,542,000                                     
          cash paid for interest
                                            1,305,000 1,285,000 1,089,000 979,000 1,561,000 751,000 908,000 823,000 379,000 247,000 254,000 373,000                                     
          property and equipment acquired under capital leases
                                            259,000 176,000 515,000 390,000 248,000   340,000 288,000 253,000 241,000                                     
          property and equipment purchases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                            2,962,000 -450,000 3,105,000 2,136,000 -154,000 115,000 223,000 550,000 -2,166,000 581,000 1,815,000 309,000                                     
          cash received for acquired businesses
                                              -57,766,000                                              
          gain on sale of facility and related land
                                                                                           
          proceeds from sale of facility and related land
                                                                                           
          proceeds from sale of land—discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          cash paid for acquired business
                                                -307,000 -402,000 279,000                                          
          proceeds from possessory interest and personal property—discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                   -79,476,000    -15,305,000           -23,334,000 -1,127,000 -125,000                   
          proceeds from sale of short-term investments
                                                                    1,995,000 1,985,000                     
          proceeds from sale of land - discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          proceeds from possessory interest—discontinued operations
                                                     25,000,000                                      
          acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                           -10,496,000                -29,137,000          73,000       
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                            
          impairment losses
                                                                            4,560,000               
          gains on disposition of property and other assets
                                                                                            
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                            
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                            
          losses (gains) on dispositions of property and other assets
                                                        22,000 -56,000   -6,000 14,000          3,000                     
          excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements
                                                                    -74,000 -10,000 -277,000 -21,000 -392,000 -120,000 -1,000,000 -520,000 -1,092,000 -1,185,000 -2,063,000             
          equipment acquired under capital leases
                                                        230,000 200,000 380,000 517,000 373,000 200,000 143,000 247,000 258,000 477,000 640,000 2,136,000 409,000 27,000 293,000 313,000 144,000 525,000 188,000 365,000 128,000 148,000 395,000 272,000             
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                         -2,795,000 -41,008,000 2,515,000  18,156,000 2,938,000 14,691,000         17,339,000 15,848,000 3,257,000 -49,448,000 -19,152,000 36,432,000 6,088,000 2,104,000 8,947,000 23,367,000 -8,640,000 13,877,000 -4,217,000 8,794,000   5,635,000 18,889,000   
          income taxes
                                                           3,500,000 2,251,000 1,825,000 2,221,000 1,634,000 1,516,000 1,915,000 1,694,000 5,033,000 2,433,000 2,513,000 5,656,000 7,523,000 3,206,000 4,519,000 8,929,000 5,406,000 10,234,000 4,370,000 4,191,000 2,798,000  3,174,000 12,925,000 3,707,000 306,000 1,056,000       
          interest
                                                           185,000 339,000 281,000 295,000 216,000 636,000 198,000 281,000 194,000 420,000 206,000 240,000 457,000 785,000 250,000 365,000 258,000 464,000 314,000 255,000 310,000  358,000 401,000 621,000 247,000 671,000       
          cash paid during the period for:
                                                                                            
          cash paid during the year for:
                                                                                            
          adjustments to reconcile net income
                                                                                            
          operating activities:
                                                                                            
          tax benefit from share-based compensation arrangements
                                                                                            
          purchase of short-term investments
                                                                                            
          settlement of land participation interest — discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                -12,201,000 18,625,000 -8,244,000 -29,878,000  41,322,000 3,059,000 -56,567,000                -33,384,000    -16,293,000 
          tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements
                                                                    224,000 55,000 283,000 84,000 896,000 248,000 1,093,000 460,000 2,687,000 1,758,000 3,001,000             
          settlement of land participation interest − discontinued operations
                                                                                            
          loss (income) from discontinued operations
                                                                                           
          restructuring charge
                                                                                            
          impairment recovery
                                                                                            
          restructuring liability
                                                                            -133,000 -586,000 -230,000 -352,000  -791,000 -475,000 -792,000 -1,259,000 -2,124,000 -2,041,000 -2,470,000     
          net distributions from moneygram
                                                                                            
          restructuring recoveries
                                                                             355,000 -552,000 -18,000    -290,000         
          other noncash items
                                                                                3,078,000 3,106,000 2,660,000 3,220,000 4,648,000 1,820,000 3,368,000 2,668,000 -28,631,000 16,277,000 14,186,000 6,263,000 
          acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                            
          receivable from moneygram
                                                                                 -36,000           
          accrued spin-off costs
                                                                                            
          change in accounting principle
                                                                                            
          goodwill and intangible asset impairment losses
                                                                                    1,291,000        
          net distributions from (to) moneygram
                                                                                            
          amounts derived from the audited combined financial statements of “new” viad. see note 1.
                                                                                            
          accounts receivable
                                                                                     3,776,000       
          net distributions from viad corp
                                                                                           
          receivable from moneygram international
                                                                                            
          payments on long-term borrowings
                                                                                      -239,000 -247,000 -1,968,000 -3,102,000 -100,160,000 -207,000 
          investment impairment charges and adjustments
                                                                                       5,928,000     
          gains on dispositions of investments and other assets
                                                                                       -7,410,000     
          amortization of investment premiums
                                                                                       7,679,000     
          change in payment service assets and obligations
                                                                                       228,386,000 -637,477,000 -282,410,000 409,449,000 144,735,000 
          proceeds from sale of business, net of cash divested
                                                                                       15,247,000     
          proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities
                                                                                       686,810,000 1,398,303,000 1,729,178,000 1,087,721,000 855,891,000 
          proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity securities
                                                                                        283,690,000 
          purchases of available-for-sale securities
                                                                                       -985,050,000 -782,753,000 -1,466,292,000 -1,424,367,000 -1,215,506,000 
          net change in short-term borrowings
                                                                                       2,000,000 -2,000,000   -6,000,000 
          dividends paid on common and preferred stock
                                                                                       -7,807,000 -7,766,000 -7,759,000 -8,039,000 -8,039,000 
          dividend paid to minority interest
                                                                                        -8,115,000 
          changes in accounting principles
                                                                                            
          restructuring charges (recoveries) and other items
                                                                                            
          gains on dispositions of businesses, property and investments
                                                                                            
          proceeds from dispositions of businesses, property and other assets
                                                                                            
          purchases of held-to-maturity securities
                                                                                            
          purchases of common stock for treasury
                                                                                          
          cash paid (refunded) during the year for:
                                                                                            
          investment impairment charges
                                                                                         20,813,000 
          restructuring recovery
                                                                                         -200,000   
          realized gains on investments and other assets
                                                                                         -3,211,000   
          acquisition of minority interest, net of proceeds from disposals of property and other assets
                                                                                         -41,000 217,000 -97,633,000 
          restructuring charges and other items
                                                                                            
          gains on dispositions of businesses, property and other assets
                                                                                            
          cash from discontinued operations