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Viad Corp (NYSE: VVI) is an S&P SmallCap 600 company that operates businesses that provide place-based marketing services in United States, Canada, ... Viad FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Americanmarketingcompany Thisarticlehasmultipleissues.Pleasehelpimproveitordiscusstheseissuesonthetalkpage.(Learnhowandwhentoremovethesetemplatemessages) Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Viad" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November2013)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) ThetopicofthisarticlemaynotmeetWikipedia'snotabilityguidelinesforcompaniesandorganizations.Pleasehelptodemonstratethenotabilityofthetopicbycitingreliablesecondarysourcesthatareindependentofthetopicandprovidesignificantcoverageofitbeyondameretrivialmention.Ifnotabilitycannotbeshown,thearticleislikelytobemerged,redirected,ordeleted.Findsources: "Viad" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(August2011)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) (Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) ViadCorpFormerlyTheDialCorpTypePublicTradedasNYSE: VVIS&P600ComponentFounded1926(asMotorTransitCorporation)1930(asTheGreyhoundCorporation)1990(asGreyhoundDialCorporation)1991(asTheDialCorp)1996(asViadCorp)FoundersEricWickmanandOrvilleCaesarHeadquartersPhoenix,Arizona,UnitedStatesAreaservedUnitedStates,Canada,UnitedKingdom,UnitedArabEmiratesKeypeopleRichardH.Dozer(Chairman)SteveW.Moster(PresidentandCEO)Websitewww.viad.com ViadCorp(NYSE: VVI)isanS&PSmallCap600companythatoperatesbusinessesthatprovideplace-basedmarketingservicesinUnitedStates,Canada,theUnitedKingdom,Europe,andtheUnitedArabEmirates,aswellastravelandrecreationservicesintheUnitedStatesandCanada.ThecompanyevolvedfromTheGreyhoundCorporation,whichestablishedGreyhoundLinesandlaterbecameadiversifiedconglomeratebetweenthe1960sandthe1990s. Contents 1History 2Businesses 2.1Pursuit 3References 4Externallinks History[edit] ViadCorpwasfoundedin1926asMotorTransitCorporationafterintercitybusoperatorsEricWickmanandOrvilleCaesarjoinedforcesandconsolidatedseveralbusoperations.By1930,morethan100buslineshadbeenconsolidatedandrecognizingtheneedforamorememorablename,thecompanywasrenamedTheGreyhoundCorporation.[1]TheGreyhoundnamehaditsoriginsintheinauguralrunofabusroutefromSuperior,Wisconsin,toWausau,Wisconsin.Whilepassingthroughasmalltown,EdStone,theroute'soperator,sawthereflectionofhisbusinastorewindow.ThereflectionremindedhimofagreyhoundandheadoptedthatnameforthatsegmentoftheBlueGooseLines.TheGreyhoundnamebecamepopular,andwasappliedtotheentirebusnetworkaswellastheparentcompany.[2] WickmanretiredaspresidentofGreyhoundin1946andwassucceededbyCaesar.[3]Wickmandiedattheageof66in1954.[4]CaesardiedonMay19,1965,adaybeforehis75thbirthday.[5] In1954,GreyhoundestablishedGreyhoundFinancialCorporation,thecaptivefinanceoperationofthebusline.Duringthe1960s,Greyhoundbeganitstransformationintoaconglomeratebydiversifyingintootherindustries:financialservices(TravelersExpress);foodandconsumerproducts(ArmourandCompany);foodservice(ProphetCompany);restaurants(Horne's);airportservices(AircraftServicesInternational);andoceancruises(PremierCruiseLine). GreyhoundexitedthetransportationindustrywiththesaleofGreyhoundLinesin1987.Bythen,TheDialCorporation(formerly,Armour-Dial,Inc.,establishedin1967asasubsidiaryofArmourandCompany)wasitslargestsubsidiary.GreyhoundwasrenamedGreyhoundDialCorporationin1990[6]andasTheDialCorp[7]thefollowingyear.Aftertherenaming,theDialconsumerbusinessbecameknownasTheDialCorpConsumerProductsGroup. Thecompanyexitedthefinancialservicesindustryin1992withthesaleofGFCFinancialCorporation(includingGreyhoundFinancialCorporation,GreyhoundEuropeanFinancialGroupandVerexCorporation).In1995,GFCFinancialCorporationchangeditsnametoTheFINOVAGroup,Inc.andGreyhoundFinancialCorporationtoFINOVACapitalCorporation.[8]TheFINOVAGroupfiledforbankruptcyin2001andwasdissolvedin2009.[9][10] In1996,thecompanyannouncedthesplittingofitsbusinessesintotwoentities.[11]TheDialconsumerproductsbusinesswasspun-offasthenewDialCorporation. Afterthesplit,thecompanywasrenamedViadCorpandconsistedofcompaniesinvolvedinairlinecatering(DobbsInternationalService);airplanefuelingandgroundhandling(AircraftServiceInternational);conventionandexhibitservices(GESExpositionServicesandExhibitgroup/Giltspur);concessionoperations(GlacierPark,Inc.);contractfoodservices(Restaura,Inc.);oceancruises(PremierCruiseLines);airportandcruiseshipduty-freeconcessions(GreyhoundLeisureServices);travelservices(BrewsterTransport,Jetsave,andCrystalHolidays);andpaymentservices(TravelersExpress). Byearly21stcentury,mostofthebusinessesweresoldexceptforTravelersExpress,GlacierPark,GESExpositionServices,andExhibitgroup/Giltspur. In2003,Viadbegantheprocessofengineeringareversetax-freespinoffofTravelersExpress.Thus,anewsubsidiarywasformed,MoneyGramInternational,Inc.,whichearlyin2004receivedthepaymentservicesbusinessanditsstockwasdistributedtoViadstockholders.Viadthenconductedaone-for-fourreversestocksplittoincreasethepriceofViadshares. Businesses[edit] ViadCorpcurrentlyconsistsoftwobusinessunits:GES(aninternationallive-eventorganizer)andPursuit(travelattractionsandhotels). GES(GlobalExperienceSpecialists,Inc.,formerlyGESExpositionServices,Inc.)isaninternationallive-eventorganizercreatedin2010bymergingGESExpositionServices,Inc.,Exhibitgroup/Giltspur,andBeckerGroup.[12] Pursuit(formedin2017)includestravelattractionsandhotelsinandaroundBanff,Denali,Glacier,Jasper,KenaiFjords,andWatertonLakesNationalParksinCanadaandtheUnitedStates.[13][14][15] Pursuit[edit] PropertiesthatPursuitoperatesunderitsGlacierParkCollectioninclude: GrouseMountainLodgeinWhitefish GlacierParkLodgeinEastGlacier St.MaryLodgeandResortinSt.Mary StewartHotelnearLakeMcDonaldLodge PrinceofWalesHotelinWaterton,Alberta Between1981and2013,GlacierParkInc.wasalsotheconcessionaireforLakeMcDonaldLodge,ApgarVillageInn,RisingSunAutoCamp,SwiftcurrentInn,ManyGlacierHotel,TwoMedicineCampStore,andtheredbustourswithinGlacierNationalPark.TheNationalParkServiceawardedthisconcessiontoXanterrastartingin2014.GlacierParkInc.saidtheconcessionscontractaccountedforabout40percentofitsbusinessintheWaterton-Glacierarea.[16] In2012,Pursuitacquiredthe162-roomBanffInternationalHotel.PursuitalsooperatesotherBanffandJasperareaattractionsundertheBrewsterTravelCanadabrand,includingBanff’s133-roomMountRoyalHotel,JasperNationalPark's32-roomGlacierViewLodge,BanffLakeCruisesandtheBanffGondola.[17]InlateDecember2016,theMountRoyalHotelsufferedfiredamage.[18][19]AnoutdoorequipmentstorewithinthehotelreopenedinApril2017,[20]whiletherestofthehotelwasscheduledtoreopeninJuly2018.[21] Pursuit'sAlaskaCollectionincludes: DenaliBackcountryLodge DenaliBackcountryAdventure DenaliCabins TalkeetnaAlaskanLodge SewardWindsongLodge KenaiFjordsWildernessLodge KenaiFjordsTours[22] In2017,PursuitacquiredFlyOverCanada,a60-seatflightsimulationexperienceinCanadaPlace,Vancouver,BritishColumbiawhichfeaturesvariousCanadianlandmarks.[23][24] References[edit] ^"GreyhoundHistory-TheNameChange".greyhoundhistory.com.Retrieved5January2015. ^Lewis,MaryBeth."TenBestFirstFacts",inCarandDriver,1/88,p.92. ^Hampson,Philip(30October1954)."TheRoadtoSuccess".ChicagoTribune.Retrieved1July2015. ^"CarlWickman,GreyhoundBusFounder,Dead".ChicagoTribune.6February1954.Retrieved1July2015. ^Penn,MarySue(7December1997)."TheLastStop".ChicagoTribune.Retrieved14June2018. ^"ANewName:GreyhoundDial".TheNewYorkTimes.28February1990.Retrieved6March2018. ^"GreyhoundDialIsNowDialCorp".TheNewYorkTimes.6March1991.Retrieved6March2018. ^"GFCFinancialCorporationadoptsnewname;GFCFinancialchangesnametoTheFINOVAGroupInc".BusinessWire.25January1995.Retrieved20March2018. ^"FINOVAGroupfilesforbankruptcyprotection".TheNewYorkTimes.8March2001.Retrieved24April2018. ^"TheFINOVAGroup,Inc.announcesdissolution".BusinessWire.18November2009.Retrieved24April2018. ^"DialCorp.splitsintotwocompanies:DialCorp.saidit..."ChicagoTribune.ChicagoTribune.Retrieved17October2017. ^"ViadCorpchangesnameofVegas-basedconventionbusiness".LasVegasSun.2February2010.Retrieved28April2018. ^"ViadCorpSchedulesThirdQuarter2017EarningsCall".KTEN.com.Retrieved17October2017. ^Katz,Daniel."Brewsterattractionsrebrandunder'Pursuit'name".Brewsterattractionsrebrandunder‘Pursuit’name.BowValleyCragandCanyon.Retrieved19October2017. ^"ViadCorpannouncesnewPursuitbrand".PaxNewsWest.1March2017.Retrieved28April2018. ^Cederberg,Jenna."GlacierParkInc.shockedbylossofcontract".Missoulian.Missoulian.Retrieved17October2017. ^King,Danny."ViadacquiresBanffhotel".TravelWeekly.TravelWeekly.Retrieved19October2017. ^"BRIEF-ViadCorphotelsuffersfiredamage".Reuters.Reuters.30December2016.Retrieved19October2017. ^Kaufmann,Bill."OwnervowstorebuildhistoricBanffhotelafterfiredamageseveryroom".BanffMountRoyalHotelwillberebuiltsaysowner.CalgaryHerald.Retrieved19October2017. ^Katz,Daniel."'It'snicetobeback':Afterseveralmonths,firststorereopensafterMountRoyalHotelfire".FirstStorereopensafterMountRoyalHotelfire.BowValleyCrag&Canyon.Retrieved19October2017. ^"MountRoyalHotel".HistoricDowntownBanffHotel.BrewsterTravelCanada.Retrieved19October2017. ^"PursuitannouncesnewleaderforAlaskaCollection".AlaskaBusiness.AlaskaBusiness.Retrieved19October2017. ^"Vancouver'sFlyOverCanadasoldtoAmericanViadCorp".blooloop.Retrieved19October2017. ^Chan,Kenneth."FlyOverCanadasoldtoPhoenix-basedtravelgroupaheadofglobalexpansion".DailyHiveVancouver.Retrieved19October2017. 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