Viad Corp (NYSE:VVI) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 5, 2022 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Carrie Long - Director, Finance & IR

Steve Moster - President, CEO and President, GES

David Barry - President, Pursuit

Ellen Ingersoll - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Kartik Mehta - Northcoast Research

Bryan Maher - B. Riley Securities

Operator

Good afternoon. My name is Nate and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Viad Corp First Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

Thank you. Carrie Long, you may begin your conference.

Carrie Long

Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for Viad's 2022 first quarter earnings conference call. During the call, you'll hear from Steve Moster, our President and CEO and President of GES; David Barry, our President of Pursuit; and Ellen Ingersoll, our Chief Financial Officer.

We issued our earnings press release after the market closed today, along with some presentation slides, which are both available on our website at viad.com. Certain statements made during the call, which are not historical facts, may constitute forward-looking statements. Information concerning business and other risk factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward-looking statements can be found in our annual, quarterly, and other current reports filed with the SEC.

During the call, we'll be referring to certain non-GAAP measures, including income or loss before other items and adjusted EBITDA. Important disclosures regarding these measures, including reconciliations to net income or loss attributable to Viad, can be found in table two of our earnings press release and in our earnings presentation.

With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Steve.

Steve Moster

Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining Viad's 2022 first quarter earnings call. As Carrie mentioned, we published our customary earnings press release, together with a presentation containing key insights into the first quarter performance and full year expectations on the viad.com website.

During the call, David, Ellen, and I will be referencing specific pages from the presentation, as we discuss our business performance. Before we discuss our results, I want to thank our team members, who have worked tirelessly over the past two years to overcome the external challenges facing our businesses, while delivering extraordinary experiences to our clients and guests. More than anything, it's their creativity, resilience, and determination that has driven us forward to the exciting place that we are today.