Seat Unique powers Fleetwood Town online premium sales

Seat Unique has been named the official hospitality and premium ticketing platform for English League One football club, Fleetwood Town. Starting with this season, the four-year deal will see Seat Unique power the club’s online premium ticket and hospitality sales for all home games at Highbury Stadium.  Sam Heaney, commercial manager at Fleetwood Town, said: …

Eventbrite set to lay off roughly 8% of workforce

Ticketing service provider Eventbrite has said that it will lay off around 8% of the company’s workforce to cut costs. As reported by Reuters, Eventbrite is also planning to relocate about 30% of the remaining roles, including moving development roles to Spain and India from Argentina and the US. The company will also relocate nearly …

SAE POPB forms Paris Entertainment Company

SAE POPB, which operates Accor Arena, the under-construction Adidas Arena and the Bataclan theatre, has formed the Paris Entertainment Company. The three venues including the Bataclan, which SAE POPB (SAE Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy) purchased in 2021, will present three different capacities and positions within the market to host live events alongside sporting matches. Accor …

Tech Stack: Biometrics, virtual museum tours and more…

Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Touch and go Biometrics company Fingerprints and Flywallet, a biometric wearables technology start-up, are set to collaborate to develop and launch biometric wearable products for the European market. Flywallet has previously built a range of consumer products that support payments, mobility, access and …

People on the move: TEG, Southbank Centre and more…

We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Entertainment, ticketing, digital and data company TEG has appointed Timothy Ho as managing director, Asia.  Ho is set to replace Brendon Bainbridge, who is leaving TEG after 17 years.  TEG chief executive Geoff Jones said: “Brendon has been an asset to TEG …