Dutch concert venue Het Concertgebouw has successfully integrated the Tix Ticketing product as its main box office sales and event management solution. The partnership went live on Monday, with the transition including the conversion of more than 10 years of data from the previous system. This consisted of tickets, orders, subscriptions, customer records, customer tags …
Lovetovisit.com set to launch tourism platform
UK tech start-up Lovetovisit.com is set to launch a mobile-optimised web app to help people find and book things to do in the UK, easily and all in one place. Lovetovisit.com is investing over £3.5m ($4.7m/€4.1m) in its app, which is due to launch in the UK this month. The platform already has over 1,200 …
Cricket Australia and TEG’s Ovation announce data partnership
Live entertainment, ticketing and technology company TEG will use its analytics business, Ovation, to merge fan data across a number of topics for Cricket Australia as part of a new wide-ranging partnership. Australia’s cricket governing body will be able to access data across ticketing, membership, merchandise and participation to create an understanding of engagement and …
EngageRM partners with South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sports and entertainment business technology services provider EngageRM has announced a partnership with National Rugby League (NRL) club, South Sydney Rabbitohs. The new agreement will overhaul the Rabbitohs’ corporate services technology and the team will now be able to provide an amplified experience to partners, sponsors and clients. The Rabbitohs will now manage sales, fulfilment, …
Everton not ready to scrap ticketing cards
English Premier League football club Everton is not ready to dispense with established ticketing methods despite the broader shift towards mobile access across the industry. Georgia Bekyra, Everton’s senior manager of ticketing, told TheTicketingBusiness.com that the club had not seen persuasive evidence that fans are ready for physical cards to be scrapped, even though the …
Subba links up with Veritas
Subba, a platform that generates reviews of music and festivals, and Veritas, a service that links online reviews to verified sales and usage, have teamed up to provide a blockchain-enabled token system that verifies the reviews. On top of the blockchain verification service, the token system also rewards fans through a highly scalable program to …
Ticketek in world-first with COVID-19 apps integration
Ticketing company Ticketek has claimed a world-first by integrating mobile tickets with COVID-19 check-in and vaccination status apps. The TEG-owned company has partnered with the Victorian Government in Australia, which will see the state be able to use the check-in solution at Ticketek venues from Thursday. The Kennedy Oaks Day at Flemington Racecourse will be …
YellowHeart launches NFT ticketing mobile app
YellowHeart, an NFT (non-fungible token) ticketing and blockchain collectibles marketplace, has launched its own NFT ticketing mobile app, YellowHeart Wallet. Users will be connected to YellowHeart’s Web3 Ethereum-based NFT ticketing platform and marketplace. Ethereum is a decentralised, open-source blockchain and powers the cryptocurrency Ether, which is the second most popular cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin. The Wallet …
Live Nation launches Live Stubs NFTs
Live entertainment company Live Nation will be offering fans the chance to own digital collectible NFT (non-fungible tokens) ticket stubs, called Live Stubs, for a select number of its North America shows. Live Nation will deliver the first-ever Live Stubs digital collectible NFTs for fans buying tickets for the upcoming Swedish House Mafia: Paradise Again …
Wolfsburg innovates with VfL CONNECT app
German Bundesliga football club VfL Wolfsburg has rolled out an innovative new service for the hospitality areas of its Volkswagen Arena, and is already fielding inquiries from other sports teams interested in its technology. VfL CONNECT has been dubbed a unique solution combining a VIP service app including ticketing functions. The project commenced in mid-January …