Tickets.com has reunited with Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles in a multi-year agreement, after originally partnering between 2013 and 2018. The Orioles will be using Ticket.com’s suite of ticketing software at Camden Yards, which includes the ProVenue platform. The solution is a full-service integrated ticketing solution which enables ticket sales, and collates and optimises fan data. T.J …
Vivenu raises $50m in Series B funding
Dusseldorf-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company and ticket platform Vivenu, which offers an application programming interface (API) for venues and promoters, has raised a further $50m (£37/€43.6m) in a Series B investment round. The announcement comes less than 12 months after it raised $15m in a Series A round. The new financing round was led by investment …
Theatre Royal Sydney implements new solutions ahead of grand reopening
Theatre Royal Sydney has implemented a new ticketing solution from TixTrack and a CRM (customer relationship management) partnership with HubSpot, following a major refurbishment and ahead of its reopening on December 2. Trafalgar Entertainment is the new operator of Theatre Royal Sydney, and has chosen to move away from traditional commercial theatre ticketing, turning to …
Former ticket kiosk up for sale in London for over £3m
A former, small West End ticket kiosk on a traffic island near Leicester Square is on sale for £3.3m (€3.9m/$4.4m) plus VAT. The freehold property is a former ticket kiosk, which many Londoners would have used to purchase tickets for theatre shows, and is based on Charing Cross Road. It has a small structure at …
Renowned Dutch concert hall utilises Tix Ticketing solution
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 …
Logitix extends Valero Alamo Bowl partnership
Live event ticketing company Logitix has recently renewed multiple long-term partnerships and reshuffled its management team. A three-year extension has been agreed for Logitix’s partnership with Valero Alamo Bowl, a National Football League (NFL) event due to take place in San Antonio in December. Logitix will work alongside organisers to provide technology and analytics throughout …
Special Olympics World Games seeks ticketing partner
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 is searching for a ticketing partner to roll-out an inclusive ticketing strategy. More than 250,000 people are expected to descend on Berlin to visit the Games in 2023, with the Special Olympics World Games being a mix of free events, ticketed ceremonies …
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 …
DICE heads to Ibiza with multi-year ticketing deal
Music discovery and ticketing platform DICE has agreed a deal with iconic Ibiza venue Circoloco’s DC-10 to become its exclusive ticketing partner. The multi-year deal will mean the platform will digitally ticket all events at DC-10 and marks DICE’s first major signing in Ibiza. DICE has already partnered with Spanish festivals and venues including Primavera …
Scottish nightclub closes dance floor amid drop in revenue
Edinburgh-based nightclub LuLu’s has been forced to close its dance floor and replace it with tables and chairs to by-pass Scotland’s COVID-19 passport scheme. Lulu’s has closed its dance floor as the managing director of the club said the COVID-19 passport scheme has perpetrated a drop in revenue. From October 1, punters have had to …