Former French rugby union player denies World Cup ticketing scandal allegations

Former French rugby union player Sebastien Chabal has denied that he is involved in a ticketing scandal concerning the 2023 Rugby World Cup.  This year’s tournament is set to take place in France between September 8 and October 28, and in the build up, French newspaper Le Parisien has alleged that Chabal secured more than …

CardsPal named official ticketing partner for finance festival

Singapore-based lifestyle app CardsPal has been appointed as the official ticketing partner for Seedly Personal Finance Festival 2023. The partnership follows the launch of e-ticketing from CardsPal in September last year. CardsPal then went on to partner with Glowhard, a Singapore hard dance music festival, in November. While Seedly Finance Festival is a different type …

Ideas and Innovations to introduce new ticketing kiosk platform

Ideas and Innovations (I&I) has revealed a new retail ticketing platform in conjunction with its strategic ticketing partnerships for live events and theatre. I&I is a physical and digital technology marketing company that works alongside retail partners to create, develop and implement retail consumer kiosk programmes.  The ticketing kiosk platform will offer I&I’s retail partners …

Lawmakers demand answers over Taylor Swift Eras tour ticketing

US lawmakers have penned a letter to Live Nation chief executive Michael Rapino to discuss Ticketmaster’s ticketing process for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour.  The House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to Rapino earlier this week to clarify the ticketing process for the tour, and provide details on how the company will make sure consumers will …

PickleJar expands ticketing services and fan experiences

Live entertainment and payments platform PickleJar has launched its ticketing service to include expanded fan experiences inside its app, and on its private live streaming FAST channel, PickleJar+. The platform offers a way for venues, event organisers, promoters and individual artists selling tickets to their live content offerings to be more streamlined. Event organisers will …

Independent theatres fear closure due to dwindling Christmas ticket sales

As many as two in five independent theatres are worried they could close for good as Christmas ticket sales have dropped for smaller venues.  According to research from services platform GoDaddy, theatres with less than 300 seats could lose more than £845m (€979m/$1bn) in ticket sales compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, as three in …

Extra tickets made available for Morocco vs Spain

FIFA has allocated an extra 5,000 tickets for Morocco’s World Cup last 16 match against Spain tomorrow (Tuesday) night.  Morocco’s national team revealed the news on Twitter yesterday, and said: “After great efforts made by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the International Federation of Football (FIFA) has allocated 5,000 tickets for the match that will …

California residents to benefit from Disney ticket deal

Disneyland is offering local California residents a special ticket offer to visit the Anaheim theme parks over the winter and spring seasons.  Disneyland is offering local California residents a special ticket offer to visit the Anaheim theme parks over the winter and spring seasons. There are numerous offers for local residents to visit Disneyland or …

Vivenu opens new tech hub and doubles headcount 

Primary ticketing software provider Vivenu has opened a new tech hub in Darmstadt, Germany, as part of its growth aspirations.  The company has also ramped up its hiring strategy, as a result of high demand for its primary ticketing solution across the US and Europe. Vivenu’s headcount has subsequently doubled over the last year. Vivenu …