White label ticketing platform Ticket Tailor and ticket resale marketplace Tixel have announced an integration partnership, that will see the two companies work to offer a full-cycle, safe, ethical, fairly priced ticketing solution for event organisers and attendees. Features of the partnership will include leveraging APIs to validate the authenticity of resale tickets in …
Tixel becomes resale platform for UK festivals through Superstruct partnership
Tixel has become the exclusive resale platform for a number of UK festivals thanks to a partnership with festival group, Superstruct UK. The partnership will cover eight events that are part of Superstruct UK’s portfolio, including Bluedot, Boardmasters, Christmas at Bute Park, Kendal Calling, NASS, Tramlines Festival, Truck Festival and Y Not Festival. Zac Leigh, …
Tixel, Bolster Group report details ticket-buying habits in Australia
Ticket marketplace Tixel and culture marketing agency Bolster Group have released a report detailing the preferences and behaviours of ticket buyers, as well as a look into the state of the music and events market in Australia. The report, called All Options Open – Ticketing State of Play 2022, details responses from more than 1,200 …
TheTicketingBusiness Forum Review: ‘Business as (un)usual’
The opening session of TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2022 highlighted how it is ‘business as (un)usual’ in an industry grappling with the pressures of the pandemic, staffing shortages and a squeeze on spending in many markets. Doing ‘more with less’ was in fact a theme that persisted throughout two days of busy networking at Emirates Old Trafford …
Winners of TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2022 are announced
The winners of TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2022 were announced tonight at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, UK. TheTicketingBusiness Awards (previously the Ticketing Technology Awards) are the only awards to recognise a whole spectrum of achievements from across the global entertainment ticketing industry. The awards ceremony took place during the 10th edition of TheTicketingBusiness Forum in front …
Festivals seek to reduce refund costs through resale partnership renewals
Boardmasters Festival, Bournemouth 7’s and NASS Festival have each renewed their partnerships with ticket resale marketplace Tixel ahead of their 2022 events. Australia-headquartered Tixel, which launched operations in the UK in September 2021, will again provide its services to the events, with partners collaborating on strategies to eliminate illicit activities connected to ticket trading and …
STAR adds host of new members
STAR – the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers – has announced a number of new members that have had applications approved by the STAR Council. The organisation has welcomed Crowd Engage, Immersive Hub, Kaboodle, Royal Albert Hall, Ticketsolve, Ticketswap and Tixel. Crowd Engage is a software development company that works with performing arts venues …