Pandemic accelerates falling panto ticket sales trend

[ad_1] New research from the Audience Agency has suggested that weaker pantomime ticket sales could have a potentially threatening outcome for theatres in the short and long term.  The report also shows that the longer-term risk of festive sales already slowing down was accelerated by the pandemic.  The Audience Agency monitors sales in more than …

Paris 2024 eyes record-breaking ticket sales for Paralympics

[ad_1] Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet has revealed plans to sell a record-breaking three million tickets for the Paralympic Games in the French capital. The Paris Paralympics are due to take place from August 28 to September 8, 2024 with the Olympics scheduled to run from July 26 to August 11. In an interview with …

Welsh rugby launches ticket exchange platform with Seat Unique

[ad_1] The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and Seat Unique are to launch a new Supporter Exchange platform that seeks to enable safe, secure and guaranteed ticket exchanges between WRU supporters and clubs. The platform, which will go live in time for Wales’s 2022 Six Nations Championship home games, gives ticket holders who are unable to …

AttendStar Gives Back: StormPoint Emergency Response

[ad_1] The AttendStar team is excited to announce that we’ve partnered with a local non-profit organization, StormPoint, to help raise funds for a worthy cause – emergency response. AttendStar will match up to $5,000 in donations through December 31, 2021, visit the StormPoint website to donate now! What is StormPoint? StormPoint is a non-profit organization …

Julian Bird to step down as SOLT and UK Theatre chief executive

[ad_1] Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre has announced that its chief executive Julian Bird is to step down from his role.  Bird will leave in May next year, with SOLT and UK Theatre seeking out a new appointee with the help of a global executive search and leadership advisor.  …

Ticketmaster Australia and Moshtix announce joint partnership with Big Top Sydney

[ad_1] Two Live Nation Entertainment companies, Ticketmaster Australia and Moshtix, are partnering with venue Big Top at Luna Park Sydney.  The Sydney venue will utilise combined technology and marketing from the two ticketing companies, for its reserved seat and general admission ticketing solution.  The Big Top is a popular multi-use entertainment venue, located within Sydney’s …

Rugby Autumn Internationals 2021 – Tixserve Delivers

[ad_1] The Rugby Autumn Internationals 2021 provided Tixserve with the opportunity to scale up  its secure digital ticketing solution, successfully enabling over 430,000 admissions across two of the world’s largest and most iconic rugby venues – Principality Stadium and Twickenham Stadium.  The Irish-Headquartered Tixserve facilitated the digital distribution of match ticketing, hospitality and car park …

People: ASM Global, Eventim Sweden and more…

[ad_1] We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries…  Venue management and entertainment company ASM Global has announced that Jason Oberlander (pictured left) has been made the chief commercial officer.  Oberlander will oversee ASM Global’s plans to expand its partnerships, seek new opportunities in naming rights and marketing at arenas, stadiums, theatres …

Live music and entertainment bodies call on Australian PM for support due to new COVID-19 variant

[ad_1] Australia’s live music and entertainment industry has once more called on the Government and Prime Minister Scott Morrison to deliver a national insurance scheme as the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 threatens the sector’s recovery.  Live music and entertainment bodies from across the industry including AAM, AFA, ALMBC, AMIN, APRA, AMCOS, ARIA, PPCA and …

UK Government’s final Events Research Programme findings published

[ad_1] The UK Government recently published its final reports from the Events Research Programme (ERP) with findings on the spread of COVID-19 at sporting and live music events that took place with restrictions in place and once they were lifted.  The report found that improvements to strategies surrounding air quality and ventilation would help to …