{"id":2742,"date":"2022-10-19T05:59:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/fifa-launches-ticketing-app-for-world-cup-attendees\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T05:59:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:59:24","slug":"fifa-launches-ticketing-app-for-world-cup-attendees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/fifa-launches-ticketing-app-for-world-cup-attendees\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA launches ticketing app for World Cup attendees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">FIFA has launched a new ticketing application for fans attending the World Cup in Qatar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new app will allow fans to access tickets easily and edit personal information. Arguably the most important aspect is the ability to change guests of ticket-holders through the app.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a press conference earlier this week, FIFA\u2019s World Cup chief operating officer Colin Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/dohanews.co\/fifa-launches-qatar-world-cup-ticketing-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cFor those fans who have bought the tickets, you will receive an email this week with information on how to download the ticketing app and therefore how to access your mobile tickets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans attending the World Cup in Qatar next month will require a Hayya card to enter the country and the tournament\u2019s stadiums, along with a match ticket.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recently, organisers changed the rules surrounding fans without tickets entering Qatar during the World Cup. Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/10\/11\/ticketless-fans-able-to-travel-to-qatar-through-hayya-and-me-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hayya and Me<\/a> scheme, fans with tickets are able to nominate three other travellers to be allowed to enter the country. This means that ticket-holders can attend the World Cup with their friends and family, even if they don\u2019t have a match ticket.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fans will also be able to enjoy live match screenings at FIFA fan festivals.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the same conference, FIFA president Gianni Infantino revealed that almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/10\/18\/world-cup-ticket-sales-near-three-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three million tickets<\/a> had been sold for the World Cup.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A further 30,000 rooms have been made available as Qatar expects 1.2 million visitors during the World Cup.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The World Cup is set to begin on November 20 and will run until December 18.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"tax-cat-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Awards<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Stadiums<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/10\/19\/fifa-launches-ticketing-app-for-world-cup-attendees\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] FIFA has launched a new ticketing application for fans attending the World Cup in Qatar.\u00a0 The new app will allow fans to access tickets easily and edit personal information. Arguably the most important aspect is the ability to change guests of ticket-holders through the app.\u00a0 In a press conference earlier this week, FIFA\u2019s World &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[736,847,3107,191,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fifa","category-fifa-world-cup-qatar","category-hayya","category-sports","category-ticketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}