Forum Updates
- See you in December! New dates for #TBF20
Time has flown since the original April and June dates for TheStadiumBusiness Summit and TheTicketingBusiness Forum. We thought six months would be sufficient time… but we need a little longer. As our news channel is reporting, the sports stadium sector is reopening but other ticketing sectors remain stifled. It’s going to be long, uphill ...2 months ago - The Forum at LCCC post Lockdown
While the majority of UK venues have been closed over the last few months due to COVID-19, Lancashire County Cricket Club have been demonstrating how to successfully host (international) matches behind closed doors during lockdown. The England and West Indies cricket teams have been staying in the LCCC bubble – ...2 months ago - Announcement: New dates – 29-30 September
Given the Coronavirus impacts – and the likelihood of further ’social distancing’ measures across all key markets – we are announcing today that TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2020 has been rescheduled to 29-30 September (at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester). Our industry is in turmoil. Never before have so many events been cancelled. So many ...6 months ago - Guest Speaker: Pay after! A digital risk reversal model
We’re mixing it all up for this year’s Forum. The layout has changed. The stages have changed. The networking space has changed. And now we’re revolutionising the content… We welcome writer, actor and coder Kahlil Ashanti as a guest speaker. Kahlil Ashanti is the Founder and CEO of weshowup.io, the ...7 months ago - Keynote: Kung fu and the art of selling – by Jim McCarthy
The headline acts just keep coming for this year’s Forum. We’ve been waiting a few years to get this one – and finally the diaries have aligned. Honoured to welcome the ticketing legend that is Jim McCarthy, Co-Founder & CEO, Goldstar to keynote in Manchester. Goldstar sells millions of live ...7 months ago - Keynote Preview: When your ticket-buyers are THE show
The line between the stage and the stalls is blurred. Audiences want increasingly immersive experiences… none more so than in the world of fan-dom! We welcome Michael Armstrong, VP New York Comic Con to keynote #TBF20. Join us in Manchester on 9-10 June as Michael explores how audience engagement is ...7 months ago - Announcing the 2020 judges
We are delighted to announce the judges for TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2020. Our thanks to the following: Simon Vickers, Director – Sales & Ticketing, Disney Theatrical Group, UK Michael Armstrong, Vice President, New York Comic Con – Reed POP, USA Jules Arnott, Chief Commercial Officer, LW Theatres (formerly Really Useful Theatres), ...8 months ago - Awards: 2020 Nominations are open!
It’s that time of year again, where we call on you – our network of industry experts – to help us recognise achievement, innovation and leadership in the world of ticketing. TheTicketingBusiness Awards are the only awards to recognise a whole spectrum of achievements from across the global ticketing ...8 months ago - New Formula: Programme Preview released
Time for a makeover? Yes indeed… Drawing a crowd of over 600 delegates from 40+ countries, the Forum is now the world’s leading ticketing business meeting. But for our eighth annual edition, we’re giving the live entertainment ticketing sector’s #1 meeting a major makeover. A new format and floorplan will ...9 months ago - Be Our Guests! Our first 15 VIP organisations
Our Hot Tickets Programme allocates guest invites to leading organisations which are evaluating upgrades to their ticketing, CRM and/or digital marketing platforms over the next 18-24 months – and therefore will be ‘shopping around’ at the Forum. We’ve set aside 100 guest passes for this programme in 2020. And, the ...11 months ago - New Dates: Moving with the times!
In 2020, the Forum is moving from its established April dates to 9-10 June. Why? We’ve had a unbroken record of seven years of continuous growth. To sustain this growth for TheTicketingBusiness Forum we’ve been analysing attendance data – and also feedback from those who have been unable to attend ...1 year ago - VIDEO: Implementing a Smart Pricing Strategy
A couple of months back we previewed a panel session on Smart Pricing, taking the theory and exploring the case studies behind it. Jump forward to TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2019 and our friends at Smart Pricer had a packed room for their session on the real challenges, solutions, and to-do lists ...1 year ago - Festival trends and technology
We got into the nitty gritty details about the trends and technology we’re seeing more at festivals! Nick Dodds, managing director for Festivals and Events International (FEI), discussed some of the major trends we’re beginning to see in this vertical and what to expect moving forward. Niche festivals will begin ...1 year ago - What can the Forum do for you?
For the past seven years, TheTicketingBusiness Forum has been connecting the ticketing eco-system together. This year’s event brought together a global gathering of business leaders who are delivering the next generation of entertainment, ticketing, marketing, CRM, and data solutions. Our founder, Ian Nuttall, reminds us that ticketing is no longer ...1 year ago - Ticketing and the Rebirth of Cool
TEG became our Ticketing Business of the Year at our Awards ceremony, and Cameron Hoy, chief operating officer and head of ticketing at the Australia-based firm flew across the world to share his thoughts on the industry. He said: “Ticketing has changed more in the last three years than ...1 year ago - Our League: Innovation to Drive Activation
We got a deep look into the success and insights of how Rugby Football League’s (RFL) new membership platform for spectators, viewers and participants of the sport has gone. Rick Jurkiewicz, the head of ticketing for the RFL, and membership manager Nichola Spencer told us about the layers of the ...1 year ago - Celebrating tradition and innovation in cricket
The Bigger Picture TheTicketingBusiness Forum took place at one of the world’s most famous cricket grounds, Old Trafford, as England and Wales prepare to host the sport’s biggest tournament for the first time in 20 years. And what an exciting moment to engage with one of the top names ...1 year ago - Singh says StubHub puts fans first
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, StubHub’s global president sat down with our founder Ian Nuttall to discuss business, technology, fans and… the future of ticketing. Singh told the crowd of industry experts that, while it seems simple, the fans must always be at “the heart of what we deliver in ticketing.” Nuttall ...1 year ago - England Netball: Rising to the Challenge
The past year has been a whirlwind for England Netball after beating Australia, the world champions, in a tight final at the Commonwealth Games. As the sport continues its rise in popularity in the country, the governing body has made the move to team up with SecuTix. Joanne Sinclair, commercial ...1 year ago - 2019 – A record breaking Forum
TheTicketingBusiness has returned from another successful Forum in Manchester. Thanks to everyone who joined us and made the seventh edition of #TBF so great. We return to Manchester for the 2020 edition of TheTicketingBusiness Forum and look forward to seeing you there again in April (21-22). Here are a few ...1 year ago - Winners of TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2019 announced
The winners of TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2019 were announced on the evening of 9 April 2019 during a private ceremony at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Now in their fourth year, TheTicketingBusiness Awards (previously Ticketing Technology Awards) are the only awards to recognise a whole spectrum of achievements from across the global ...1 year ago - Speaker Preview: Beating bad bots & restoring online fairness to ticketing
Bad bots make the internet a fundamentally unfair place. Nowhere is this more clear than during onsales. Online ticketing organisations have found themselves on the front lines of the battle against bad bots. Consider that one bot operator alone scooped up 1,012 tickets to a concert in 1 minute. Frustrated ...1 year ago - SecuTix: Learn from the experts
England Netball and SecuTix join #TBF19 to share expertise & stories on their pair-up to improve efficiency. The rate of change in women’s sports is one of the most exciting trends in the sports industry right now. For rights holders, brands and the media, this represents a chance to ...1 year ago - Speaker Preview: Digital First with TodayTix
Today’s audiences are becoming increasingly defined by those customers who are digital first. This audience demands and expects a slick, mobile-first shopping experience across their lives – and buying a ticket to a show is no exception. How do we reconcile this growing band of digirati with the ever shrinking ...1 year ago - Speaker Preview: The Role of Digital Ticketing
The Fan, The Venue and The Technology… PTI Consulting Director Mike Bohndiek will join the Forum next month to discuss all things digital ticketing and how it is playing an increasingly central role in fan engagement and a key part of enhancing the entire event experience. The question is, ...1 year ago
