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AEG Presents has promoted Simon Jones to the newly created position of senior vice president live music international. Jones will report directly to the chief executives of AEG Presents London, Ste...
Tags: AEG Presents, Promotion, Simon Jones, SVP Live Music InternationalLive Nation UK president and chief operating officer Paul Latham has announced his retirement after more than 30 years in the industry. The executive revealed his retirement in an advert published ...
Tags: Denis Desmond, Live Nation UK, Paul Latham, RetiredNo-fee ticketing marketplace TickPick has appointed ticketing and sports management veteran Tim Miller as head of strategic partnerships and planning. The move will see Miller driving TickPick’s ...
Tags: Dynamic Pricing, Expansion, New Hire, No-Fee, TickPick, Tim MillerLive event tech firm Patron Technology has acquired experiential marketing technology company Thuzi as the firm continues to expand its ticketing and engagement offering. Thuzi’s cloud-based plat...
Tags: Cloud, Consumer Engagement, Live Events, Marketing, Patron technology, Social Media, Technology, ThuziTicketmaster Australia has reportedly refused to close its resale site despite the firm’s UK arm announcing earlier this week it would be shutting up shop. Ticketmaster UK is to close GetMeIn! ...
Tags: Australia, GetMeIn, New Zealand, Resale, Seatwave, Ticketmaster, ToutsThe blockchain-powered mobile ticketing system used during this week’s UEFA Super Cup has been hailed as a success by European football’s governing body. The new secure system was deployed for ...
Tags: Blockchain, Mobile, Safety, Security, Super Cup, UefaEventbrite has appointed Helen Riley, chief financial officer at X, part of Google’s group, to its board of directors. At X, owned by Alphabet, Riley heads up teams that are developing technologi...
Tags: Alphabet, Appointment, Board of Directors, Eventbrite, Google, Helen Riley, XThe GAA has cracked down on touts for the All-Ireland hurling final on Sunday, warning fans that they could be denied access with tickets that have been sold for greater than face value. The game ...
Tags: All-Ireland, Anti-Touting, Croke Park, Face Value, GAA, Hurling, ToutsShooWin says it has created "the largest ticket reservation marketplace ever” after acquiring a series of sporting assets. ShooWin.com now features the College Football Playoff Championship, all ...
Tags: Championships, Collegiate Sports, NFL, Post-Season, Reservations, ShooWin, sportsSporting Kansas City has begun selling its Major League Soccer game tickets through the social media platform Snapchat. The MLS team, in partnership with SeatGeek, has made a limited number of tick...
Tags: MLS, mobile ticketing, SeatGeek, Snapchat, Social Media, Sporting Kansas CityDaniel Gidney, chief executive of Lancashire Cricket, has told TheTicketingBusiness that Ticketmaster’s move to drop its resale sites GetMeIn! and Seatwave is a “fantastic victory for the consumer...
Tags: Consumers, Cricket, GetMeIn, Lancashire Cricket, Resale, Seatwave, Ticketmaster
