Ticketing news anybody? Well, Ticketmaster's Ticketweb division has announced details of new "state of the art" ticketing technology which it is installing at London's KOKO venue.
Music fans who buy tickets to gigs or clubs taking place at KOKO will be encouraged to print off their own tickets at home using the so called TicketFast system. Those tickets will include bar codes which will be checked at the venue using Ticketweb's eEntry system, ensuring only one person enters a show per eticket. Aside from removing the need to mail out tickets for online orders, the new system also offers extra promotional space for the venue, because logistical or promotional information can be given around the bar code on the A4 sheet a user prints out.
Announcing the new system, KOKO Operations Director Larry Seymour told CMU: "The new technology that TicketWeb can provide means we can vastly improve our customers experience by speeding up entry, deterring touts and giving them the convenience to print their tickets at home. When we opened KOKO in 2004 our aim was to create London's premier live entertainment venue and TicketWeb has helped us fulfil that goal".
Sam Arnold, General Manager of TicketWeb UK added: "TicketWeb is proud to work with KOKO in providing its customers with some of the most advanced ticketing solutions available today. We aim to offer our clients an affordable and effective self service ticketing function, and eEntry and TicketFast means that our clients can retain control of their box office systems whilst still benefiting from the latest technology".