REPEATSEAT TEAMS UP WITH MOBIQA TO OFFER MOBILE TICKETING THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA
RepeatSeat, Inc., a leading global entertainment services company offering private label
ticketing in the United States, Canada and Europe through its innovative Ticket Relationship
Management (TRM™) solution, has partnered with Mobiqa Ltd., the innovative world leader in
barcode digital cell phone technology to form a strategic alliance that will offer mobile
ticketing capabilities to the North American market. The new partnership, which provides
RepeatSeat with Mobiqa’s revolutionary technology exclusively throughout North America,
will enable customers to receive tickets for movie theatres or live events directly to their
cellular phones, eliminating the need to print, collect or process traditional paper tickets.
This multi-year contract gives RepeatSeat North American exclusive rights to use Mobiqa’s
mobi-ticket™ cell phone products. This means customers can purchase tickets online and then
choose to receive a barcode to their cellular phone rather than using print-at-home technology
or exchanging a voucher for a paper ticket at the venue’s box office. Instead, the customer
simply enters by having their cellular phone scanned by a standard barcode reader that confirms
the validity of their ‘ticket.’ This efficient and user-friendly ticketing solution means
customers with digital cellular phones do not need to stand in line or worry about forgetting
their tickets at home.
“Until now, there was nothing like this available in North America,” said George Davidson,
President and CEO, RepeatSeat Inc. “Mobiqa has positioned themselves as the leader in intelligent
mobile technologies in Europe, South Africa and Australia, and together, our North American
partnership will provide tremendous benefits to our venue customers and their clients. Venues
will benefit from our complimentary technologies and consumers will be able to experience this
unique and extremely convenient ticket buying process. This highly sought after technology
continues to keep RepeatSeat at the forefront of innovative ticketing solutions.
We are very pleased that after looking at various ticketing providers,
Mobiqa chose to partner with RepeatSeat.”
This mobile ticketing service benefits both the customer and the venue. To the consumer,
the major benefit is the convenience. The benefit to the venue is reduced line-ups and the
removal of operational costs associated with handling paper. As well, it provides venues the
ability to communicate immediately, directly and interactively with the customer via their
cellular phone, while collecting valuable demographic and marketing information. Mobi-tickets
also represent a huge advance in ticketing efficiency and versatility. Additional benefits i
nclude:
Increased Sales - Tickets can be sold right up to the last minute.
Instant Delivery - The tickets are delivered immediately.
Reduce Distribution and Operational Costs - Cheaper than printing and posting a paper ticket.
Tracking - Organizers can track attendance at an event automatically.
Consumer Convenience - No need to queue at the box office or a kiosk to collect paper tickets.
Insured Ticket - No need for panic if the consumer accidentally deletes their mobi-ticket as they can be cancelled and re-issued effortlessly.
Versatility -The mobi-ticket can also be a promotional coupon, reward card or any function currently performed by conventional barcodes.
“Mobiqa and RepeatSeat share similar visions, so it was a natural fit to combine our technologies
and together be the first to bring this offering to the North American market,”
said Richard Philips, Director, Mobiqa. “We were approached by numerous ticketing companies
wanting to partner with us, but in RepeatSeat we saw an ambitious and progressive business
with an innovative and technical approach. Our shared vision will enable us to provide this
revolutionary approach to the ticketing industry throughout North America. This is clearly a
win for us, a win for RepeatSeat and most importantly a win for progressive and innovative
venues and their clients.”
About RepeatSeat Inc.
RepeatSeat Inc. is a leading global entertainment services company, offering private label
ticketing in the United States, Canada and Europe. The Company promotes its clients’ brand
instead of its own. RepeatSeat’s innovative Ticket Relationship Management (TRM™) solutions
provide turn-key point-of-sale, Internet and wireless applications to movie theatres as well
as performing arts venues, sports venues, cruise ships, tourist attractions and
conferences/trade shows. All solutions feature full end-user data capture and management,
and one of the most comprehensive targeted permission e-mail programs available in the
marketplace today. For more information on RepeatSeat, visit www.repeatseat.com.
About Mobiqa
Headquartered in Edinburgh UK, Mobiqa provides cell phone barcode solutions for ticketing,
retail coupons, logistics/proof of delivery and access control. Mobiqa has developed an
advanced wireless messaging platform which supports the generation and delivery of
complex data types such as barcodes as picture messages using the standard SMS and EMS
messaging services. MMS message support will also be launched shortly.
For more information on Mobiqa, visit www.mobiqa.com.
For additional information, please contact:
Shauna MacDonald
GPC International for RepeatSeat Inc.
(403) 266-4710 ext. 233
shauna.macdonald@gpcinternational.com
