Ticketscript and HMV form partnership for UK and Ireland events market
Ticketscript and the HMV Group have today announced that they have formed a partnership to service the UK and Ireland events market.
Ticketscript will now sell tickets through HMV’s 250 plus retail stores in the UK and Ireland, with tickets purchased through HMV’s retail stores carrying a unique barcode which can be scanned by Ticketscript’s entrance management system.
Frans Jonker, CEO of Ticketscript, said: “Our partnership with HMV provides our UK and Ireland customers with retail outlets to sell tickets, complementing their existing website, mobile and Facebook ticketshops. With the addition of HMV’s retail stores our customers now have access to a sales network of over 1,100 physical sales outlets throughout Europe.”
Jon Lee, ticket manager of hmvtickets, said: “As a result of our partnership with ticketscript, HMV customers will now have access to a plethora of new events located throughout the UK, complimenting our already existing ticket offer.
“This is an exciting opportunity that will benefit our customers as well as ticketscript's clients, who will now be able to take advantage from increased event profile and exposure via our 250+ store portfolio, as well as the excellent high street promotion and marketing opportunities we are able to provide.”