TICKETPRO is a leading provider of ticketing services with active operations in Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, the Slovak Republic and the United-States, serving a majority of the foremost local entertainment facilities and promoters. Thanks to its distribution network comprised of hundreds of various sale points, call centers, and Internet websites, Ticketpro sell millions of tickets every year.
Belarus - As of September 2009, Ticketpro starts its new operation in Belarus. The company is planning to change an existing ticketing market significantly. The main target is to provide the people with the best quality ticket service for all the major events including sport events and concerts. There is also a possibility to buy E-Tickets and M-Tickets on the website www.ticketpro.by. The first ticket was sold on August 18th, 2009. Ticketpro Belarus is the first fully computerized ticketing network in this country.
The first event on sale is a hockey match in Minsk which will take the place on September 14th at Palace of Sports in Minsk. The capacity of the venue for a hockey match is around 3,500 seats. This is the first match of the Continental Hockey League. Best teams from Russia, Belarus and Baltic countries. This match will be played between Dinamo (Minsk) and Salavat Yulaev UFA (Russia).
Bulgaria - Ticketpro Bulgaria was launched in January 2006 with ticket sales of Depeche Mode. The stadium concert was sold out within two weeks, the fastest sell-out in the history of the country for a stadium event. Ticketpro Bulgaria is increasing its activities and continues to innovate: months ago it successfully launched E-Ticket services in the country. With a radical increase of events featuring international touring attractions such as Iron Maiden and Pink, since its accession to the European Union Bulgaria is quickly becoming an integral part of the live entertainment map.
Canada - Ticketpro Canada sold its first ticket in October 2003. They provide services for the most active venues in Montreal and support some of the most prominent event promoters in the Eastern part of Canada. Ticketpro also exclusively provides ticketing services for prestigious events, such as the International Jazz Festival of Montreal. More recently management has been able to expand beyond Quebec by creating operations in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as in the Toronto, Ontario. The Company is also in the process of concluding agreements in the Provinces of Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
Chile - Ticketpro Chile launched its operation during the second week of June 2009 and it is the first Spanish-speaking license and the first in Latin-American of TICKETPRO LTD. INTERNATIONAL.
Chile, country open to the world, very competitive, with the best income per capita of the region, with 70% penetration in Internet and 100% in cell phone telephony, is always eager to install new technologies. Ticketpro Chile objective is to quickly captivate a majority of hyperconected young client’s with high purchasing power, offering them the most modern ticket sale service, for the most various types of events. Ticketro Chile has high expectations of growth for E-Tickets and M-Tickets, and added value services for Organizers and Promoters.
China - Ticketpro Ltd. has been actively researching the Chinese marketplace for last two years. Even though Ticketpro does not yet have a legal presence, Ticketpro China tested the Chinese market with Il Divo and Roger Waters concerts held in Shanghai in the past months. Ticketpro China has also successfully provided its ticketing services being the exclusive distributor of tickets for this event via its website, points of sale and call center for the famous event of Live Earth held in Shanghai July 7, 2007. Ticketpro China is currently negotiating with several TIPs and its future operation in the country is very promising.
Croatia - Ticketpro has been providing services to Croatian promoters throughout its global network since the beginning of 2006 when it provided tickets and access control to the sold out Depeche Mode concert in Zagreb, as well as for other events presented that year in the country. Ticketpro Croatia was founded in 2007. It is nowadays developing its network and finalizing agreements with event organizers both locally and internationally. Aside launching its operation with E-Ticket the company will soon make available M-Tickets to all its clients.
Czech Republic - Ticketpro’s first commercial operation was established in the former Czechoslovakia in 1992 as the first fully computerized ticketing network in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its inception, the company’s management has been able to secure ticketing service agreements with some 180 venues, with leading promoters and the most prestigious events, and sold tickets to shows such as the Rolling Stones, U2, Luciano Pavarotti, Michael Jackson, The International Prague Spring Music Festival and many others. Ticketpro Czech Republic is the leading market player with a dominant market share. During the year 2005 Ticketpro Czech Republic very successfully launched E-Ticke and since February 2007 Ticketpro Czech Republic has the ability to deliver a ticket to a mobile phone via a “text message” bar-code which can be read at the entrance of the venue.
Estonia - Ticketpro Baltics has been officially launched in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on February 19th, 2009 with the first event for which it sold tickets: Madonna to be presented August 4th, 2009, to be held at the Tallinn Songs Festival Grounds. The show was sold out in a record time of just 1 day & with a record ratio of more then 90% of E-tickets.
Greece - Ticketpro Greece launched its operations on March 1st, 2006. Their first event was the Rolling Stones concert presented in Athens’ Olympic Stadium on Sunday, June 25. As no ticketing software has yet been homologated by the Greek authorities, all tickets emitted must be “stamped” by the Greek taxation authorities before being distributed in the marketplace (Ticket House currently being the most successful ticketing network of the country). Ticketpro is confident that Ticketsoft should be homologated by the proper Greek authorities sometime before the end of 2007. While completing the homologation, Ticketpro continues to expand its presence in the marketplace by being the exclusive Internet ticketing service provider of Ticket House inventory. Before the Rolling Stones very small number of ticket inventories of an event was purchased via the Internet. The Stones became the Internet tipping point for Greece. Since then Internet sales have been rapidly growing.
Hungary - Ticketpro Hungary sold its first ticket in December 2003. Since the beginning of its creation, they have been an important provider for all of the most prestigious live entertainment and sporting events presented in the country. Ticketpro Hungary successfully launched the print at home E-Ticket in 2006.
India - Ticketpro India was soft-launched with two sold-out concerts, in Mumbai and in Bangalore, for Bryan Adams in February 2006. The official launch of Ticketpro India was on 17 December 2006 with an open-air performance in Bangalore by Deep Purple. All the tickets for this concert contained a unique bar-code which read at the entrance of the venue – a premiere in India! Ticketpro India continues growing at a very face pace.
Italy - Ticketpro is active in the Italian market thanks to a joint venture with the Italian company Ticketeria, essentially a ticketing network for museums, galleries and exhibitions.
Latvia - Ticketpro Baltics has been officially launched in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on February 19th, 2009 with the first event for which it sold tickets: Madonna to be presented August 4th, 2009, to be held at the Tallinn Songs Festival Grounds. The show was sold out in a record time of just 1 day & with a record ratio of more then 90% of E-tickets.
Lithuania - Ticketpro Baltics has been officially launched in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on February 19th, 2009 with the first event for which it sold tickets: Madonna to be presented August 4th, 2009, to be held at the Tallinn Songs Festival Grounds. The show was sold out in a record time of just 1 day & with a record ratio of more then 90% of E-tickets.
Malaysia - Has become the third Asian country to welcome a Ticketpro operation. Like many other aspects of Malaysian life, its entertainment industry is rapidly growing. Ticketpro Malaysia is dedicated in its endeavor to provide those active in the entertainment field with the ticketing tools they need to become as successful as possible. Launch in June this year, Ticketpro Malaysia has already successfully provided its services to the Proton International Badminton Competition, the International Competition of Firework, several musical events, etc. The list of events it is selling tickets for until the end of the year is growing rapidly on a weekly basis.
Poland - Ticketpro Poland sold its first ticket in March 2004. They shattered all previous ticket sales records of the market in February 2005. The U2 concert, presented later that same year in Slowski stadium welcomed a capacity of 70,000 audience members and was sold out in record time. In July 2005, Ticketpro Poland sold more than 120,000 tickets for the Jean-Michel Jarre concert presented in memoriam of the 25th anniversary of the Solidarnost Political Party funded by Mr. Lech Valesa.
Russia - Ticketpro Russia began its operation in July 2006 by becoming the exclusive supplier of ticketing services for the concert of Madonna performed in Moscow on September 12, 2006. It works as an ad hoc operation for selected events.
Slovak Republic - Ticketpro has been semi-active in the Slovak Republic since 1994. Early in 2007 Ticketpro Slovak Republic launched its website and in October 2007 started the operation of close to 40 POS located through a collaboration with Kenvelo Slovak Republic whereby every Kenvelo stores operated in the Slovak Republic will start to sell tickets and actively promote the events sold by Ticketpro.
United States of America - Ticketpro Canada was the exclusive ticketing service provider for 2,5 years for all of the performances of Cavalia (2004-2006) in America and of “Bodies – The Exhibition” (2005-2008) in New York and many other American cities.
