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CTS Eventim AG: Let the good times roll
25.10.2012 / 11:13
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Let the good times roll
After 22 years of computerised printing, CTS EVENTIM launches 'FanTicket'
in band-specific design to revive a lost element of fan culture / Colourful
and emotional collector's items: 400,000 fan tickets for Depeche Mode
Munich, 25. October 2012 - In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, used tickets for
gigs were collected by many a music fan. Memories of great bands and
legendary concerts - Jethro Tull in Frankfurt's Festhalle, the Rolling
Stones in the Olympics Stadium in Munich, or Pink Floyd in Berlin. Tickets
with the tour motif, a hologram, an embossment, or shimmering colours. Now,
22 years after computer-printed tickets were first introduced in Germany,
CTS EVENTIM is turning over a new chapter in ticketing history. For the
first time ever, Europe's leading ticket seller is now producing admission
tickets with a customised band/tour design - FanTickets. At last, fans
buying concert tickets online at eventim.de now get a ticket that also
signifies a unique item of fan culture - tickets for gigs have not been
this colourful, emotional and worthy of collection since the invention of
digital printing. Audiences at the 2013 Depeche Mode Tour will be the first
to enjoy the new tickets bearing a special motif.
New - every ticket unique
FanTickets are made possible by a novel technology engineered by EVENTIM.
The technique, for which a patent is pending, involves digitally combining
individual motif and ticket data in real time and applying them directly to
the tamper-proof EVENTIM ticket blank using a special high-performance
printer. Printing, packaging and dispatch are centralised and fully
automatic, and the concert-goer receives a unique, personalised ticket.
Standard tickets will continue to be sold by all CTS box offices.
The European market leader, the first company worldwide to introduce
interactive seat selection in Germany back in 2004, is demonstrating its
technological leadership once again with its innovative FanTickets. For the
CEO of CTS EVENTIM AG, Klaus-Peter Schulenberg, the ticket-with-a-motif
recaptures real event culture and brings back to mind the 'good old days'
of live entertainment. 'This makes tickets emotional again, at long last. A
beautiful ticket makes you look forward even more, and the concert much
more memorable. By launching this edition, we are proving once again the
innovational force behind EVENTIM, and our closeness to millions of music
fans in Germany and Europe'.
FanTicket première: the 2013 Depeche Mode Tour
EVENTIM is the only authorised seller of original Depeche Mode tickets in
Germany. They have been exclusively available on the online eventim.de
platform since 23 October - before the advance booking officially starts on
26 October 2012. Germany will form the heart of the tour, with seven
stadium gigs in June and July 2013. With immediate effect, EVENTIM will
also be offering FanTickets for other major events.
For further information contact:
Engel & Zimmermann AG, Business Communication Agency
Hermann Zimmermann, Dr. Alexander Baer Tel. +49 89 8935-633
info@engel-zimmermann.de
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Language: English
Company: CTS Eventim AG
Dingolfinger Str. 6
81673 München
Germany
Phone: 0421/ 3666-233
Fax: 0421/ 3666-290
E-mail: claudia.aderhold@eventim.de
Internet: www.eventim.de
ISIN: DE0005470306
WKN: 547030
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover,
München, Stuttgart
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