As consumers splurge on experiences while being more conservative in their retail spending, brands are finding that if they want to capture the public’s enthusiasm — and by doing so, their spending power — they may want to get into the live event space. Netflix,...
PayPal has joined forces with Live Nation to become Ticketmaster’s preferred payments partner. “Our goal is to seamlessly connect artists and event organizers with fans wherever they are in the world, and PayPal helps us take that to the next level with a truly global-reaching payments solution,” Ticketmaster President Mark Yovich said...
Facebook is introducing the world to Venue, an app designed to offer at-home users a digital second-screen experience at live events. Instead of livestreaming events directly, Venue was created as a platform that allows various expert hosts – journalists, athletes, social media personalities, etc. – to...
Some 11 million U.S. consumers were scammed into buying fake or nonexistent live concert tickets last year — a trend that puts tremendous pressure on ticket-selling platforms to ensure they only engage with legitimate customers. In the new Digital Fraud Tracker, Ticketmaster’s Chief Information Officer...
April 03, 2023
PayPal has joined forces with Live Nation to become Ticketmaster’s preferred payments partner. “Our goal is to seamlessly connect artists and event organizers with fans wherever they are in the world, and PayPal helps us take that to the next level with a truly global-reaching payments solution,” Ticketmaster President Mark Yovich said in a Monday (April 3) news release. “This partnership gives fans […]
May 29, 2020
Facebook is introducing the world to Venue, an app designed to offer at-home users a digital second-screen experience at live events. Instead of livestreaming events directly, Venue was created as...
April 23, 2018
Airbnb is helping event planners provide lodging ideas for attendees – and is hoping to make some money along the way – with the launch of Airbnb for Events. In...