This month ’ s catch up …
UEFA appoints ticketing management provider
UEFA has announced SecuTix , the global SaaS ticketing and audience management solution provider , as its ticketing software licence provider for 2018-2021 .
UEFA will handle all ticketing and hospitality sales for the most prestigious events in the world of European football through the SecuTix system .
The agreement will see SecuTix provide ticketing software for the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament , the UEFA
Champions League finals , the UEFA Europa League finals , the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Nations League finals in 2019 and 2021 .
The new multi-country tournament for Euro 2020 will see the SecuTix software significantly enhanced to support the complexities of the tournament .
With 24 teams and 51 matches taking place in 12 venues across Europe , located in five different time zones , and with over 3m tickets expected to be sold .
Pride reappoints innovision
Pride in London has announced the appointment of innovision as its new production partner for 2018 .
The new partnership follows confirmation from the Mayor of London that Pride in London has been reappointed to organise The Parade for a further five years .
Together with innovision , Pride in London will begin developing the 2018 event for the LGBT + community in London .
Pride in London selected innovision for its experience with other major London events including the Athletes Parade after the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 and 2016 and Queen ’ s Diamond Jubilee . innovision stood out for its commitment to diversity and inclusion , both within their workplace and supply chain . This is demonstrated by the company ’ s own event , Parallel London , a sports festival focussed on accessibility .
Siobhan Linard , operations director of Pride in London , said : “ Underbelly , our production partner for the past four years , have been pivotal in helping us grow Pride into the event it is today . Underbelly are moving to focus more on their own-brand productions , and we wish them well with their exciting future . We are now looking forward to developing The Parade further with our exciting new partner , innovision .”
Mona Mohtadi , operations director at innovision , said : “ We are particularly excited to be working with the Pride in London team . This is not only because diversity and inclusion at the heart of our values at innovision ; but the potential of our combined knowledge and expertise provides a dynamic platform for one of the world ’ s best loved Pride Parades to continue to flourish . The team at innovision is very much looking forward to a highly successful collaboration and sharing our experience of the past 10 years ; where the agency has been at the heart of many of London ’ s most significant major events .”
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