Android app now available for Edgbaston
Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham has become the fi rst UK cricket venue to cre- ate an app for Android platforms. Designed and built by Cricket World Media, the app provides a mobile plat- form to purchase tickets for England’s three international fi xtures being staged at Edgbaston over the 2012 summer. It also keeps cricket fans up to date with the latest domestic and inter- national cricket news and includes video interviews from Warwickshire County Cricket Club players, including current England star Ian Bell.
James McLaughlin commer- cial director at Edgbaston said:
"We've made the ticketing proc- ess even easier but also are keen to ensure that fans get the latest Warwickshire and
England news wherever they may be.” The app will also be rolled out to Blackberry and Windows Phone and fol- lows the launch to iPhone users last year.
Open Frontiers save zoos time
Twycross Zoo, Aspinall Foundation zoos and Bewilderwood have installed Open Frontiers’s latest point of sale product TimePOS. Open Frontier managing direc- tor, Oliver Wigdahl, said the TimePOS web-enabled sales system has already started slashing ticket queuing times. “Getting visitors into the park quickly
Clarity developing its kiosks software
Clarity’s ticketing software solution, part of the ClarityLive POS software suite for leisure environments, is adding to its kiosk features. This year, Clarity will be rolling out soft- ware updates for kiosks as part of its plan to enable kiosks to do more than just collect tickets. The update will mean kiosks can issue tickets, accept payments and rebook activities in one place. Kevin Anson, Clarity divisional
director, said, “Clarity kiosks deliver an attractive, versatile and easy to use customer interface."
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and effi ciently without queuing is para- mount," said Wigdahl. "The guests want to enjoy the fullest day possible and the operators want to have maximum oppor- tunity to harvest secondary spend. Add to this the absolute necessity of capturing personal customer data for membership, affi liation, gift aid, or marketing purposes, and the need for speed at the point-of- sale has never been greater.”
OmniTicket releases new app
OmniTicket will be releasing an iPhone visit-planner application this summer. The app will provide a wide variety of options including mobile ticket sales. The app was part of a seminar about online ticketing solutions and social media at OmniTicket's Best Overview System (BOS) summit in May. BOS is a solution that allows attractions to design their own POS experience.
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