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TicketsWest Selects Paciolan to Provide New Software for Its Ticketing System
| Source: Paciolan
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - June 4, 2007) - TicketsWest, one of the leading ticketing
service providers in the United States, announced today that it has entered
into an agreement with Paciolan, Inc., the leading provider of venue
ticketing software solutions, to provide ticketing application software for
all of its venues and clients. TicketsWest will immediately begin
transitioning its venues and clients to the Paciolan platform.
With this agreement in place, TicketsWest is positioned to strengthen and
grow its business in the short term and long term by taking advantage of
the new functionalities provided by Paciolan's software. TicketsWest
clients will be able to offer their patrons SCANTIX digital ticketing
services through Paciolan's Access Management technology. Integrated with
the TicketsWest core ticketing system, Access Management provides venues
with automated ticket scanning and validation, as well as on-demand
attendance reporting. Consumers will also benefit from the added
convenience of printing tickets at home through the TicketsWest website.
Additionally, TicketsWest clients will be able to use the new functionality
to create email marketing communications which should drive more consumers
to TicketsWest's website for ticket transactions.
"The philosophies of our companies align extraordinarily well," said Jack
Lucas, President of TicketsWest. "Our mission is to provide our customers
market leading technology and solutions backed by great customer service
and Paciolan has the same objective. This made Paciolan the clear choice to
provide our new ticketing system infrastructure."
"TicketsWest is one of the leading ticketing service providers in the
United States. TicketsWest choosing Paciolan for its ticketing software
solution is a significant milestone for Paciolan and further cements
Paciolan's leadership position in the arena and pro sports ticketing
market," said Dave Butler, President and CEO of Paciolan.
TicketsWest
TicketsWest provides event ticket distribution services and offers
ticketing inventory management systems, call center services, and outlet
and electronic channel distribution. TicketsWest and WestCoast
Entertainment, which promotes and presents a variety of entertainment
events, constitute the Entertainment Division of Red Lion Hotels
Corporation (NYSE : RLH ).
Red Lion Hotels Corporation
Red Lion Hotels Corporation (NYSE : RLH ) is a hospitality and leisure
company primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and franchising of
midscale and upscale, full service hotels under its Red Lion® brand. As
of March 31, 2007, the Red Lion hotel network was comprised of 57 hotels
located in eight states and one Canadian province, with 10,001 rooms and
503,529 square feet of meeting space. For more information, please visit
the company's website at www.redlion.com.
About Paciolan
Founded in 1980, Paciolan is a leading ticketing enabler, providing
ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions for top venues
across North America. Paciolan provides a wholly integrated infrastructure
that puts venues in direct control of their customer relationships, brands
and revenue potential. Primary markets include college athletics,
professional sports, performing arts, arenas and museums. Collectively,
Paciolan clients sell over 100 million tickets annually representing
approximately 25% of all live event tickets sold in the US. Paciolan is a
privately held corporation based in Irvine, California.
Visit www.paciolan.com for additional company information.