Best News n. 25 - Spring 2016 _eng

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TENNESSEE AQUARIUM STARTS OFF 2016 WITH THE BEST OVERVIEW SOLUTION!

The OmniTicket Network project team was on hand in January to support the successful go-live of the Best Overview Solution (BOS) at the Tennessee Aquarium!

The Tennessee Aquarium is now using BOS for comprehensive ticket sales, access control and web sales.

Guests can now purchase tickets at www.tnaqua.org for Chattanooga's top attraction, which includes the most diverse gathering of freshwater animals in the country, as well as the River Gorge Explorer and an IMAX 3D theater. OmniTicket Network, part of the Best Union Group, offers web sales solutions that are completely integrated with their Best Overview Solution (BOS), the ticketing and access control platform selected by the world's most exciting cultural and leisure attractions.

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CROSS BORDER XPRESS (CBX) GOES LIVE WITH THE BOS PLATFORM!

OmniTIcket Network is proud to announce that Cross Border Xpress (CBX) is now live with the BOS platform! CBX is an enclosed 390 foot pedestrian skywalk bridge exclusively for Tijuana Airport passengers who cross the U.S./Mexico border as part of their trip. The site opened with the BOS system with several passengers eagerly waiting to be among the first to utilize this new border crossing.

Users of the bridge will be able to access the more than 30 destinations within Mexico that TIJ offers, many of which are not served by other Southern California airports. TIJ also has direct flights to Shanghai.�

According to the CBX website, “CBX skywalk is the first ever to connect a facility in the U.S. directly into a foreign airport terminal.

Cross Border Xpress serves the approximately 2.4 million passengers who already cross the border as part of their travels, helping them avoid unpredictable, often long delays at congested San Ysidro and Otay Mesa land ports of entry.

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MOVIE ANIMATION PARK STUDIOS (MAPS) ONLINE WITH BEST UNION'S BOS SOLUTION! Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) went live with Best Union's BOS web sales in January! Best Union and its OmniTicket Network branch in Asia are pleased to provide this innovative, interactive online solution for Asia’s first animation theme park, MAPS, located in Ipoh, Perak.

According to the MAPS website, "Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) is set to be the most exciting dream destination for everyone upon its target completion in 2016!

With over 40 attractions in 6 thematic zones, it’s time to plan your dream holiday now" Visit www.mapsperak.com to buy advance tickets today!

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WATER WORLD IN COLORADO TO HOST OMNITICKET NETWORK USER SUMMIT 2016!

OmniTicket Network is happy to announce that the OmniTicket Network User Summit 2016 will be hosted by Water World, the award-winning water park located just outside Denver, Colorado.

The User Summit will take place September 19th -21st, 2016 so be sure to save the date!

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IREC ENTER THE VERY EXCLUSIVE WORLD OF CABARET Soon IREC will installe VISION software in the famous and glamorous cabaret Crazy Horse Saloon in the district of the Champs-Elysees.

Open since 1951, Crazy Horse continues to do dream and impress with these aesthetics shows.

The project comprises the deployment of the ticketing, reservation and access control module, with no less than 10 administrative and management posts.

The Crazy Horse was persuaded by the quality of the project approach and advanced functionality of booking and placement indoors provided by VISION.

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MUSEUM CAMILLE CLAUDEL OPENING WITH GTS In spring 2016, the first museum in the world dedicated to the famous artist Camille Claudel will be inaugurated in Nogent-sur-Seine.

This museum will display over 60 artworks from the sculptor, which are deposited by the State and national museums such as Orsay.

Camille Claudel museum will deploy GTS V5 software for their ticketing, shop, reservation, access control and online sales.

Once again, IREC is showing its strong position in the market and the ability to cover all the technical and functional needs of museum sites.

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ENTA NOMINATED FOR TICKETING TECHNOLOGY AWARD ENTA Ticketing Solutions have been shortlisted as a finalist at the Ticketing Technology Awards 2016 for their API Integration for London’s West End. The

Ticketing Technology Awards recognise leadership, innovation and achievement and aim to increase the standards and best practice of ticketing, drive awareness and adoption of future ticketing technology and improve the customer experience of ticket-buyers across all sectors.

Shortlisted in the CRM/Data Tool Award category, Nimax Theatres, Delfont Mackintosh Theatres and Really Useful Theatre Group are just some of ENTA clients who have witnessed the advantages of using API integration which enables agents to sell in real time from their seating plans.

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BEST UNION ENTERS US MARKET WITH ENTA TICKETING SOLUTIONS Following the acquisition of the global intellectual property rights (“IPR”) and source code (“Source”) for ENTA Ticketing Solutions (“ ENTA”) in March 2015, Best Union UK Limited today entered in to a multi-year licensing agreement with its US counterpart, Best Union USA, LLC, to sell, implement and support ENTA in the US market.

Furthermore, today’s agreement reflects our on-going commitment; both to our existing, or future, clients as well as the continuous development of the product."

John Gibson, Managing Director, Best Union UK Limited said: “With existing clients in United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Scandinavia, Netherlands and the Middle East, this initiative builds upon Best Union’s strategic vision of ENTA becoming a global product”.

Luca Montebugnoli, Chairman and CEO, Best Union Company S.p.A. said: “As global licensor of ENTA, Best Union has clearly identified new commercial opportunities which our US operations are perfectly placed to capitalise upon.

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BEST UNION ENTERS MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO Following a multi-year licensing agreement to sell, implement and support ENTA Ticketing Solutions (“ENTA”) in the US market, Best Union is pleased to announce its first ENTA client in the US market; the University of New Mexico (“UNM”).

Formerly managed by ENTA USA, LLC, UNM transferred its licensing agreement to Best Union effective as of January 2016.

Capitalizing upon the ENTA managed service platform, Best Union delivers the latest release of ENTA to UNM via its secure collocation facilities in Orlando, Fl. Furthermore, by way of ENTA’s extensive suite of products, and functionality therein, Best Union will continue to deliver seamless service to support comprehensive ticketing for UNM’s wide variety of entertainment and sporting events.

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DAVID BOWIE IS Bologna, MamBo from july 14 to november 13 David BOWIE IS, is the first international retrospective dedicated to the extraordinary career of David Bowie - one of the most pioneering and influential performers of modern times.

The European tour of the exhibition, which today numbers more than 1,500,000 visitors, lands at its final – and unique in Italy stop in Bologna.

Tickets will be available exclusively through Vivaticket by Best Union circuit!

Over 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, photography, set designs, album artwork and rare performance material from the past five decades are brought together from the David Bowie Archive for the very first time.

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The exhibition demonstrates how Bowie's work has both influenced and been influenced by wider movements in art, design, theatre and contemporary culture and focuses on his creative processes, shifting style and collaborative work with diverse designers in the fields of fashion, sound, graphics, theatre and film . The exhibition's multi-media design introduced Sennheiser's advanced sound technology alongside theatrical scene-setting, original animations and video installations to create an immersive journey through the artistic influences that Bowie has cited as formative.

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BOCCIONI 100 Milan, Palazzo Reale Through July 10, 2016 A hundred years after the death of Umberto Boccioni, Milan celebrates the great artist of Futurism, the undisputed protagonist of Italian Avant-garde, with an exhibition at Palazzo Reale.

In the light of unpublished documents that have resurfaced, the exhibition presents many novelties and it relates Boccioni’s artistic path, his esteemed international reputation and his work in Milan.

As the result of an unprecedented collaboration between the Castello Sforzesco, the Museo del Novecento and Palazzo Reale, the exhibition features 280 works, comprising drawings, paintings, sculptures, engravings, period photographs, books, magazines and documents.

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many of his talented contemporaries and an exceptional selection of 60 drawings by Boccioni from the Castello Sforzesco in Milan.

Boccioni himself introduces the visitors to the exhibition, which symbolically opens with his famous Autoritratto (self-portrait) from the Pinacoteca di Brera; displayed in the centre of the first hall the self-portrait on the back of the work is also visible.

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ROBERTO BOLLE AND FRIENDS July 21 and 22, 2016 Teatro la Versiliana - Pietrasanta (Lucca) The gala has become a regular event, and people seem to never run out of enthusiasm for the great dancer étoile.

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Then, the Gala Roberto Bolle and Friends is back, and Roberto Bolle not only performs on stage, but is also the artistic director.

A special event with a program specifically designed for those towns which have always made make a tribute of devotion and affection to the international dance star.

There's still the maximum reserve both on the cast and the programme, curated by Roberto Bolle himself; as usual, the famous étoile from Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and Principal Dancer of the ABT in New York will involve some of the biggest names from the world of dance, to offer the public an evening of dance at its highest level.

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FROM BOLOGNA TO RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Bologna, PalaDozza – June 25/26, 2016 Great basketball is back at the PalaDozza in Get your tickets at Bologna, where the Basketball City Tournament will bring together the Italian, Filipino, Canadian and Chinese basketball teams on June 25 - 26, 2016. These teams are on the path to Turin for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments which will determine the nation that will compete in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

After 16 years the city of Bologna, worldwide known as "Basketball City", will have the chance to host the Italian national team, trained by Ettore Messina for the "RIO 2016 mission.” Messina is currently the assistant coach of the multi-titled NBA team, the San Antonio Spurs and, in Bologna, he led Virtus to 3 League titles, four Italian Cups, 2 Euroleague cups and 1 Cup Winners Cup. Best Union Company will exclusively manage the ticketing services as well as pre-sales, reception and stewards services.

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FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS Turin, PalaAlpitour – July 4-9, 2016 Italy has been chosen as one of three nations which will host the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, and the “Azzurri” (the Italian athletes) will play in Turin which will once again host a worldwide sporting event some 10 years after the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games.

Don’t miss the national teams from Croatia, Greece, Iran, Mexico and Tunisia battle it out on the courts at PalaAlpitour from July 4-9 for a place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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