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`Gale Group New Prod.Annou.(R)
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`01657804 Supplier Number: 50038434 (THIS IS THE FULLTEXT)
`ElectroTix Offers New Visual Approach to Seliing Tickets On Internet.
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`Business Wire , p 05280356
`May28, 1998
`Language: English Record Type: Fulltext
`Article Type: Article
`Document Type: Newswire; Trade
`Word Count: 331
`Text:
`SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1998--EJectroTix, an innovative OnLine Ticket Sales service
`provider of Great Sites Software Inc., announced today that it is now selling tickets on internet using
`"Visual-Seat-Select" technology.
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`With Visual-Seat-Select, seating chart of the
`venue is displayed with indications of available
`seat locations. Visual indicators are dynamically updated on the
`seating chart to show where seats are available at
`that moment. Customers purchase tickets just by clicking the
`desired' indicator on the seating chart.
`"Other ticket services claim to give you the 'Best Seats• available
`when you buy tickets through them," said company President, Valerie
`Riveiro .. "Visual-Seat-Select changes all that by empowering customers to
`make that choice for themselves. CUstomers love the system's simplicity and
`power."
`"We are excited to add internet ticket sales for our popular
`show -- Orpheus in the Underworld -- at Mountain View Center for the
`Performing Arts this June using ElectroTix's Visual-Seat-Select," said Don
`Krajewski, president of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of San Jose. "It
`dramatically improves the potential for a successful ~how by opening
`another marketing and sales option for community-based groups like our·
`Lyric Theatre."
`ElectroTix has provided convenient access through the internet
`so you can buy tickets from your home or of'fice for the city's DownTown Art
`Series. "Keeping access simple has increased tickets sales for our San Jose
`art groups," said Joe B. Rodriguez community arts development officer of
`City of San Jose, Office of Cultural Affairs.
`Visual-Seat-Select works with both Netscape Communicator and.Microsoft
`Internet Explorer, and is available for a test drive at
`http://www.electrotix.com/demos/demothe.htm
`About ElectroTix
`The ElectroTix OnLine ticketing service is provided by Great
`Sites Software Inc. Visual-Seat-Select, patent pending, is
`t4e most recent innovation on internet from Great Sites Software
`Inc. With real time display of available seat
`locations, Visual-Seat-Select provides a whole new dimension
`to the internet ticket buying experience.
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`CONTACT: Great Sites Software Inc.
`Shailesh Gupta or Valerie Riveiro, 925/942-0200
`shailesh®electrotix.com
`valerie®electrotix.com
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