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DGAP-News: PRESS RELEASE: CTS EVENTIM Awarded Ticketing Contract for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
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PRESS RELEASE: CTS EVENTIM Awarded Ticketing Contract for the 2017
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
07.05.2014 / 10:07
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PRESS RELEASE
CTS EVENTIM Awarded Ticketing Contract for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World
Championship
Partners reach a full-service agreement / Experience, technology and
marketing strengths were the decisive factors
Bremen, 7th May 2014. The organising committee of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey
World Championship in Germany and France has opted for CTS EVENTIM as its
official ticketing partner. Europe's market leader will be responsible for
the entire ticketing administration at the summit meeting of the 16 best
ice hockey nations, due to take place in Paris and Cologne in 2017. The
World Championship will be staged at the LANXESS arena (18,500 seats) and
Palais Omnisports Bercy (15,000 seats). The tournament, in which 64 matches
are planned from 5th - 21st May 2017, has a gross capacity of around 1
million spectator seats.
Following the recent success at the Sochi Winter Olympics, this contract
confirms CTS EVENTIM's recognised expertise for major, international
sporting events once more. Franz Reindl, General Secretary and CEO of the
Organising Committee pointed out: "Ticketing is a key factor for success at
the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. With EVENTIM, we have chosen
the right partner to make the tournament a spectator success". Eric Ropert,
Deputy General Secretary and Managing Director of the 'Fédération Française
de Hockey sur Glace' (FFHG) added: "EVENTIM won us over with their powerful
technological tools, combined with considerable marketing expertise and
international experience". And Alexander Ruoff, Chief Operating Officer of
CTS EVENTIM, explained: "We've agreed on a comprehensive full-service
contract with the World Championship Organising Committee and will be
marketing the tickets internationally, involving our EVENTIM companies".
Ticket pre-sales are due to start in autumn 2015.
About CTS EVENTIM
CTS EVENTIM AG, listed in the SDAX index (ISIN DE 0005470306), is Europe's
market leader in ticketing and one of the leading providers of Live
Entertainment. More than 100 million tickets for well over 180,000 events
are sold annually using systems developed and marketed by the EVENTIM
Group. In addition to more than 20,000 stationary outlets throughout
Europe, sales via the Internet and especially via the www.eventim.de and
www.getgo.de portals are gaining increasing importance.
About 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Champship
Under the motto "Ensemble pour 2017" ("Together for 2017") Germany
(Cologne) and France (Paris) have been appointed by the International Ice
Hockey Federation (IIHF) for the first time in history to host the 2017
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship together. The event will take place from
May 05 till May 21 of 2017, featuring 64 games of world class ice hockey,
out of which 34 games incl. the final shall be played in Cologne's Lanxess
arena and 30 games shall be played in Paris, Palais Omnisports Bercy.
For more information:
Engel & Zimmermann AG, Unternehmensberatung für Kommunikation
Prof. Dr. Matthias Michael, Tel. + 49 (0)89 89 35 63 3,
[email protected]
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Language: English
Company: CTS Eventim AG
Dingolfinger Str. 6
81673 München
Germany
Phone: 0421/ 3666-233
Fax: 0421/ 3666-290
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.eventim.de
ISIN: DE0005470306
WKN: 547030
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover,
München, Stuttgart
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