Ticketek secures category wins at TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2022

Ticketek has been named Ticketing Business of the Year and its Ticketek Ovation data partnership with Cricket Australia data partnership wining the Insights & Analytics Award at the 2022 TheTicketingBusiness Awards announced this week in the United Kingdom.

Australian businesses figured significantly at the Award with Ticketek Ovation’s data partnership with Cricket Australia also shortlisted for the Innovation Award, Audience Republic shortlisted for the Insights & Analytics Award, Moshtix Senior Client Manager Catherine Cuff shortlisted for the Unsung Hero Award for her work at Bluesfest 2022 and Ticketek Managing Director Cameron Hoy, shortlisted for the Executive of the Year Award.

TheTicketingBusiness Awards (previously the Ticketing Technology Awards) are the only awards to recognise a whole spectrum of achievements from across the global entertainment ticketing industry.

2022 Winners and Shortlisted Nominees:

Campaign of the Year Award
Winner: Ticketmaster, NFT NFL Drop
Shortlisted nominees:
TodayTix Group London Theatre Week
The FA Women’s Euro 2022
Just Ask by Attitude is Everything/Independent Venue Week
Eventix - Build Your Crowd
‘This is Real Impact’ promotion by Rugby League World Cup 2021
 
Impact Award
Winner: Tickets for Good - Free NHS tickets
Shortlisted nominees:
Ticketek/TEG/Ovation - Ticketek Ovation’s data partnership with Cricket Australia
Ticketpass - Ethical Ticketing
tripXOXO at Dubai Expo 2020
Afterparty NFT Art and Music Festival
A Greener Festival - Scott Graham
 
Disruptor Award
Winner: Theatre Oberhausen - Integrated Streaming Strategy for Performing Arts
Shortlisted nominees:
Fanbase - Fanbase product 2.0
Flicket - Scale Up
Sound Travel Group
VERB
 
Guest Experience Award
Winner: Savannah Bananas
Shortlisted nominees:
In-Site Technology Solutions - Guest Management System for the UAE Pavilion at Dubai Expo
FC Barcelona Femeni (Women)
KOKO and Luno
Stagedoor App
TicketsForGood
 
Product Innovation Award
Winner: Tixel
Shortlisted nominees:
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Player App
Ticketek UK
SAP, Coldplay green app
VfL Wolfsburg - VFL Connect App
TrueTickets - Digital ticketing integration with Tessitura
 
Insights & Analytics Award
Winner: Cricket Australia & Ticketek Ovation data partnership
Shortlisted nominees:
Audience Republic, Australia
Future Ticketing and League of Ireland
Elevate Sports Ventures Partnership with Recentive Analytics
AS Roma and Premoneo
Project Admission and Major League Baseball
 
Unsung Hero Award
Winner: Georgia Royes, Senior Manager of Spectator Services and Ticketing, LOC Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023
Shortlisted nominees:
Kristoffer Killerup Kaae, Client Service Assistant, Billetlugen / Eventim Scandinavia
Mikkel Bjerre, Ticketing Manager, FC Kobenhavn
Catherine Cuff, Senior Client Manager, Moshtix - Bluesfest 2022
Patrick Doherty, Director of Ticketing, SAP Center/San Jose Sharks
Dan Wozney, Ken Hahn, Eve Roycraft, Laura Durenburger-Grunow, Ticketing configuration team, Northrop at the University of Minnesota
 
Executive of the Year Award
Winner: Stan Chia, Chief Executive, Vivid Seats
Shortlisted nominees:
Alexandre Martin, Chief Executive & Co-Founder, Smeetz
Cameron Hoy, Managing Director, Ticketek
Jack Groetzinger, Chief Executive & Co-Founder, SeatGeek
Klaus-Peter Schulenberg, Founder & Chief Executive, CTS Eventim
 
Theticketingbusiness of the Year Award
Winner: Ticketek
Shortlisted nominees:
Tiketblok
Vivid Seats
SeatGeek
Secutix
Tix Ticketing
 
Outstanding Achievement Award
Winner: Jack Rubin, Co-Founder & Former Chief Executive, Tessitura

Judges
Hundreds of nominations were whittled down to create the shortlist, judged by an independent panel of industry figures including:

Mark Davyd, Chief Executive, Music Venue Trust
Katy Raines, Chief Executive, Indigo
Martin Austin MBE, Managing Director, Access Card/Nimbus Disability
Manal Smith, Senior Ticketing Manager - The Hundred, ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board
Joseph Lee, General Manager, Hong Kong Ticketing
Phillipa Hicks, Head of Product & Co-Founder, Seat Unique
Daniel Gidney, Chief Executive, Lancashire Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
Kyle Bell, Marketing and Partnerships Director, Rhythm and Vines
Larissa Kisel, Business Development Manager, Eventim UK
Tim Chambers, Managing Director, TJChambers Consultancy
Ian Nuttall, founder, TheTicketingBusiness

Image: Winners at the 2022 TheTicketingBusiness Awards with Ticketek's Cameron Hoy at centre right. Credit: TheTicketingBusiness.