There was a great turnout at this years FNCF (Fédération National des Cinémas Français, the French exhibitors federation) congres and tradeshow held this year in sunny Nice.
On
our stand we were presenting some components of the TixOS point of sale box
office prototype …
… as well as the interface that will allow you to schedule your performances ...
The feedback from the exhibitors
having attended the demos was very positive and in general terms, the tradeshow
itself was a great success. We would like to thank you all for your continued
interest in our company and for having contributed to the success of the show.
The tradeshow was also the
opportunity to confirm that TixOS's unique approach allows it to clearly stand
aside from the other ticketing applications available on the market today. TixOS
low implementation cost makes it by far the most accessible ticketing system
for small and medium exhibitors.
With this in mind we have
developed a special offer for non-computerised cinemas or exhibitors looking
to upgrade their technology and reduce their yearly maintenance bills.
To allow you to optimise your hardware investments, we have put together an entry level hardware package composed of the following quality components:
This pack is available for 4.000 € ex VAT + delivery for all orders received before 31/1/03 and while stocks last. If you are interested in this offer please contact us via our web site in order for us to prepare a detailed proposal.
Customer relationship management (CRM) has until recently been reserved to high value ticketing operations such as travel, theatre and opera. The internet and new communication channels have introduced the concept of electronic CRM or e-CRM with greatly reduced operating and implementation costs. For cinemas, e-CRM channels can cover the multiple facets of customer contact from the cinema's website to loyalty systems, direct marketing through email and SMS, online questionnaires, promotions and special offers.
These relationship channels and more importantly, the precious customer data that they gather, provide a unique opportunity for a cinema to get to know its customers, what they like and what will make them visit the cinema more often. The design of the TixOS architecture and database ensures that these channels can be easily and progressively incorporated as additional services.
Emanuele de Plano, co-founder of TixOS, was a speaker at the MEDIA Salles course for exhibitors held at the European Film College. An article covering the aspects of e-CRM as they apply to cinemas can be found on page 3 of the MEDIA Salles Newsletter which can be found here: http://www.mediasalles.it/crl_v8.htm alternatively, the text of the article can be found here.
Media Billets is a leading supplier of thermal cinema ticket stock and supports for loyalty cards. They were the first company to introduce full coulour visuals on the back of tickets (publicity, film posters, games and draws…) in 1995 for the Gaumont centennial cinema celebrations.
Our priority remains the ongoing reduction of your operational costs and this has lead us to integrate within TixOS a service option for the sourcing and supply of ticket stock. This platform will continously consolidate the ticket requirements of all the cinemas using the service in order to transmit grouped orders for ticket stock to Media Billets - the objective being a supply of high quality ticket stock at the best price.
If you want to add a bit
of coulour to your tickets whilst paying less, please send us by snail
mail, an example of your current ticket stock as well as details on your
yearly requirements and the current quantity of ticket stock you hold.
December 2002 : Availability of the TixOS evaluation platform
January 2003 : Next TixOS Newsletter