One-stop ticketing caters to all needs
TO SERVE increasing local demand ranging from small events to international meetings, incentive visits, conventions and exhibitions (MICE), a new start-up called One Place Events is providing a one-stop ticketing service with the emphasis on flexible e-payments.
Chief executive officer Eliot Delunas told The Nation that nowadays many events, exhibitions, concerts, special dining and nightlife experiences, and business connections organised both by small and medium-sized enterprises and niche event organisers were off the radar of mainstream ticketing services. This creates a huge opportunity for his business.
Over the past three years, the company’s website has evolved| from a simple event timeline into a ticketing platform for people in Thailand, including expatriates and foreign tourists, to|help them find and participate in events based in Bangkok.
Despite the economic slowdown, SME event organisers have continued to stage events, Delunas said.
“Since the site [went] live, we have hosted almost 10,000 events. We also managed to achieve a high amount of traffic by offering useful content,” he said.
The company is concentrating more on its ticketing tools in order to allow its target clients to access sales channels and run their businesses more efficiently.
One Place Events hopes for sales to be in the tens of thousands by year-end even though its current target is a bit under that figure right now.
He said mobile technology was the future in the digital era, and flexibility for online or cashless payments was also crucial for a ticketing service.
“Currently, we are in talks with several online payment service providers such as Line Pay to [help] our clients and customers make a purchase easily.”
With the healthy surge of MICE business in the country, the company’s One Place Bangkok online guide aims to penetrate this business segment as Thailand is renowned as one of Asia’s MICE hubs.
