viagogo expands partnership with WWE to cover events in Asia, South America, Au ...
STAMFORD Conn. April 2 2014 – viagogo the world’s largest ticket marketplace has extended its exclusive partnership with WWE (NYSE:WWE) to become the official international ticket marketplace for WWE events in Asia South America Australia and Europe. viagogo now provides a secure platform upon which WWE fans can buy and sell tickets for all WWE live events outside the U.S. and Canada.
“WWE is proud to expand our partnership with viagogo as we continue to further our growth internationally ” said Patrick Talty Senior Vice President Live Events WWE. “The partnership will continue to provide our fans with ticket options no matter where they are in the world what language they speak or what currency they use.”
viagogo’s spokesperson Steve Roest added: “Our mission has always been to give people secure access to the events they love. We are proud that WWE has recognised our international expertise and has chosen to extend our partnership to cover events in Asia South America and Australia. Partnering with a prestigious global entertainment brand such as WWE reinforces our position as the worldwide industry leader and the ticket marketplace with the greatest choice for consumers.”
viagogo partners with nearly a hundred of the biggest names in sport and entertainment around the world to help them control and manage the resale of their tickets. These include more than 30 football clubs across Europe including Bayern Munich Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain major tennis tournaments such as Roland Garros and the Barclays ATP World Tour Final Australian NRL Grand Final winners the Sydney Roosters and several music festivals in Europe and Asia.
About viagogo
viagogo is the world’s largest ticket marketplace with local language websites in nearly 50 countries.
viagogo provides choice convenience and consumer protection so that people can buy and sell tickets for live events all over the world with confidence:
• We connect people looking for tickets with people who have tickets to sell
• Our marketplace has the best selection of tickets to the widest range of events even if they’re sold out at the box office
• We guarantee that buyers will get the tickets they paid for in time for the event or we will provide replacement tickets (or in the rare cases where that’s not possible a full refund)
• Our strict security controls such as only paying the seller after the buyer has attended the event protect our customers from fraud
• All tickets are delivered by a secure method either electronically by courier or at one of our pick-up points
• We provide customer support in 6 languages 12 hours a day 7 days a week
A hundred of the world’s leading sports and entertainment properties partner with viagogo to help them control and manage the resale market for their tickets.
We work with more than 30 football clubs in the UK Germany France Italy Spain Portugal the Netherlands and Australia including some of the biggest names in the English Premier League (e.g. Chelsea FC and Manchester City FC) the German Bundesliga (e.g. Bayern Munich) Paris Saint-Germain in France and AFL clubs Collingwood and Richmond in Australia.
In rugby we are the official secondary ticketing partner for Scottish Rugby and sponsor of the 2013 viagogo Autumn Tests at Murrayfield. In Australia we are partnered with NFL 2013 Grand Final winners the Sydney Roosters.
In tennis we have official partnerships with the Roland-Garros French Open the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals and the BNP Paribas Masters.
In entertainment we are the official ticket marketplace of several music festivals in Europe and Asia (e.g. the Isle of Wight Benicassim and Sunburn Goa) the Boyzone BZ20 Anniversary Tour and Madonna’s most recent European tours.
To learn more about viagogo please visit: http://www.viagogo.co.uk/about
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About WWE
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