Thursday, March 28, 2024

Vision One and ShoWare Join accesso Family of Ticketing Solutions

Lake Mary, FL, USA — accesso is pleased to announce its recent acquisition of VisionOne Worldwide Ltd, a leading provider of ticketing solutions for casinos, fairs, sporting events, arenas, theaters, performing arts centers, and tours. VisionOne operates ShoWare, a customizable cloud-based Software-as-a-Service ticket sales and distribution solution used by more than 475 venues and leisure organizations throughout North and South America, and processes more than 19 million tickets annually.

The acquisition brings together two major adjacent markets in the ticketing industry – leisure/attractions and entertainment – and firmly establishes accesso as a leader in that space.

VisionOne offers theaters, sports stadiums and music festivals box office and online ticketing solutions called ShoWare, and was the first ticketing provider to allow venues, promoters and artists the ability to sell tickets through Facebook.

“By developing a platform that improves collaboration between venues, promoters and entertainers, VisionOne has capitalized on a unique opportunity within the live entertainment industry for small and medium sized venues,” said Tom Burnet, accesso CEO. “By offering an affordable self-service ticketing solution backed by 24/7 support, ShoWare is well positioned to continue their rapid growth in an underserved marketplace.”

VisionOne Inc. has been providing a wide variety of e-commerce, consulting and software services to a global roster of clients since 1999. Headquartered in Fresno, Calif., the company boasts more than 66 employees and operates five offices in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil.

“We’re excited to be joining a company as respected and progressive as Accesso,” said Bruno Boehi, VisionOne CEO. “By combining our technology with Accesso’s award-winning solutions and established relationships, we can significantly accelerate our shared vision of leveraging technology to build better connections between venues and consumers around the world.”

Under terms of the deal, VisionOne will retain its Fresno headquarters and Boehi will serve as president of the VisionOne division of accesso. All VisionOne employees will join the accessogroup, growing the organization’s workforce to more than 250 full time, and 1,200 part time employees.

To learn more about ShoWare, please visit www.showare.com.
To learn more about accesso, visit our website, www.accesso.com.

Joe Kleiman
Joe Kleimanhttp://wwww.themedreality.com
Raised in San Diego on theme parks, zoos, and IMAX films, InPark's Senior Correspondent Joe Kleiman would expand his childhood loves into two decades as a projectionist and theater director within the giant screen industry. In addition to his work in commercial and museum operations, Joe has volunteered his time to animal husbandry at leading facilities in California and Texas and has played a leading management role for a number of performing arts companies. Joe previously served as News Editor and has remained a contributing author to InPark Magazine since 2011. HIs writing has also appeared in Sound & Communications, LF Examiner, Jim Hill Media, The Planetarian, Behind the Thrills, and MiceChat His blog, ThemedReality.com takes an unconventional look at the attractions industry. Follow on twitter @ThemesRenewed Joe lives in Sacramento, California with his wife, dog, and a ghost.

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