Americans buy Dutch ticket seller

amsterdam - The Dutch ticketing company Ticketscript in the hands of his American rival Eventbrite. This creates the third largest online seller of tickets to events in Europe. That did mention the two companies announced on Tuesday, with no financial details.

The apps of Eventbrite and Ticketscript offer event organizers a platform to sell in-house ticket. That ranges from sale of workshops with fifteen participants to multi-day music festivals where 100 000 people are coming, says director Julia Hartz of the US company.

Together Eventbrite and Ticketscript were last year accounted for 35 million tickets sold for nearly a million events. Representing a total value of over 500 million euros. How much the two companies there myself to about loved, they keep for themselves.

The US company is the acquisition intended to strengthen its position in Europe. The region accounted for about 15 percent of the more than 150 million tickets worldwide, the company last year to the man brought. It is intended that this proportion will double in the coming years.

The Ticketscript expertise comes in handy, says Hartz. 'We know each other for a while, because we both started about ten years ago.' Especially the experience and contacts of the Dutch company in the music industry are a welcome addition to Eventbrite.

Eventbrite has 550 people worldwide. At Ticketscript are about a hundred people on the payroll. The activities complement each other well according to Hartz. Job losses, the merger will not also. 'This acquisition is all about accelerating growth, not efficiency.'