Brown Paper Tickets Opens Offices in U.K.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Until now it seemed impossible to expect anything to improve in the ticketing industry. Inflated service charges and hefty fees often keep the price of tickets to events in the U.K. unreasonably high. Not to mention dwindling service levels for producers of events.

No more.

Brown Paper Tickets, the largest independent distributor of event ticketing in the United States, recently opened offices in Edinburgh, Scotland, introducing a full-service, low-cost concept to producers of all types and sizes of events and to their ticket customers in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.

“Our mission is no less than to fix the ticketing industry,” said Callum Wellington, Client Service Manager for the company in the United Kingdom and Europe. “We offer a service-rich, cost-effective way for event producers to sell tickets to events of any size. Event producer and ticket buyer alike receive the same high level of attention, regardless of the size of the event, with no ‘mystery’ or unfair charges.

“Our system also significantly reduces costs to consumers and provides far more free services to event organisers and producers than any other ticketing distribution system,” Wellington added.

Founded in 2000 in Seattle, Brown Paper Tickets has enjoyed steady and consistent growth in the U.S. over the past decade. The company offers the advantages of the largest ticketing companies and completely free ticketing services to producers while keeping per ticket service fees to consumers amongst the lowest anywhere. In the U.K. and Europe this means the cost to the consumer of any ticket processed by the firm has a flat fee of 99 pence plus 2.5 per cent of the face amount of the ticket.

Brown Paper Tickets has clients in every state in the U.S.A. and provinces throughout Canada; has ticketed over 50,000 individual events; and counts more than 12,000 unique event producers among its clientele. Wellington said the company has experience ticketing concerts, theatre, film festivals, comedy shows, athletic events, fundraisers, food and wine events, conventions, lectures, classes, dance competitions and more.

“Regardless of the kind of event, public or private, or the size of the event, from a dinner for eight to the largest convention of 100,000, we’ve been successful because we offer ticket sellers and ticket buyers the right blend of service and experience, plus both get a fair deal,” said Wellington.

“It is evident that there has been an unfortunate amount of middleman gouging in the ticket distribution business,” said Wellington. “Our model eliminates that and explains the company’s success over the years in the U.S.

“This is the same model we are extending to ticketing in the U.K. and European markets. It represents a new way of thinking about ticket distribution, one that is in tune with the difficult times that everyone, especially event producers and event goers, face today. This is a ticketing service whose time has come in the U.K. and Europe.”

In addition to a 24-hour call centre staff for ticket purchases and producer tech support, Brown Paper Tickets offers producers the ability to obtain — free of charge — online ticketing service, event consulting, ‘will call’ (box office pick up) ticketing, assigned seating, free ticketing for free events, comp ticket management, media pool ticket distribution, real time sales reports, conference style registration and a host of related services. Moreover, the company does not require ongoing contracts with its clientele as a condition to do business.

The new offices of Brown Paper Tickets/U.K. are located at 4 Miller Row, Edinburgh EH4 3BQ. Event producers interested in obtaining additional information can call the firm’s U.K. office at +44-(0)-800-411-8881 or can go online to BrownPaperTickets.co.uk.

Consumers seeking tickets to upcoming events in the U.K. and Europe can obtain information also by going to brownpapertickets.co.uk or by phoning the Brown Paper Tickets call centre at +44-(0)-800-411-8881.

Contacts: Callum Wellington -and- Lou Cancelmi Brown Paper Tickets U.K. Brown Paper Tickets U.S.A. +44-(0)-800-411-8881 +1-724-816-9119 or Callum@BrownPaperTickets.com +1-724-766-7624 Lou@BrownPaperTickets.com

Source: Brown Paper Tickets

Callum Wellington of Brown Paper Tickets U.K., +44-(0)-800-411-8881, Callum at BrownPaperTickets.com, or Lou Cancelmi of Brown Paper Tickets U.S.A., +1-724-816-9119 or +1-724-766-7624, Lou at BrownPaperTickets.com