RASV appoints Zoonga Australia as the Official Ticketing Partner for the Royal Melbourne Show

Media Release

July 19, 2018

RASV appoints Zoonga Australia as the Official Ticketing Partner for the Royal Melbourne Show
Fastest-growing global ticketing giant to bring its technology and operational
expertise to one of Australia’s largest annual events.

The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) proudly announced today that Zoonga Australia, as part of the global Kyazoonga brand, will manage ticketing sales for the Royal Melbourne Show from 2018, as the “Official Ticketing Partner” for the next five years.

Speaking of the appointment, Mr. Brad Jenkins, General Manager Marketing and Business Development, RASV said: “The Royal Melbourne Show is Victoria’s largest annual community event and we are committed to continually enhancing customer experience and value. We believe Zoonga’s innovative world-class ticketing services and experience in ticketing major events around the world will add great value to our event operations and importantly provide a great experience to Royal Melbourne Show visitors when they purchase tickets online or at the event”.

Claire Connolly, General Manager, Zoonga Australia, said: “We are truly excited about entering the Australian market through our partnership with RASV and further expanding our mission of “Tickets made simple for everyone, everywhere”. The Royal Melbourne Show is an iconic Australian event and we are proud to have been appointed the Official Ticketing Partner. We will work closely with RASV to do what we do best – providing customers, with seamless access to tickets through our user-friendly online service and innovative technology. We empower our clients and our customers with the ability to choose how, when, where and what they want to purchase. Ticketing is not just about selling a ticket to the customer, it’s about offering and providing a superior customer experience.”

The online ticketing site has several innovative and customer-friendly features that users will discover as the tickets are on sale. The 2018 Royal Melbourne Show, will be held between Saturday 22 September and Tuesday 2 October at Melbourne Showgrounds with tickets available from royalshow.com.au and zoonga.com.au later this year.

Zoonga will also offer exceptional ticketing opportunities to event organisers that hold events and festivals at Melbourne Showgrounds.

Further Information please contact:

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
Brad Jenkins
General Manager, Marketing & Business Development
[email protected]
+61 3 9281 7455

ZOONGA AUSTRALIA
Claire Connolly
General Manager
[email protected]
+61 417 273 136

About the Royal Melbourne Show:

The Royal Melbourne Show is Victoria’s largest and most iconic annual community event and plays an important role in promoting and celebrating agriculture. Conducted annually by RASV, the Royal Melbourne Show is held over 11 days in September and attracts around 450,000 visitors to Melbourne Showgrounds each year, providing significant economic and social benefits to the state.

The Royal Melbourne Show is an integral platform to showcase agriculture and provides a valuable opportunity for food and fibre producers to connect with consumers. From an expansive representation of animals to award winning food and beverages, the Royal Melbourne Show offers a variety of unique and memorable agricultural and rural experiences that are entertaining, engaging and educational.
Showcasing Agriculture
About Zoonga (f/k/a Kyazoonga):

Launched in early 2007 as India’s first and largest entertainment and sports ticketing company, Zoonga has rapidly grown into a global ticketing company with its proprietary technology platform that has sold millions of tickets worldwide. It has democratized access to a third of the world’s population while delivering seamless ticketing services to some of the largest international events and venues including major concerts, sports, festivals, and ICC and FIFA World Cups while making the shortlists of the Olympics and Commonwealth Games bid processes. The company offers consumers easy access to all forms of ticketed entertainment and sports with multiple payment options through its online, mobile, social, retail and box-office distribution channels. Zoonga is committed to its mission of making tickets simple for everyone, everywhere, using cutting-edge technology and seamless operations to enhance the purchase experience and to democratize access for consumers to world-class events.

Kyazoonga is backed by an USD18 billion New York based hedge fund that has multiple investments in cutting edge digital and ecommerce companies, and has a strategic investment from Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group, the USD110 billion global conglomerate.