Six Flags Expands Ticket Distribution to AOL CityGuide
01 Mayo 2006 - 10:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Latest Enhancement to Guest Experience Will Enable Easy Ordering of
Print-at- Home Tickets for Six Flags Parks Across America NEW YORK,
May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Six Flags (NYSE:PKS) announced
today that tickets to Six Flags theme parks across America will be
available through AOL CityGuide, one of the most visited local
entertainment guides on the Web. Now Six Flags guests can easily
visit http://www.aolcityguide.com/ and http://www.aoltickets.com/ ,
type in "Six Flags" in the AOL CityGuide search window, and
purchase Print-at-Home tickets to any Six Flags park in the U.S.
This makes it easier and more convenient than ever for Six Flags
guests to purchase daily park tickets and print them at home, and
gives Six Flags even more touchpoints for reaching their customers.
Guests who purchase and print tickets via AOL CityGuide can go
directly to park admissions gates and avoid ticket purchasing
lines. Through an alliance with Cygnus eTransactions Group, Inc.
(OTC Pink Sheets: CYGT), an Orlando-based ticketing and payment
processing company, tickets will be delivered as Print-at-Home
tickets via Cygnus' proprietary ceTicket(R) technology. "We've made
enhancing every aspect of the guest experience our top priority
this year, and making Six Flags tickets and season passes easily
available via AOL CityGuide is another step in that direction,"
said Steve Brown, Six Flags Vice President for Ticket Strategy and
Sales. "With AOL CityGuide, we're expanding accessibility to our
tickets by offering them on the one of the most visited local
entertainment guides on the Internet." "Six Flags is a regional
theme park company with national recognition and reach, and we're
very pleased to make it easier than ever for Six Flags guests to
purchase park tickets," said Scott Richman, Vice President and
General Manager, AOL CityGuide. "We're proud of our ability to
serve a broad base of clients interested in everything from
concerts to theaters to sporting events, and AOL CityGuide is a
natural destination for Six Flags guests to buy tickets, print and
head off for their fun family day at the park." "Six Flags
represents the largest theme park community in the country, and we
are pleased to work with them to expand the availability of their
tickets through AOL CityGuide," said Ian McMillan, Executive Vice
President of Sales and Marketing for Cygnus. Six Flags, Inc. is the
world's largest regional theme park company. Founded in 1961, Six
Flags is celebrating its 45th Anniversary in 2006. Six Flags, Inc.
is a publicly-traded corporation headquartered in New York City.
AOL CityGuide is a one-stop destination for people who want to know
where to go and what to do in more than 300 cities. AOL CityGuide's
information offerings focus on restaurants, bars, and events, with
detailed information like, directions, editorial recommendations,
and live event tickets to more than 40,000 events at more than
6,000 venues, making it the most comprehensive ticketing resource
online. Formerly known as the Digital City(R) service, AOL
CityGuide is available free on the Web through both
http://www.aolcityguide.com/ and http://www.aol.com/ . DATASOURCE:
Six Flags, Inc. CONTACT: Wendy Goldberg of Six Flags, Inc.,
+1-212-652-9393 Web site: http://www.sixflags.com/
http://www.aoltickets.com/ http://www.aolcityguide.com/
http://www.aol.com/
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