Tickets of the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and the Arts (IKSV), which has been enriching Istanbul’s cultural life with the Istanbul Film, Music, Jazz, and Theatre Festivals, the Istanbul Biennial, the Istanbul Design Biennial, the Filmekimi and the Salon IKSV festival will now be sold through the PASSO platform.
IKSV General Manager Görgün Taner said, “We are happy to cooperate with PASSO for ticket sales of IKSV events. We have made this decision because of PASSO’s involvement on user experience in ticket purchasing and their focus on developing innovative applications. We believe that this cooperation will both speed up and facilitate the processes of purchasing tickets and participation in the event for art lovers following our events. We hope our cooperation to continue for many years to come.”
PASSO General Manager Ceyhun Kazancı emphasized the pride of co-operating with an institute such as the IKSV, which has steer the Istanbul’s arts and culture life for nearly half a century: “Being the only ticket sales platform for all events of IKSV which provides constant and permanent interaction between culture and the arts in the universe and Turkey until the end of 2024 is an important step in terms of strengthening Passo's knowledge and experience in the ticketing world. We believe that our joint effort, which began in this year in 2021, will not be limited to 4 years; but will be a productive long-term partnership. We are working hard to provide IKSV, our business partners and art lovers the best experience with our fully domestic ticketing platform. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to IKSV for their valuable cooperation and trust in us.”
What will the cooperation between IKSV and PASSO bring?
PASSO will offer digital ticketing options such as QR barcodes and PDF tickets, as well as paper tickets free of charge to consumers. PASSO will also completely renew IKSV's Lale Card membership and loyalty card infrastructure and provide additional improvements thanks to this effort. In this process, PASSO will also offer art lovers innovations such as ticket transfers, phone access and advanced campaign modules.