http://www.ticketrends.com - International Portal for Professionals in Event and Entertainment Ticketing releases Version 2.0.

5,000 members in 45 days join to read latest news and events in this hot industry. Visitors from http://www.turner.com to the Toronto Mapleleafs continue to visit for their daily news and research needs.

Hartford, CT (PRWEB) February 18, 2004

The International Portal for Ticketing – http://www.ticketrends.com releases Version 2.0 based on the demands of their over 5,000 members. The portal website has been live for six weeks upon its introduction at http://www.intix.org in Philadelphia. The portal serves ticketing and marketing professionals from the Anaheim House of Blues to the Zoellner Arts Center.

http://www.ticketrends.com provides news, research and resources for ticketing professionals to assist in their search and selection of new software, hardware and accessories. “This Industry has been dominated by the likes of Ticketmaster and that is changing quickly. Artists, sports teams, and venues can now take advantage of enabling technology that allows them to bring their entire ticketing and patron relationship in house. This provides them the opportunity to determine convenience fees and pricing directly”, Brian Sikorski, CEO of RSI Incorporated a Contributing Editor of http://www.ticketrends.com.

eBay, another major entrant into this market has recently been interviewed on http://www.ticketrends.com as they are aggressively pursuing the $10billion secondary ticketing market. “Launched in 2003, “Authorized on eBay” is an alternative ticket distribution model for primary ticket sales designed for artists, promoters, teams, venues and universities to extract fair market value for premium and unique ticketing by making them available to eBay’s base of ticket buyers within its community of 86 million registered users worldwide”, eBay Category Manager for ticketing.

For More Information on http://www.ticketrends.com:

Contact: David Cosgrove Chief Technology Officer cosgrove@ticketrends.com 860-665-9653

For More Information on RSI Incorporated:

Contact: Brian Sikorski Chief Executive Officer brian@briansikorski.com 860-459-5628

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