Aquariums

A common challenge many aquariums face in their operations is maintaining accurate, up-to-date records of constituent data. Gateway Ticketing Systems' revenue management and admission control systems provide a comprehensive solution for aquariums to control data, revenue and security.

Manage and monitor admissions, guest services, retail, rentals and events from one central location, and track sales whenever and wherever they take place. By implementing the Gateway Ticketing Systems revenue management and admission control solution you’ll have the tools to improve operations efficiency, enhance your customers’ experience, cut costs and significantly increase sales.

Easily Create and Process Memberships
Galaxy enables you to sell full color membership cards and collect contact information right at the point of sale. Once the transaction is processed, member information is saved directly in an easy-to-search database. Built-in, customizable features provide the flexibility you need and the convenience your customers expect.

• Create New Memberships On the Spot
  Produce new memberships at your front desk immediately. Shoot, store, view and print member photos.
  
  
• Enter and Manage Data More Efficiently 
  No need to enter membership data multiple times in multiple databases. You have the option to enter data into Galaxy through a near real-time interface, directly into The Raiser’s Edge®.
  
  
• Quickly Validate a Membership at Any POS
  With a member photo ID stored in the member record, you can validate a membership at a glance, from any POS station located at your facility.

Efficiently Manage Resources, Reservations, Advance Bookings and Group Visits
Galaxy offers you a solution for managing your resources and events, while providing your guests the convenience of advance booking. You’ll have the flexibility to support timed ticketing and control a pre-determined capacity of tickets during a specific date and time range. Galaxy will streamline your operations and system maintenance procedures by helping you effectively manage your reservation and will-call centers, from group sales to consignment ticketing.

• View Event Details from Point of Sale
  View next available events and real-time capacity details on the main point of sale screen. Quickly sell different ticket rates to the same events.
  
  
• Eliminate Double-booking of Your Resources
  Create exclusive reservations on resources to eliminate double-booking a resource.
  
  
• Seamlessly Process Advance Orders and Group Visits   
  Collect comprehensive data for advance sales, consignment orders, and group visits. Audit order activity and provide concise sales programs for all your customers.
  
  
• Process Advance Group Arrivals
  A quick glance at a calendar view lets you see the availability of resources throughout your entire venue. Report detailed information on upcoming group arrivals.

Consolidate Ticketing, Food and Retail Sales Through a Single, Integrated Point of Sale Interface
A common challenge many aquariums face in their operations is maintaining central control of sales at the various revenue centers throughout the facility. In addition to ticketing, there are gift shops, snack bars and guest services. When each revenue area uses the same system for managing sales, tracking customers and groups and providing reports, a dramatic cut in costs and an increase in productivity can be realized.

• Keep Lines Short with Quick and Easy Checkout 
  Galaxy’s graphical interface lets you quickly and easily add items to a transaction through full color, simple-to-use graphical menus or by scanning a barcode.
  
  
• Never Lose a Sale by Offering Flexible Payment Options
  Manually enter payments or scan credit cards or checks for immediate processing. Galaxy supports all your tendering needs, including integrated credit card processing.
  
  
• Design Your System the Way You Want It
  Control the database design of your system, including ticket and item configuration, the visual design of tickets, Galaxy menu design, and point of sale functions.

Expand Your Sales Capacity with Internet Sales and Remote Ticketing
Increase your sales capacity to include multiple channels, such as front gate box office, telephone sales centers, Internet sales and kiosks. Galaxy provides you with not only ticket purchasing options, but with complete sales capacity - from ordering through fulfillment.

• Add an Online Sales Channel
  Take your sales and marketing channels online with Internet ticketing and e-commerce.
  
  
• Provide Guests with Real-time Event Purchasing and Pass Renewal
  Galaxy provides real capacity-managed sales and enables guests to easily renew memberships or update contact information.
  
  
• Increase Your Revenue and Your Exposure
  Advertise your venue and sell tickets and memberships at local or remote locations with kiosks. Choose from a variety of durable, industry standard units that can be customized with your graphics, and that suit a particular physical environment.
  
  
• Provide Quick Purchase and Order Pick Up
  Orders created online or by the reservation will-call center can be conveniently picked up at kiosks.
  

Look to Gateway Ticketing Systems to do it all. Gateway Ticketing Systems offers customized software development to meet the needs and requirements of your organization. We execute custom modifications and enhancements in a phased approach from conceptualization to delivery. Our Product Development department works together to ensure that new features meet specific customer requirements and optimize the Galaxy product suite.

For more information on specific components of the Galaxy product suite, please see your product-specific pages, accessed through the links at the top left side of this page.