Boyertown, PA - (May 2004) Recently Hersheypark opened their season with the latest version of Gateway Ticketing Systems revenue management and admission control software, Galaxy 2.
Hersheypark, in nearby Hershey Pennsylvania, has been a Gateway Ticketing Systems customer since 1996, having initially deployed one of Galaxy's predecessors, the AX1180 Ticketing System. "The AX1180 product has worked well for Hersheypark all these years," says Michael Andre, President & CEO of Gateway Ticketing. "Prior to this season, Hersheypark had decided to move to resort-wide gift cards. This decision meant upgrading to our Galaxy 2 product, which readily handles these types of transactions, and more." Andre concluded, "In addition, Gateway Ticketing Systems is Paymentech certified so the transition was pretty seamless."
Paymentech, a nationwide leader in credit card processing solutions, handles all of Hersheypark's credit card transactions via a high-speed frame relay connection. In addition, Paymentech, in conjunction with Gateway's Galaxy 2 software, will now handle Hersheypark's gift cards using Paymentech's FlexCache Stored Value Program.
Matt Loser, Director of Information Technology at Hersheypark said, "Gateway Ticketing Systems has been certified by Paymentech for quite some time now. This fact, and our solid history with Gateway, made them the perfect choice for the next step at Hersheypark."
Loser continued, "With Galaxy 2, Gateway Ticketing has taken a major leap forward. The interface is intuitive and the product is stable right out of the box. Enhancements made to batch ticketing and group sales have made Galaxy 2 a strong contender whether you are a small museum, or a large amusement park. There is a solution here for everyone."
Galaxy 2 includes over 16 new enhancements, plus a newly designed - more visually appealing 'XP' style interface. Further, Galaxy 2's new Unified POS Device support ensures effortless connection and configuration of most all POS and ticketing peripheral hardware. Ticket and receipt printers, scanners, customer displays and more are now truly plug and play, resulting in far less installation and configuration time for external hardware.
For more information on Hersheypark please visit www.hersheypa.com.
Gateway Ticketing Systems, Inc. has been providing the most cost effective automated revenue and access control systems to the entertainment and recreation industry since 1988. Gateway's client base ranges from small family entertainment centers to some of the largest theme parks in the world, making them the preferred solution. Because their Galaxy software is an open architecture, which provides the ability to use industry standard hardware and modular software design, Gateway is the leader in providing reliable, cost effective, state-of-the-art automated revenue and access control systems to the entertainment and recreation industry.
Gateway's products range from single user systems to fully automated revenue and access control systems with over 300 clients in 38 countries. As the demands for the industry change, Gateway Ticketing Systems is one step ahead of the curve providing solutions such as eGalaxy, the integrated e-commerce solution, a new kiosk solution, and continuous enhancements to their current product line. For more information on Gateway Ticketing Systems, please visit them at www.gatewayticketing.com or call at +1 (610) 987-4000.