Paciolan Announces Awards From Annual PACnet '15 Community Conference

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 20, 2015) - Paciolan, an industry-leading provider of ticketing, marketing, fundraising and sales automation solutions to more than 500 live entertainment organizations, has recognized three clients as recipients of the company's Star of the Year awards and also named the inaugural winner of the Founder's Award at the company's annual PACnet '15 community conference. Each organization was recognized Feb. 10th during the annual awards keynote. Paciolan is a subsidiary of the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm Comcast-Spectacor.

Paciolan executives Kim Damron, Senior Vice President of Operations, and Steve Demots, Senior Vice President of Sales, announced Georgia Tech, Long Center for the Performing Arts (Long Center) and CapitalTickets as recipients of the 2014 Star of the Year Awards. Georgia Tech, Long Center and CapitalTickets were each acknowledged for their industry-leading innovations that have led to each organization achieving uncommon results by improving the customer experience, as well as overall success in ticketing, marketing and fundraising leveraging Paciolan's solutions.

"We are thrilled to present Georgia Tech, Long Center and CapitalTickets with our prestigious Star of the Year awards and honor each organization as thought leaders in their respective communities that create a phenomenal customer experience," said Kim Damron, Senior Vice President of Operations at Paciolan. "All three recipients are leading organizations that have implemented new strategies and programs to enhance their operations and improve the customer experience."

Acknowledged as the Star of the Year award winner from performing arts, the Long Center was recognized for their continued excellence in ticketing, fundraising and marketing. The Austin-based performing arts center has enhanced the customer experience through integrated ticketing and fundraising to improve organizational strategy and better understand patrons via real-time data. The Long Center also implemented a new on-sale strategy to better target prospective buyers and increase efficiency of their marketing efforts, increased sponsorship donation revenue by over $100,000, moved to responsive design for their mobile website and email communications, and leveraged the entire suite of Paciolan's marketing services to engage with its patrons.