STRATEGIC PARTNERS
March 11, 2002
WOODINVILLE, Wash. -- The Pathways Group, Inc.has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SmartCard Solutions, Inc., a privately held company based in Aspen, Colo. Under the terms outlined in the memorandum, the two companies will collaborate on the definition and implementation of a pilot project for a major theater chain.
They plan to integrate their respective technologies to deliver both services and products that have been unavailable in the marketplace to date. These include a fully integrated ticketing solution involving both attended and unattended vending along with smart card access.
Preliminary discussions indicate that the new systems will provide remote and unattended ticketing, customer loyalty, stored value, financial integration and the capability to interface with existing enterprise sales and accounting systems.
Both Pathways and SmartCard Solutions have created ticketing and smart card applications for venues such as ski areas, amusement parks, movie theaters, destination resorts, and transportation services.
"The integration of our two companies' combined technologies and services for this initiative will give us a total enterprise management solution heretofore unseen in the marketplace," said Jay D. Lussan, CEO of SmartCard Solutions, Inc. "We look forward to expanding this technology-based solution into additional vertical markets, including destination winter and summer resorts, movie theaters, campus environments and special events."
