Infomation Systems
Seat bookings
Seat booking systems are used when booking tickets over an electronic divice e.g. your home computer via the internet or some device usually at the event. Firstly you decided which proformance, flight or game you want to see the you will be shown a map of the venue or vehicle with the different seats marked on. This map is usually acompanied by colour coding showing the price of the seat of whether it has ready been booked. A key will show you what the different colours mean. Often you can zoom in on a block of seat as shown in the image to confirm which individual seats you would like.
Advantages
- It is instantly clear what the price of seats around the venue or vehicle is and allows you to easily home in on a price range
- If you want a specific place on the vehicle or venue it is easy to find it
- You can make sure that you are sitting next to friends and family before the event
- If you have any disabilities the seats with disabled access are usually marked
- It allows the organisers to easily see how full the venue or vehicle is
- Clients will know where thier seats are without having to be shown them
- It avoids any disputes over seating
- It clearly shows where you are sitting with no need of a description
- Double booking and overbooking is very unlikely
- The system will probably be very expensive to install as most are custom made
- the website will need a secure and fast link to the database to ensure no double booking or over booking