Europe’s ‘best kept secret’ behind successful events celebrates 5 years of local presence in London
17 July 2013, LONDON, UK: ACTIVE Network (NYSE: ACTV), the leader in cloud-based Activity and Participant Management™ solutions, celebrates supporting 25,000 events in EMEA and today announces the expansion of its London office, which will act as the hub for the company’s European operations.
ACTIVE Network’s robust online and cloud-based technology helps event and conference organizers manage and operate successful and efficient events from large, enterprise-scale conferences to small meetings to running races, triathlons and community events.
“Following our proven track record of success in the US, we identified a sizable market opportunity in EMEA back in 2008, when we first opened our office in London and made a commitment to the UK market,” said Darko Dejanovic, President of ACTIVE Network. “Since then, we’ve handled online registration and technology for more than 25,000 events in the region, including for leading brands such as Cisco, Walk the Walk’s London MoonWalk, and the upcoming Prudential RideLondon.”
“During the past five years, we believe we’ve earned the reputation as the ‘best kept secret’ behind successful events in Europe and the UK,” commented Sejal Pietrzak, Senior Vice President of ACTIVE Network, who manages the company’s global expansion. “The expansion of our London office is a great testament to the success ACTIVE has achieved in delivering industry-leading solutions to European-based event and conference organizers of all sizes.”
About ACTIVE Network
ACTIVE Network is the leading provider of Activity and Participant Management solutions. Our leading ACTIVE Works cloud platform scales to meet the needs of our customers, large and small, and makes managing and operating all types of activities, events and organisations smarter and more efficient. We power over 55,000 customers globally and build leading vertical technology applications for the markets we serve. ACTIVE Network was founded in 1999, is headquartered in San Diego, California, and has offices worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.activenetwork.com
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