2. Typical booking system: Theatre

There are two ways you can pre-book seats for a show or play. Namely, you can telephone through to the booking office or you could visit their online booking web site.

 

Both methods will end up using the same theatre database. Staff at the booking office will have terminals connecting to the system and they simply take your information over the phone and input it into the system on your behalf.

With the online system, the web site is connected to the theatre database booking system directly. As you select seats, it will update the booking database.

This is an example of a real-time system. Double booking is avoided by having the records updated as soon as a booking is made.

You will need to provide some basic details such as

  • Number of seats required
  • The concert or event being booked
  • The kind of seats preferred such as circle or stalls
  • Your contact details

Once the booking is confirmed, payment will need to be made either by credit or debit card.

 

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